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Mining & the mines, 1907

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Diamond Mining in South Africa

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 2

India Brazil, and South Africa are the principal places from which diamonds are obtained. In the two first named countries they are found…

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Gold the Earth Gets Back

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 2

Gold reverts to the earth in many ways. Treasure-troves are being unearthed constantly, especially in foreign lands, and in romantic…

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Coal and Iron Supply. a Policy of Give and Take

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 2

At the request of the Parliament of Sweden the officials of the geological survey have made a report showing the extent of the known deposits of…

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At the Court House. Warden's Court. Friday, January 25th--Before the Hon. E. Dory, Mining Warden

Macleay Argus · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 12

Paul Stockman v. Hugh Wallace. This was a claim for £18 16s 3d, wages alleged to be due to complainant for work done in connection with defendant's mining…

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A Drifting Mine

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 9

Owing to the use of mines in mode naval warfare, there is great changer to neutral shipping, us the mines are apt to break loose from their moorings and drift…

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A Floating Coal Mine

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 7

Most people would think, naturally enough, that the obvious way to discharge a coal cargo would be from the top. But nowadays, it is…

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Honeymoon in a Coal Mine. Strange Place in Which to Begin Married Life

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 7

Mr. and Mrs. Mel Spence, of Wilkedbarre, Pennsylvania, chose perhaps the strangest place in the world to spend their honeymoon, through an…

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Is the Gold Bath Beneficial ?

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 7

It is just a question whether at the present day there is not a tendency to over-indulgence in cold baths. A cold hath is, of course, a…

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Prospecting Vote, New South Wales. Department of Mines, Agriculture. Sydney, 4th February. 1906

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 9

Sir,—I am directed to inform you that, in view of the recommendation of the Prospecting Board, the Secretary for Mines and Agriculture has…

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Craven Creek Gold Mining Co

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 11

The first meeting of the Directors of this Company was held at Green's Commercial Hotel, Gloucester, on Saturday last. It was decided to…

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Jasper's Peak Copper Mine

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 2

Work at the mine is progressing well. The No. 4 Western lode has been driven about 100 feet, and the ore body averages 4 feet of fair copper contents. The drive it…

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The Silver Spur Mine. Offer of £80,000 REFUSED

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 5

It was learned on Thursday (says the "S.M. Herald") that the directors of the Silver Spur Company have refused an offer of £80,000 cash,…

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Food From Coal

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 2

Coal is henceforth good food. Dr. Emil Fischer, the winner of the Nobel prize in 1902, professor of chemist in the University of Berlin, and…

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Huntingdon Mining Notes

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT writes:—"The main lode of the Huntingdon mine has at last been eat, showing and proving that it is not a failure as was thought. The mine is…

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Mr. Gardem's Campaign. at Bowman Goldfields

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 4

MR. H. R. Gardem addressed well-attended afternoon and evening meetings hero on Friday, 22nd inst. A fair sprinkling of ladies were present at the afternoon meeting, notwithstanding the rain. Mr…

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Terrible Mine Accident. 3 Men Killed. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 4

A terrible fatality occurred at the Waroonga Mine, Kalgoorlie. While a cage was being raised it tilted against the skid and threw three men out…

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The Lost Mines of Mexico

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 2

The murder of two American prospectors in the Sierra Mad re Mountains, State of Sonora, Mexico, by a band of Yaqui Indians has prevented…

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Coal on the North Coast. As Good As Westport

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 20 April 1907 · page 3

Bomb months ago a well-known assayer and minera logist obtained samples of coal from various places on the North Coast, where seams are known to exist (writes the Lismore correspondent of the…

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Huntingdon Mines

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 2

ALL preparing are being made in Rose Hill mines for shipping ore for treatment. The excavation for a tram line has now been completed. A winding shalt has also been…

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Huntingdon Mines

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 6

All preparations are being made in [?] Hill mines for shipping ore for treatment. The excavation for a tram line has now beer, completed. A…

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