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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1898

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Deep-lead Mining in New South Wales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 October 1898 · page 25

There was a great deal of truth in the remark of the Victorian Minister for Mines, Mr. H. Foster, when meeting the New South Wales Minister for Mines, Mr. J. Cook, on…

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Mining Notes

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 November 1898 · page 2

At the Barambogie the new block of ground has now all been cut up and blocking operations resumed. The ground continues good at present, and the leading…

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Corowa Deep Lead Gold Prospecting Company

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

A MEETING of the shareholders in the above company was held at the Royal Hotel on Friday evening. There were present -- Messrs. A. H. Bray (chair), A…

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Deep[?]ad Mining in New South Wales

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

THERE was a great deal of truth in the remark of the Victorian Minister for Mines, M. H. Foster, when meeting the New South Wales Minister for Mines,…

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The Klondike Gold-fields

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 November 1898 · page 15

The R.M.S Alameda brings San Franciso files which state that mining affairs are still prosperous at Klondike. The steamer Fastnet had arrived at Vancouver with half a million…

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The Export of Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 November 1898 · page 28

Half a million yellow sovereigns was the amount taken to San Francisco by the Moana, making five millions exported from Sydney since the beginning of the…

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How Mining Enterprise Is Aided in Victoria

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 November 1898 · page 29

The S. M. Herald remarks:—"The difference noticeable between the development of goldmining in Victoria and New South Wales is not so much a difference…

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Rich Gold Discovery at Hill End. "A Jeweller's Shop." Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 November 1898 · page 2

An enormously rich find of gold has taken place at Chambers' Creek, Hill End, by Sullivan's party. One of the lucky finders describes the…

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Gold

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 November 1898 · page 2

THE immense increase which has taken place recently in our gold exports cannot fail to have attracted the notice of the average newspaper render, and it is…

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A Rich Find of Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 November 1898 · page 29

At Chamber's Creek, a tributary of the Macquarie entering the river nearly opposite Hill End, Patrick Sullivan and party, eight in all, have struck an enormously rich show…

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Development of the Mining Industry. the Murray River Leads. an Important Prospecting Project. Progressive Ministerial Policy

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

THE spot on the New South Wales side of the Murray most favoured by authorities practical and theoretical as the likely locale of the old lead is the Quat Quatta…

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Hearing Heat and Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 November 1898 · page 36

An electrical instrument has been invented by Dr. G. C. Whipple, by means of which the various ranges of temperature may be heard in an ordinary telephone…

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Mining at Coolamon

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 November 1898 · page 28

A report from Coolamon states:— "The Cowabbee Reefs Mine is again making progress. Gold was first discovered on the property known as the Four-mile…

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Value of Boring Operations in Mining

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 November 1898 · page 28

The Minister for Mines during his recent visit to Albury and Wodonga, with the object of studying the system of mining which has led to such excellent results in developing…

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Alleged Mining Fraud. Arrest of Claude London, November 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 November 1898 · page 27

Claude Vautin, of 28 Basinghall-street, London, consulting metallurgist and director of mining companies, formerly of Melbourne, against whom a warrant was…

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The Greta Colliery Disaster Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 2

Rescue work is proceeding at the colliery amidst great danger…

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Deep Lead Mining in Victoria

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 2

A COMPLETE description of the Victorian Government's scheme of exploratory boring for minerals, as formulated by the Mines Department of that colony, has…

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Colliery Disaster at East Greta Mine. Three Miners Entombed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 34

A terrible colliery disaster occurred at East Greta at 7 on Friday morning, when three miners named David Gronow, leader of the shift, Bertie Monteith, and Stephen…

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A Warning to Miners

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 35

J. W. Prince, a working miner, late of Yalwal, has written from Dawson City cautioning all Australian miners who might think of going to the Klondike goldfield to…

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Victorian Mining Bores

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 29

The Government is introducing an extensive scheme of boring to absorb £20,000 in the next three years, of which £2000 will be appropriated for cool seams…

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