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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1901

144 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 8

A Trees of Irish Gold

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 5

ASCENT of cedars perv[?]ded the air in the warm spring sunshine…

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Bendigo Mine Robberies. Another Property Visited

Riverina Times, Hay Standard and Journal of Water Conservation · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 1

For some weeks the Great Southern Gold-mining Company at Bendigo has been operating on highly payable…

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Hidden Gold

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 1

Gold for various reasons disappears rapidly in all countries, but nowhere else does it pass out of sight so rapidly as in India and China. So rapidly does the…

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A Cold Miners Dramatic Suicide

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 2

At Ballarat a ruined gold miner once committed suicide in a dramatic manner. During the time of the gold rush a certain deserted claim was for years held sacred,…

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Hidden Gold

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 2

Gold for various [?] disappears rapidly in all countries, but nowhere else does it pass out of sight so rapidly as in India and China. So rapidly does the…

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The Great Cobar Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 30

Before Mr. Justice Walker, in the Equity Court, an application was made on behalf of a number of the shareholder in the Great Cobar Copper Mining Co. Ltd., for the compulsory…

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Mining at Adelong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 31

A pleasing item in mining news to report (says the Adelong Express) is a rather sensational development in the State Bar mine. A rich chute of excellent stone, highly…

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Modern Ocean Coal Gluttons

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 1

During the last ten years the race for the transatlantic record has been far more interesting than in any ether period, for it has been in this decade that the great…

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Modern Ocean Coal Gluttons

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 1

During the last ten years the race for the transatlantic record has been far more interesting than in any ether period, for it has been in this decade that the great…

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Mining at Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 28

A report from Wyalong says:— Mining operations are being actively carried on, the tanks being well supplied with water. At Neeld's the contract for sinking the shaft 100't…

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The Gold Robbery. Recovery of the Treasure. London, April 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 35

The bars of gold bullion which were stolen from the German mail steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse have been fortunately recovered…

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Out West. a Girl's Life in a Mining Camp

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 2

Spooking of the Nebraskan deserts, Robert Louis Stephenson says, "It seems incredible that life can go on with so few properties, or, the great child, man, find entertainment is so…

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Mining at Rutherglen

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 29

A Rutherglen paper says:—It will be satisfactory to learn that there is a probability of an early start being made with work at both the North Prentice and Southern and Prentice…

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Shocking Mining Explosion

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 29

A shocking accident occurred at the Mount Morgan mine on Monday. William Medlin and Ernest James, miners, had boon firing some. explosives, hut one charge did not…

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The Coal Duties. London, April 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 34

A strong agitation is being raised by coal mine owners, colliers, and coal exporters throughout the kingdom against the coal export duty of 1s. per ton announced…

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Debate in Parliament. Sugar and Coal Duties Voted. London, April 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 34

When Sir Michael Hicks-Beach had concluded his Budget speech, Sir William Harcourt rose and congratulated him on his lucid and honest statement. He approved…

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The Imperial Budget. Income Tax to Be Raised. Export Duty on Coal. London, April 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 34

In the House of Commons yesterday Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivered his Budget speech…

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Mining at Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 29

Much interest has been manifested in mining circles during the past few days in consequence of applications having been made for two mineral l[?]ses of 40 acres and 25 acres…

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Hidden Gold in Tub Transvaal

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 5

We hear of nothing butKlondyke gold, yet, according to Captain Younghusband, whose new book on South Africa Messrs. Macmillan publish, there is some still in the…

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Mining at Eskdale

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 May 1901 · page 37

J. Swan has had another splendid crushing from his reef, the Found at Last. He cleaned up 28 tons on Saturday night for the handsome return of 116oz. 12dwt. of gold…

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