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Mining & the mines, 1898

173 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 9

The Golden Klondyke An Enormous Rush of Gold Seekers Going in. Sound Advice From an Inhabitant

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 4

In the rush towards the golden fields of the Klondyke, there are thousands who are ill fitted to stand the strain of hardship and exposure, which are inseparable from that…

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Discovery of Coal-fields in Ireland

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 2

An excellent coal-field has been discovered in the country of Antrim, Ireland…

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Traveller. Rich Goldfields

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 2

That there are rich goldfields on the Klondyke and Yukon bas long been known; out the knowledge has been kept a secret by the officials of the Hudson Bay Trading…

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Indian Currency and the Australian Silver Mines

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 May 1898 · page 2

THE recent announcement that Sir HENRY FOWLER, who was Secretary of State for India in the last Indian Government, has been chosen as President of the Select…

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Mining at Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 May 1898 · page 28

At the Hiawatha rush, 10 miles from Wyalong, several parties are working claims with encouraging results. The Lands Department has proclaimed…

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Mining in Gippsland

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 May 1898 · page 28

During the past week there has been on view in Melbourne, a parcel of ore from a lode recently opened up at Cooper's Creek, Gippsland, which is reported to be from…

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The Quat Quatta Mining Leases

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 May 1898 · page 2

THOUGH the question as to whether leases of an exclusive and comprehensive nature should be granted to the capitalists who are ready to expend a large…

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Traveller. Rich Goldfields

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 18 May 1898 · page 1

That there are rich goldfields on the Klondyke and Yukon has long been known, but the knowledge has been kept a secret by the officials of the Hudson Bay Trading…

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The Golden Klondike. an Enormous Rush of Gold Seekers Going In. Sound Advice From an Inhabitant

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1898 · page 3

In the rush towards the golden fields of the Klondike there are thousands who are ill-fitted to stand the strain of hardship arid exposure, which are inseparable from that…

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Fire in a Coal Mine. Forty-five Miners Killed. London, May 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 27

A terrible disaster has occurred in the Zillan coal mine, at Dortmund, in Westphalia, the centre of the coal-mining industry of the Ruhr basin. A fire broke…

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English Capital for Victorian Mines

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 29

An influx of English capital for investment in Victorian mines is one of the possibilities of the immediate future. For some time past the Victorian Mines…

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Mining at Wyalong

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

A report from Wyalong says:—"A rush took place at a spot situated one and a half mile south of Wyalong surveyed town and the land reserved for a…

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The Australian Broken Hill Consols Mine. Marvellously Rich Ore

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 4

The Australian Broken Hill Consols Mine is an English-owned venture of which very little is heard in Victoria. At the Barrier it is known as a " specimen"…

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The Far East. a Chinese Coal-field. London, May 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1898 · page 26

The Chinese Government has signed a contract by which it grants an important concession to an Anglo-Italian syndicate for working a new coal-field in the province…

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Coal Strike in Wales. a Settlement Arrived At. London, May 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1898 · page 27

The dispute between the coal miners in South Wales and the mine owners has been settled, after a strike which has lasted nearly two months. The men demanded an increase…

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Original Sketch. The Romance of Gold-Mining

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 1

WHEN the ordinary newspaper reader peruses the bald details of each year’s Departmental Report, he does not think, or care one jot, under what conditions much of the…

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The Gold Standard in India, and Its Effect on Australian Produce

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 2

WE have received a copy of an appeal to the producers and traders of Australia which in signed by Lord ALDENHAM, Messrs. H. R. GRENFELL,…

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Export of Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 June 1898 · page 35

Any notion that the export of gold from the colonies is a loss to national wealth is in the main an absurdity. Australasian colonies do not produce gold simply for the…

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Victorian Mining Resources

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 June 1898 · page 29

The object of the Victorian Mines department in sending a special representative to London to bring the resources of the colony more directly before the notice of…

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Intercolonial News. Mining at Parkes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 June 1898 · page 28

A report on the recent mining rush at Parkes runa as follows:—I visited the new rush at Parkes, and found matters not very encouraging. Last week there…

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