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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1896

38 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 2

The Cells Creek Gold Mines

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 5

PROBABLY [?] of your readers have not yet hoard talk of the [?] Greek Gold Mines, and no [?] when they do, it may be they may suddenly become interested and wish…

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The Cells Creek Gold Mines

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 5

DURING the past week ending the 15th February, things have shown signs of improvement. The Lady evelyn stone during the past few says is showing gold in[?] freely…

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The Cells Creek Gold Mines

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 4

DURING the week ending February 22nd thing are much about the ame as last reported. A good dray road from the main road here is every week becoming more than…

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The Colliery Dispute

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 4

The miners out on strike at Hetton Colliery have decided to resume work…

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Disastrous Colliery Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 4

By a fire at the Kattowitz Colliery, Silesia, seventy-one lives were lost. One of the most interesting exhibits at the Manning Show, held last…

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The Coramba Mines

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 6

WE extract the following from the Northern Courier :--Mining matters are quiet generally ; but there is an air of confidence about the place which is certainly…

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The Cells Creek Gold Mines

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 2

FOR the week ending 29th February progress at the mines has been somewhat retarded, owing to the continual rain up to Thursday evening. During the early part of the week…

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N.S.W. Gold Mining

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 2

AT one time it was a common saying among mining men that there was not a gold mine in New South Wales which had paid for the outlay upon it. The regular dividends paid by…

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Lady Jersey Gold Mining Co

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 18 March 1896 · page 5

THE advertisement of this mine which is now being floated will be found in our business columns. It is situated near Tenterfield, in N.S.W. It has a very influential…

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Gold As a Physic

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 18 March 1896 · page 2

All ancient authorities on medicine concurred in assigning great efficacy to gold. The difficulty of reducing gold to a form capable of being assimilated by the patient's…

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The Threatened-colliery Strike

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 5

Mr. Curley, secretary to the Miners' Union, has received a letter from the Newcastle Coal Mining Co., stating that the company would not be…

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Terrible Colliery Accident. SYDNEY

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 4

An explosion of fire-damp at the Burner Colliery, Greymouth, New Zealand, completely wrecked the mine. Sixty miners are entombed. Gas and steam are…

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The Thirst for Gold

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 April 1896 · page 2

Last July, when the days were long and the sun blazed down into the valleys until even the lizards hunted the shadows of the rocks, I was driving down the railway with a party from…

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The Coal Trade

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 4

In consequence of the threatened strike at Newcastle, the Union Steamship Co. has signed an agreement with a southern collliery to supply…

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A Mining Dispute and its Results

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 22 April 1896 · page 3

IT used to be the fashion that when two people quarelled about an oyster and called in the aid of the law to settle its…

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The Coal Crusis. Meeting of the Delegates

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1896 · page 5

[?] upon the represent [?] of the National district mineowners and formers [?] to the dis[?] the poalmining trade was commenced on Wednesday morning at…

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The Catterthun Gold

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 2

CAPTAIN JOHN HALL, of the Sydney Underwriters' Association, left Circular Quay at 8 o'clock on Monday night last for Seal Rocks with divers and the necessary plant to…

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The Cells Creak Gold Mines

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1896 · page 4

THE Cells Creek Mines are looking very well at the present time, a distinct advance being seen in the quality of the stone that is being raised in some of the leases. Claims No. 1…

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The Brunner Colliery Disaster

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 20 May 1896 · page 4

The amount of subscriptions collected in aid of the widows and children of the victims of the Brunner disaster total £24,000 up to date…

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Mining on the Orara

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 20 May 1896 · page 5

THE development of our mines, though not progressing as fast as we could wish, appears to have struck that highly commended system of going…

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