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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1892

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Mining Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 May 1892 · page 4

GREAT NORTHERN EXTENDED.--Dow[?] lead still pushing on drives, and will be ready to start some faces blocking by the end of the week; will…

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The Percy River Goldfield

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1892 · page 25

On the 15th inst. the Mining Standard’s correspondent at Georgetown (N.Q) wired that Mr. Johnson, the gentleman who found 230oz of gold the other day on the Percy…

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A West Australian Goldfield. Phenomenally Rich Finds. Perth

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1892 · page 25

The Inquirer states that several miners arrived at Geraldton yesterday fro Murchleon bringing so much gold, and such good accounts, as to lead the diggers in that town to make…

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Gold Against Alcohol

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 1 June 1892 · page 2

There are three 'Keeley Institutes' in the State of New-York where inebriates can go for a three weeks' coarse of inoculation with bichloride of gold. the suppose specific…

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Mining Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 June 1892 · page 4

CHILTERN QUARTZ.--Tributers extended north drive to a total 110ft. Lode 1ft. thick showing good gold; lode in stopes same. Tributers started…

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The Energy in a Pound of Coal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1892 · page 37

The strangest tales of necromancy (observes a Glasgow contemporary) can hardly be more startling than many of the hard sober figures of science when introduced…

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Fatal Mining Accident at Southern Cross

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1892 · page 17

A fatal accident is reported from Southern Cross, Two miners, named William Jones and Morris Thomas, who were working in Eraser’s South Mine, were buried in the mine…

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Mining Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 June 1892 · page 3

GREAT NORTHERN.—Main south lower level reef drive extended 20ft., of increased dimensions, preparatory to starting jump-up prospecting drive…

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The Strike at the Durham Collieries. London, June 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 June 1892 · page 24

The Bishop of Durham (Dr. Westcot[?]) has been acting as mediator in the dispute between the Durham colliery proprietors and the miners on strike. The miners offered to accept a…

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Latest Telegrams. Shocking Mining Disaster in Bohemia. London, Jane 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 June 1892 · page 24

A terrible disaster has occurred in Berkenberg’s silver mine, near Prague, Austria. A fire has broken out in the mine. It is believed that 350 miners have lost their lives…

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Mining Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 June 1892 · page 4

GREAT NORTHERN EXTENDED.--In western workings we are far enough ahead for another jump up, so we will start to drive across the lead and test…

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Mining Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 June 1892 · page 4

The following dividend has been declared-- Great Northern Extended, 2s., June 27. CHILTERN QUARTZ.--Cleaned up for…

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The Deepest Colliery in the World

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 July 1892 · page 46

While the average depth of French collieries is 1073ft., that of the coal mines in the Hainault district of Belgium is 1800ft. (says a London newspaper). In the Mons…

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Mining Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 July 1892 · page 3

REPORTS to band from the Rose of Sharon state that the workers have found signs of gold in the quariz, but are not quite sure whether they are on the main reef or not…

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Gold in Sea-water

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 July 1892 · page 17

Many references (says a London contemporary) have recently been made to the statement that sea-water contains a certain proportion of gold, and it has been asserted…

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Annual Mining Report

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 July 1892 · page 22

A copy of the annual report of the Department of Mines has come to hand. The report of Mr. Warden .Browne on the Albury division of the Tumut and Adelong…

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The Broken Hill Proprietary Company. Alarming Reports of the State of the Mine. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 July 1892 · page 2

The condition of the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine is causing great alarm. It is stated that the mine is in a deplorable condition, and that great efforts are…

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The Broken Hill Proprietary Company. The Condition of the Mine. The Proposed Contract System. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 July 1892 · page 1

A serious fall of rock took place in the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine this morning, and one man was severely injured. These constant slips are causing considerable anxiety…

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The Situation at Broken Hill. The Mines Shut Down

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 July 1892 · page 2

All the mines at Broken Hill have been shut down. The proprietors have no intention of employing outside labor. The whole of the miners, within a radius of six miles of the…

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Country Edition The following appeared in our Country Edition on Saturday:— the Broken Hill Proprietary Company. The Condition of the Mine. The Proposed Contract System. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 July 1892 · page 4

A serious f[?]ll of reek took place in the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine this morning, and one man was severely injured. These constant slips are causing considerable anxiety…

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