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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1898

173 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 9

Gold in the Philippines

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 1

Senator Teller has received a letter from a constituent in Colorado indicating that the Philippine Islands may be found to be very rich in gold deposits. The writer says that…

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Blowing Up an Enemy’s War Ship. This Is How Mines Are Laid Nowadays

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 July 1898 · page 2

The blowing up of the Maine, with its resultant international consequences, cannot but call attention to the potent force for devastation and wholesale slaughter…

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An Old Woman's Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 August 1898 · page 36

An old woman, clad in the most sordid rags, who was raking over the dustheaps in the Boulevard Voltoria in Paris, sat down on a doorstep, and, to the astonishment of a…

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The Mining Strike at Adelong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 August 1898 · page 27

Affairs have taken an extraordinary turn in connection with the working of the Gibraltar Consolidated Gold Mine Limited, of Adelong. It appears that some time ago the…

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Gold in the Philippines

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 10 August 1898 · page 2

Senator Teller has received a letter from a constituent in Colorado indicating that the Philippine Islands may be found to be very rich in gold deposit. The writer says that…

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Blowing Up an Enemy's W a R Ship. This Is Now Mines Are Laid Nowadays

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 10 August 1898 · page 1

The blowing up of the Maine, with its resultant international consequences, cannot but call attention to the potent force for devastation and wholesale slaughter…

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Mining Report

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 27

From the annual report of the Department of Mines for 1897 we extract the following:— TUMUT AND ADELONG MINING…

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Mining for Woolfram

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 29

A considerable amount of correspondence has of late passed between the German Government and those of the Australian colonies with regard to the possibility of…

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A Miners' Congress. the Minimum Wage. London, August 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 27

At the International Miners' Congress which is now being held at Vienna a resolution has been carried dealing with the question of the establishment of a minimum…

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Klondike. Many Miners Returning. Several Large Fortunes. London, August 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 27

Many miners are returning from the Klondike goldfield, several of them having gained large fortunes. It is estimated that no fewer than 3,000 persons are now travelling from…

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Mining at Gulgong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 28

The Shellback, on Gulgong, is going to turn out a plum (says the Sunday Times.) Another cleaning up will soon take place, which will show an excellent yield, as…

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Klondike. Fresh Gold Discoveries. London, August 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 August 1898 · page 25

Very rich gold discoveries have been made at Lake Tagish. beyond the Chilkoot Pass, on the road to the Klondike goldfield. As a result of the discoveries there has been such…

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Strike of Miners. a Novel Grievance

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 August 1898 · page 15

The men employed at the Jumbunba mine have been out on strike during the past three or four days. It appears that the company has insured the men against…

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Mining Accident at Bethanga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 August 1898 · page 21

A serious accident occurred to a miner namod Daniol James, employed by the Bethanga Gold Mining Company. From the evidence of Messrs. Willoughby and…

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Mining at the One-tree Hill and Black Range

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 August 1898 · page 35

From a mining point of view or any other point of view, any person who has the courage, after walking out from Albury, to ascend to the top of the One-tree Hill, Black…

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Science. Smokeless Coal

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 August 1898 · page 1

A German engineer has invented a method of making smokeless coal. It consists in feeding the flames of his [?], with powdered coal, [?] instead of with solid…

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The Gold Standard

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 September 1898 · page 29

The Dunedin Chamber of Commerce carried a resolution deprecating any extension of the gold standard in British India. A further resolution set out the…

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Mining at Gundagai

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 September 1898 · page 28

It is not generally known that the Government have for many years been favorably impressed with the mineral resources of the Gundagai district, and in…

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Shocking Mining Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 September 1898 · page 29

A shocking fatality happened on Monday night in the New Chum and Victoria mine, Bendigo, the victim being John Cereina, a married, man, 40 years of age…

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Science Smoking Coal

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 7 September 1898 · page 1

A German engineer has invented a method of making smokeless coal. It consists in feeding the flames of his furnaces with powdered coal dust instead of with solid…

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