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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1900

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Gold, Gold!

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 7

Henry III. issued the first current gold coin in England in 1247. It was of pure gold, passed for twenty pence, and was called a gold penny. The next…

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The Queen's Gold Plate

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 4

The Queen is the owner of a great quantity of almost priceless gold plate, the accumulated treasure of successive sovereignties. This plate is stored at…

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Mining at Coolongolook

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 6

Mining is not very brisk at [?]golook at present, there being only two claims working, viz, the Cureeki mine owned by James Fenning, and the…

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Gold, Gold!

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 28 June 1900 · page 7

Henry III. issued the first current gold coin in England in 1247. It was of pure gold, pasted for twenty pence, and was called a gold penny. The next…

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A Coal Torpedo

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 30 June 1900 · page 7

During the American civil war a terrible engine of destruction was devised by the Confederates. They called it a coal torpedo. A block of…

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A Coal Torpedo

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 July 1900 · page 7

During the American civil war a terrible engine of destruction was devised by the Confederates. They called it a coal torpedo. A block of…

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How They First Found Gold in Klondyke

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 7

The, story of how gold was first discovered in Klondyke, purely by accident, is very interesting. It was in 1894 that three men, while looking for gold,…

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How They First Found Gold in Klondyke

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 12 July 1900 · page 7

The story of how gold was first discovered in Klondyke, purely by accident, is very interesting. It was in 1894 that three men, while looking for gold,…

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Two Millions of Gold in Tow

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 4

One of the most novel yet responsible tasks ever deputed to me, remarked a well-known detective to the writer the other day, 'was that of guarding' two…

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Governor of the Gold Coast. London

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 5

SIR Frederick and Lady Hodgson and party have arrived at Cape Coast Castle…

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TELEGRAMS, Sydney, Friday. Mining Disaster

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 21 July 1900 · page 7

Two boys, named Kenneth Davey and Frederick Jones were killed by the explosion of a mine at Kalgoorlie. Two others were injured,…

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Gold Find at Kiandra

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 26 July 1900 · page 4

A phenomenal gold field has been made near Kiandra. One parcel of stone assayed at the rate of 2l6oz. to the ton…

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Yours or Mine? [All Rights Reserved] Chapter I.

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 2

It was a particularly disagreeable day in London. The pavements were unsafe to fool-passengers by reason of a fall of [?]now which, [?] swept o[?] had left them…

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Gold Thieves Foiled

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 August 1900 · page 4

Three masked and armed men went to the Hannan's proprietary mining camp at Kalgoorlie, W.A., tied up the manager and several other persons. They then secured…

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Yours or Mine? [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter I.

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 August 1900 · page 2

It was a particularly disagreeable day in London. The pavements were un[?]e to foot-passengers by reason of a fall of snow which, hast[?]ly swept off, had left them…

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No Coal Like It

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 3

I have been trying (writes a clergyman) to get some of my pupils into the way of writing business letters. Here is one of the results :--…

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No Coal Like It

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 4

I have been toying (writes a clergyman) to get some of my pupils into the way of writing business letters. Here is one of the results:—…

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The Stock Tax. Department of Mines and Agriculture, Stock Branch, Sydney, 1st August, 1900

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 4

SIR,—I have the honor 10 acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 31st ultimo, on the subject mentioned below, and to state that the matter shall receive immediate attention…

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Great Gold Find

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 16 August 1900 · page 4

A sensational gold find is reported from Robinson and Rice's mine, Long Flat, near Gundagai. A visitor to the locality says that half a hundred weight of gold was…

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The Deep Creek Mines

Macleay Argus · Saturday 25 August 1900 · page 8

It is generally known that almost since the Deep Creek mines closed down, mining men have paid the locality more or less attention. Time…

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