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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1902

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Science. a Substitute for Coal

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 27 September 1902 · page 3

PROFESSOR William Hallock, of Colombia university, is pursuing investigations along the lines recently suggested by the British…

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Gold and Silver Silk

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 2

We wonder if it is a traveller's tale We learn that gold and silver silk are coming from South Africa, The fibres are spun by two remark…

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Colliery Cage Falls 690 Feet. Eight Men Dashed to Atoms

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 8 October 1902 · page 4

LONDON, October 2.-- A shocking colliery accident has occurred at Pontypool, Monmouthshire. The winding rope at the Tirpintwys Colliery napped, and the cage, in which were right men,…

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Gold and Silver Silk

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 9 October 1902 · page 2

We wonder if it is a traveller's tale We learn that gold and silver silk arc coming from South Africa. The fibres are spun by two remark…

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Coal Miners' Strike Still On. Intense Cold In Canada. Children Dying From Its Effects. No Coal for Fuel. London

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 October 1902 · page 3

COLD weather is causing increased mortality among children in Montreal, where the muncipal authorities are supplying the town with wood for fuel…

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Spruce Mining Beetle

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 3

Government experts have reported on one of the most destructive forest insects yet known. It is the spruce mining beetle, whose deadly borings in the bark…

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Most Ancient of Gold Seekers

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 30 October 1902 · page 2

A mining centre probably worked as early as 2,500 B.C., has been discovered by Mr. C.J. Alford, between the Red Sea and the Nile…

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Gundle Tin Mines

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 2

WE understand that the above mines are now producing about £150 worth of ore per mouth. The management having secured No. 4 lease, are now working it, and are…

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King Solomon's Mines

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 29 November 1902 · page 2

King Solomon's Mines of Ophir have been discovered; at least this is one of the results claimed by Dr. Karl Peters from his expedition…

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Gundle Tin Mines

Macleay Argus · Saturday 29 November 1902 · page 13

WE understand that the above mines are now producing about £150 worth of ore per month. The management having secured No. 4 lease, are now working [?]…

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King Solomon's Mines

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 December 1902 · page 2

King Solomon's Mines of Ophir have been discovered at least this is one of the results claimed by Dr. Kuri Peters from his expedition…

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Mining at Guy Fawkes

Macleay Argus · Saturday 6 December 1902 · page 8

A correspondent writes:--A party of visitors to the Guy Fawkes district, about 35, miles from Hillgrove, while viewing the country, came upon an…

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Gold Dust

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 6

The extent to which gold permeates, woodworks is a matter of common knowledge, and the wooden fixtures of mints and goldsmiths shops are…

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With the Opal Miners of White Cliffs

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 2

White Cliffs, New South Wales, is one of the strangest places in the British Empire, if not in the world. It is situated in the mystic land…

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With the Opal Miners of White Cliffs

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 December 1902 · page 2

White Cliffs, Now South Wales, is one of the strangest places in the British Empire, if not in the world. It is situated in the mystic land…

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Gundie Tin Mines

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 December 1902 · page 3

Since the last report we published of this mine, the wi[?]zs mentioned previously has been continued, and is still on the ore shoot. The material is a decomposed feldspar,…

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