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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

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Mine Thieves Cornered. Desperate Underground Battle

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 September 1903 · page 7

Probably the most extraordinary battle ever fought underground took place on the 400 ft. level of the great Independence Mine at Victor…

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Mine Thieves Cornered. Desperate Underground Battle

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 17 September 1903 · page 8

Probably the most extraordinary battle ever fought underground took place on the 400ft. level of the great Independence Mine at Victor…

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Those Gold Specimens' (To the Editor.)

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1903 · page 2

Sir,—In perusing the columns of your paper of the 5th instant, I was rather amused with the arrogance of one who styles him self, 'One who knows,' in reference to those…

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Warden's Court. Copeland, Thursday, Sept. 17. Before Mr. A. GATES, Mining Warden.B. W. O[?]AM V. G. H. N. LY[?]TT

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 19 September 1903 · page 4

THIS was an application (for permission to remove certain timber off a battery site occupied by the defendant for the Centennial Co. The Warden held that the timber consisted of…

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A Mountain of Gold

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 September 1903 · page 2

A correspondent of "Chamber's: Journal" writes -- Traveling in central Queensland a few months ago curiosity induced me to visit Mount…

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A Mountain of Gold

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 1 October 1903 · page 2

A correspondent of [?] Chamber's Journal wri[?] Travelling in central Queensland a few month…

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An Extraordinary Dog Story. Six Months in a Disused Mine

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 31 October 1903 · page 7

A good deal of talk has been caused among the people of Shotts district regarding an extraordinary story about the imprisonment of a…

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An Extra[?] Six Months in a Discussed [?] Mine. a good deal of talk has been cased

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 November 1903 · page 8

among the people of Shotis district regarding an extraordinary story about the imprisonment of a dog for six months in a discussed to [?]…

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Gold Mining in Egypt and the Soudan

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 20 November 1903 · page 7

Hundreds of European and American tourists in pursuit of health or pleasure, now travel on the Nile, between Cairo and Assouan, every…

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Salting a Gold Mine. Now to Turn a Worthless Claim Into a Bonanza

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 20 November 1903 · page 7

"Lots of people think," said the grizzled Forty-niner. "that nowadays salting' a gold mine is a lost art. Those people were never…

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A Hydraulic Mining Cartridge

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 26 November 1903 · page 8

A new introduction has been made into the coal mining industry. In the form of a hydraulic mining cartridge. The present made of…

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Lost Gold Mines

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 2

Treasure stories of the western plains and mountains--how scores of lives have been lost and untold hardships endured…

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Mining on the Rand. the Mineral Wealth of South Africa

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 3

"The Industrial Awakening of South Africa" is the title of an article contributed by Mr. Neville Edwards to the current issue of the…

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Complaints re the Stock Tax, &c. Department of Mine and Agriculture, Stock Branch, Sydney, 12th Dec. 19th

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 7

Sir,-I am directed by the Hon. James Hayes Esq., M.L.A. to state in reply to your letter of the 8th inst., with [?] from the Mayor of Wingham, re increased assessment of stock:--…

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Gold near the Clarence River

Macleay Argus · Saturday 26 December 1903 · page 9

THE Government Geolgist, Mr. Pittman, in a report to the Minister for Mines, states that he recently inspected a promising-looking deposit on a mountain…

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Farm and Garden. Original Articles. Gold Storage on the Farm

Macleay Argus · Saturday 26 December 1903 · page 2

THE problem of cold storage may be discussed from some few standoff points, but above all the most important seems to be the…

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