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Mining & the mines, 1871

4 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

An Australian’s Account of the African Goldfields

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 April 1871 · page 3

THE following account of the treasure grounds of South Africa has been given to the South Australian Advertiser by a person who, after a sojourn on the gold-field and diamonds fields…

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New Zealand, Destructive Fire at Blenheim.- Earthquake at Hokitika. a Woman Md Child Buried Alive. Plenty of Gold

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 3

INTELLIGENCE has been received from Hokitika to the 23rd. A smart shock of earthquake had beon experienced on the 17th A block of quartz weighting two hundred…

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The Discovery of Gold near John’s Miner. (To the Editor of the Manning River News.)

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 20 May 1871 · page 1

THE reported discovery of gold in tho vicinity of John s River, on the road from the Manning to Port Macquarie, and the fact that the eastern waters of this colony have seldom proved…

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Fearful Colliery Explosion. Loss of Sixty-nine Lives—harrowing Scenes.—narrow Escapes of the Explorers

The Manning River News and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 November 1871 · page 3

About 11 o’clock yesterday morning a colliery explosion occurred at Messrs. Pearson and Knowles’ Moss Pitts, situated on Bryn Moss, in the township of Ince, and immediately behind…

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