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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1891

61 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 4

The Nambucca Mines

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 18 March 1891 · page 2

A Grafton exchange says that the Nambucca antimony mines are looking well just at present, and the prospects of the field are bright. At M'Kay's…

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Mining News. the Southern Cross

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 March 1891 · page 4

THE first meeting (after registration) of shareholders of this Company was held at the Company's Office, West Kempsey, on Saturday last, Mr. S…

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Great Gold Finds in Mashonaland. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 4

Extraordinary finds of gold are reported from Mashonaland, and large and rich deposits…

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Riotous Miners. London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 22 April 1891 · page 3

The Pittsburg miners on strike are rioting and committing serious disturbances. Bombs have been discharged in the streets…

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Mining News

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 29 April 1891 · page 2

No. 1 North. -- A meeting of the shareholders in No. 1 North was held on Saturday, at Deep Creek, when it was decided to form a company with…

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Mining News. Deep Creek, No. 1 WEST

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 4

At a meeting of shareholders of the the above Company held at Neil's Victoria Hotel on Wednesday evening, it was decided to form into a…

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A New Coal Seam Near Maitland Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 May 1891 · page 5

A 12ft. coal seam has been struck at 60ft. near Maitland…

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Strike of Miners in Bohemia. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 May 1891 · page 4

A strike for reduced hours for coal miners has taken place in Bohemia…

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Mining. Southern Cross

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 2 June 1891 · page 2

Excellent progress has been made by this company during the last few days, and on Saturday a fine reef of schist was exposed, showing free gold…

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A Journey Across Siberia. Gold-mining in the Amoor Province

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 June 1891 · page 7

We turned a corner of the river, and there were two sights to gratify our eyes. To the right was the splendid Zeya River, one of the largest tributaries of the Amoor, and in…

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Separation of Gold from Antimony

Macleay Argus · Friday 3 July 1891 · page 6

The Minister for Mines and Agriculture has received from Mr. Wilkinson (Government geologist) a report on a process…

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Light Weight Gold. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 July 1891 · page 5

Mr. Goschen says the gold in circulation amounts to £73,000,000, and out of this amount £31,000,000 is light in weight…

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Gold From Queensland. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 July 1891 · page 3

7225 cz. of gold was sent from Queensland yesterday…

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Grains of Gold

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1891 · page 5

CHARMS like the sight, but merit wins the soul. Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavour…

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More Mining

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 25 August 1891 · page 2

About 12 tons of stone have been brought down from the Moonabah silver mining claim, which is to be sent to Sydney for assay. There are…

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Another Colliery Dispute. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 September 1891 · page 4

Difficulty has arisen at Newcastle at the Co-operative Colliery over the regulation prohibiting dirt being placed on ships with coal…

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Deep Creek Mines. the Prospectors

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 September 1891 · page 4

Good progress is being made on the Prospector's Claim (the Nambucca. Heads G. M. Co.) in erecting smelting works and other improvements for the…

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Newcastle Miners. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 September 1891 · page 5

The co-operative colliery miners at Newcastle propose to inaugurate a family relief fund. Owing to lack of work, numbers of families are on the…

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Mining. Article I.

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 September 1891 · page 4

THE importance of mining can hardly be overrated. All other arts depend to a very great extent upon the successful prosecution of this one…

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Mining. Article Ii

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 4

As illustrations of what has been stated in the first article of this series a few instances may be mentioned. A powerful syndicate was formed to…

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