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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1898

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Gold Medals At the World’s Chief Expositions. Mount [?] Older Than Any Land Known on Earth

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 4

The articles on [?] recently appearing in “The Daily Telegraph ” will serve to draw [?] to the plateau generally as a [?] resort More than that, the country…

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Klondyke Goldfields. What. Rothschild’s Agent Says. Estimates the 1898 Placer Output at £1,000,000. Some Very Rich Claims

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 4

Mr H. Bratnober, who went to Klondyke on behalf of the Rothschilds, has written this opinions of the field for the “Engineering and Mining Journal,” an important American…

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A Reminiscence of the Gold-fields

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 29

Here is a little story from the Sydney Bulletin. In the early days of Bendigo, "Billy" Brown, now a Melbourne lawyer, was delving in Golden Gully, and, having…

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The Klondyke Goldfields

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 9

Writing from Victoria, British Columbia, on October 20, the correspondent of the London Daily News says:—"Not until next spring, when the sun in its strength…

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District Mining Notes

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 3

Gt. Northern Extd, 7th.--Started work 3rd, but full complement men did not turn up till Tuesday. Now working full handed, and everything in fair working…

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The Klondike Goldfield. a Government Surveyor's Opinions

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 4

Mr. William Ogilvie, the Dominion Go vernment surveyor of the North-west Territory, delivered a lecture at Victoria, B.C., recently (says the San Francisco Chronicle)…

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Soie[?] Gold Air for Consumptives

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 5

The are now six saultariums in Germany at which consumptives are treated by constant exposure to air at a low temperatures. Currents of cold air are allowed to pass…

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Ventilation of Mines

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 28

Applications for the bonus of £1000 offered by the Vietorian Government for an efficient system of mine ventilation had to be sent in by the 1st inst. A…

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Victorian Gold Yield

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 29

The yield of gold for the year in Victoria, as ascertained by returns from the Mint and the banks, is 822,632oz , or an increase over the yield of 1896 of 10,546oz…

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The Klondike Gold-field. a Government Surveyor's Opinions

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 36

Mr. William Ogilvie, the Dominion Government surveyor of the North-west Territory, delivered a lecture at Victoria, B.C., recently (says the San Francisco Chronicle)…

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Mining Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 28

Mr. Robert Don, mining manager, was brought in to the Ballarat Hospital on Thursday, very seriously injured, his right arm and left leg being broken, and having…

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The Klondike Gold-fields. Remarkable Rush. London, January 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 January 1898 · page 27

Letters from New York show that the excitement over the discoveries of gold in the Klondike district is increasing, and an enormous rush is expected as soon as the…

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Colliery Accident. Fifteen Victims. London, January 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 January 1898 · page 27

A serious colliery accident has happened at Wasmes, in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. The cable by which the cages are hauled up from the mine broke when a…

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District Mining Notes

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 3

The Barambogie have been on somewhat poorer ground this week, the yield amounting to 123oz. The lending drives both east and west are being put out…

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The Klondyke Goldfield

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 9 February 1898 · page 4

The San Francisco "Call" publishes a telegram from Seattle, dated January 1, giving the fallowing particulars:— The steamer Corona came into port…

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Gold Adulteration

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 28

Two men, giving their names as William Theodor and Alex Rawlands, were arrested at Taradale on Friday afternoon on a charge of endeavoring to dispose of…

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The Corowa Deep Lead Mine Starting the Machinery

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 3

ON Wednesday afternoon fully 150 persons assembled at the Corowa Deep Lead Company's mine to witness the taking over by the directors from the contractor…

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District Mining Notes

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 3

The Golden Bar Syndicate, who some little time ago took over the old reef and erected machinery, have got the water out, and are now getting out a trial…

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Gold and Blood

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 3

Many yean ago I knew a man who expended a great part of large fortune in buving gold, in coin audio bars. This he melted, and with human blood and other…

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Rich Find of Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 29

A rich discovery of gold was made by Crotty and party in their reef at Balala on Friday. For some time past the party has been engaged driving for a supposed…

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