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Mining & the mines, 1906

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Pay at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 2

The fortnightly pay at the South Maitland Collieries was distributed to-day. At East Greta and Stanford-Merthyr the employees participated to the extent of £2751 4s 2d…

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Shodesian Mine Flooded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 December 1906 · page 5

[?] flooded the Valley mine, [?] Rhodesia. Two white men were and 50 natives are missing…

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New Mining Drill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 December 1906 · page 3

Reuter's correspondent at Johannesburg [?] that experiments in the mines with [?] new suggest that 14,000 machines will be able to do the work of 50,000 whites…

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Northern Coal Trade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 December 1906 · page 2

A meeting of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association was held at the head offices of Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Sydney, yesterday afternoon. Mr.F Livingetone Learmonth general superintendent of…

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Coal for the Cape

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 December 1906 · page 2

Mr. Moore, the Minister of Mines, has received a report from Sir. Valder, Commercial Agent for Now South Wales in South Africa, on the subject of coal for the Cape Government railways under…

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The Cobar Copper Mine Extraordinary Oversight

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 December 1906 · page 2

A few days ago certain residents of Cobar pegged out some 40 a[?]res of land, which was understood locally to belong to the Great Cobar Copper…

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Attempted Mine Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 December 1906 · page 5

A sensations attempt at robbery took place at this Tower Hill mine, Kalgoorlie at midnight on Monday. It appears that the watchman was…

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Great Cobar Copper Mine Explanation by Dr. Read

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 December 1906 · page 3

In our last issue we published a statement that certain, residents of Cobar had pegged out some 10 acres of land, which was understood to…

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Nuggets of Gold. Largest for 40 Years

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 December 1906 · page 2

Two exceptionally large [?]uggets were discovered at the Poseidon rush, Tarna[?]ulla (Vi[?].) on Tuesday afternoon, e[?]lipsing in weight those found last…

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Pay at the Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 4

The regular fortnightly pay was distributed at the South Maitland collieries to-day. At East Greta and Stanford-Merthyr the East Greta Coal Mining Company, Limited…

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Gold! Gold!! Two More Nuggets Found. Largest for 40 YEARS

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Two exceptionally large nuggets were discovered at the Poscidon rush, Tarnagulla, this afternoon, eclipsing…

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Gold-Robbers at Kalgoorlie. Walk Into a Trap. One Man Shot in the Back

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 4

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.—An attempt at robbery took place at Tower-hill mine at midnight last night. It appears that the watchman was…

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Attempted Mine Robbery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 10

A sensational attempt at robbery took place at the Tower Hill mine, Kalgoorlie, at midnight on Monday. It appears that the watchman was…

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The Gold Reserve

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 5

[?] Schuster, chairman of the Union [?] and Smith's Bank, in reading a before the Bankers' Institute on "Our Reserves," advocated the formation of…

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Gold Robbers Trapped. Police in Waiting

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 1

An attempted robbery was frustrated at Tower Hill mine, a mile from Leonora (W.A.). The watchman, named Cowlson, was recently…

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An Extraordinary Oversight. by a Copper Mine Company

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 14

Situated immediately south of the office of the Great Cobar, Limited, is a big block [?] land, with the hungry-looking surface characteristic of the most worthless portions of…

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The Luck of Mining. Striking It Rich

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 5

Outlying the main Poseidon rush, and almost on the eastern outskirts of the pegged-in ground is situated the claim in which the 960oz. nugget was unearthed on Tuesday…

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Victorian Gold Finds. The Poseidon Nuggets

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 December 1906 · page 4

The finders of the 967oz nugget at the Poseidon rush, near Tarnagnlla,in Victoria, have sposed of it for £4 5s an oz, which brings the total value to…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 December 1906 · page 6

Charles Patton and party obtained a nugget weighing 20¾ oz, at their claim on Bell's Creek, near Araluen. The nugget found at the Poseidon rush…

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N.z. Mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 December 1906 · page 3

The Blackwater Mines, New Zealand has been registered, with a capital of £250,000…

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