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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1872

42 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 3

Daring Robbery at a Mining Claim by Its Own Employees

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 19 December 1872 · page 2

A Most daring robbery of amalgam from the Great Britain quartz-crushing, mining, and drainage company's claim was committed on Saturday night the 7th inst,, and,…

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Ventilation of Mines by Means of Kerosene

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 24 December 1872 · page 4

A recent number of the Bathurst Times notices in the following terms the novel discovery in mining, by Mr D. R. Crichton, manager of the Bathurst Gold mining Company at Trunkey…

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