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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

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Intercolonial News. SYDNEY, Friday, The Newcastle mining strike

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 2

The wheelers in the Newcastle coal mining strike have decided to accept five percent reduction…

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Rumored Find of Alluvial Gold

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

THE Edan." Observer" of January 18th says:- Rumors of a find of alluvial gold on the Timbilica River, near Mount Imlay, have been prevalent in Eden…

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Mining in the South

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 8

THE South Coast mining district, which oc[?][?]ies a large area of the extreme south end of New South Wales, has developed considerably since I last…

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Won Her Weight in Gold

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 3

A romantic story—which is none the less true because it sounds like an incident from a sensational novel—is being told of a Texas girl, who recently won a fortune…

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Fire in a Colliery

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 2

The fire which broke out in the Heddon Greta colliery last night spread despite the efforts made to clear the hested material out of…

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Undiscovered Coal

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 25 February 1905 · page 4

Professor W. Boyd Dawkins recently gave evidence before the Coal Commission as to the existence of workable coal in south-eastern England. His investigations…

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Mining in Gippsland

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 2

THE following gold yields from the report of the Mining Registrar at Omce:—The yield for the quarter ending December 31, 1904, in [?] 8dwt., being the…

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Russia's Gold Reserves

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1905 · page 2

It is officially stated in St. Petersburg that the gold reserves in the State bank total 896,500,000 roubles (about, £90,000,000), while the Russian gold…

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The British Mission to the City of Mystery. Secrets Revealed. Visions of Gold

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 2

ON the day prior to the arrivel of the expedition there was an abortive interview between Colonel Younghusband and the Thibetan delegates, who still…

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New Form of Gold Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 8

A PLANT for the extraction of gold from sea water has been established on the New South Wales coast. The promoter of the enterprise is Mr. A. Argles, a…

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Gold From Sea Water

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 22 April 1905 · page 9

ACCORDING to a Durban telegram, a Rand syndicate formed for the purpose of making an effort to recover the late Mr Kruger's bullion…

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Steamers sunk by Mines

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 May 1905 · page 2

A vessel which has attired at Chefoo reports that the Japanese transport Sheyntsu Maru, with a cargo of provisions, bound far…

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Terrible mining accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 May 1905 · page 2

A Broken Hill telegram reports that two miners named James Ferguson and Thomas Pollack were blown to pieces at the 500 last [?]…

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An Important Development in the Mining Industry

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 8

DURING the past twelve months operations have been carried on at the Bass River for the purpose of developing a valuable discovery of sapphires and…

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Snowy River Diggings. Gold Under Post Office

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1905 · page 2

The old Snowy River Gold Field, from which (says the "Evening News") upwards of 5000 of was washed out in the palmy days of 40 years ago, is…

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Snowy River Diggings. Gold Under Post Office

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1905 · page 3

The old Snowy River Gold Field, from which (says the "Evening News") upwards of 5000oz. was washed out in the palmy days of 40…

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A Model Mine

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 10 June 1905 · page 4

The most novel piece of scientific apparatus io the equipment of the new Birmingham University is probably in connection with the mining school under Professor…

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A Big Mining Project

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 6

THE optimistic expectations of a largely-increased means of employment and substantial contributions to the railway revenues, as voiced by the Premier early…

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Terrible Accident at a Mine. Two Men Killed

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A terrible fatality occurred at the Virginia Mine, Eaglehawk, to-day. Two miners, Peter Johnson and John Mayberry, went to work in…

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Russian Cruiser Wants Coal

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 19 June 1905 · page 2

The Russian cruiser Kuban, formerly a Hamburgh liner, has anchored off Cape St. Jacques, near Saigon, and asked for sufficient…

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