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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1898

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Original Sketch. The Romance of Gold-Mining

Macleay Argus · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 3

WHEN the ordinary newspaper reader peruses the bald details of each year's Departmental Report, he does not think, or care one jot, under what Conditions much of the…

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Opening of the Gundle Tin Mines

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1898 · page 7

THE opening ceremony of the battery of the Gundle Tin Mines was performed to-day. The attendance numbered about 80 persons, a good number having come frow Beechwood…

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The Dudley Colliery Disaster

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 3

The remains of another victim to the Dudley colliery disaster, those of Thomas Young, were discovered by the exploration party yesterday…

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Gundle Tin Mines

Macleay Argus · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 8

A battery has been erected for treating the ore at the Gundle Tin Mines, Hollands Plains. The opening ceremony was performed last week. The…

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Mining Mems. July 20

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 5

I HAVE spent a month in your district, and run the golden boll along For many miles—and I am surprised to see that part of the country so much neglected. I visited most of the old…

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Klondvke Goldfields

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 3 August 1898 · page 4

The total yield of the Klondike goldfields this summer is variously estimated at between £12,000,000 and £30,000,000…

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Dudley Colliery Disaster

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 2

The body of the fifteenth and last victim of the Dudley Colliery disaster, that of George Hindmarsh, underground manager, was recovered…

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Gundle Tin Mines

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 August 1898 · page 3

WEDNESDAY, the 20th July, will be long remembered on the Gundle Tin Mines, for on that day the first stamper-mill and concentrating machinery in the district were…

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Miners' Strike in Wales. Imports of Coal. London August 9

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 4

OWING the strike of the miners in South Wales large quantities of steam coal are being snipped from the United States to England…

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The Beacon Mine

Macleay Argus · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 10

THERE was some commotion at the Beacon Mine (Bucca Creek) on Monday morning, when between 30 and 40 per cent of the hands received intimation from the manager…

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Gold and Blood

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 6

MANY years ago I knew a man who expendid a great part of a large fortune in buying gold, in [?] and in bars. This he melted, and wi[?] blood and other, unique ingredients, labored…

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Gold in the Philippines

Macleay Argus · Saturday 13 August 1898 · page 2

Senator Teller has received a letter from a constituent in Colorado indicating that the Philippine Islands may be found to be very rich in gold deposits. The writer save that…

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The Coolongolook Goldfields

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 31 August 1898 · page 4

Gold was first discovered at Coolongolook about 18 years ago by the Worth family, who are the oldest residents of the…

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Klondyke Gold. London

Macleay Argus · Saturday 3 September 1898 · page 9

Gold to the value of four million dollars has been shipped from Klondyke in the steamer Kodnoke…

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GLOUCESTER. Find of Alluvial Gold. Gloucester

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 3 September 1898 · page 2

ALLUVIAL gold is reported to have been found, at Rawdon Vale, in such quantities as to cause a "rush" to those parts. Fair numbers have…

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Gold

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 7 September 1898 · page 3

IN the last issue appeared a sensational report of a rich find of gold near Rawdon Vale, To those who make baste slowly and who do not rush away to become millionaires…

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Mining at Rawdon Vale. Gloucester

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 7 September 1898 · page 2

MINING at Rawdon Vale is still proceeding very satisfactorily. Last week's cleaning up proved very gratifying, the results being good,…

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The Gold Find. Satisfactory Result Everyone Pleased. Gloucester

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 7 September 1898 · page 2

The result of the week's cleaning at the Rawdon Vale alluvial find proved very satisfactory. Everyone is pleased with the result…

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Science. Smokeless Coal

Macleay Argus · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 15

A German engineer has invented a method of making smokeless coal. It consists in feeding the flames of his furnaces with powdered coal dust instead of with solid…

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Four Barrels of Gold

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 4

ONCE a man of the [?] class who had often wished to be ri[?] offered all the money he wished for the [?] accept, with outa murmur, the troubles and anxieties…

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