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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1902

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Hepatic Congestion “Strength and Happiness Again Mine.” 'The [?] of Mrs. E. CRAY

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 2

We recently sent one of our special to No 15 Catherine-street, Balmain to [?] Mrs. Eli[?]beth Gray, to whom he explained that his mission was to obtain the…

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The Gold of Ophir

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 2

Professor Keane, in recent numbers of "Rhodesia," brings forward evidence to prove that Ophir was a port on the South Arabian coast, now…

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Mining at Forbes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 29

The Sydney Daily Telegraph has the following Forbes item under tho head of mining news:—"The Lachlan Goldfield Forbes, for the four weeks ending the 15th…

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Explosion in a Mine. London, April 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 34

News has been received from Dayton, Tennessee, United States, America, of a terrible disaster, In one of the mines in the neighbourhood an explosion took…

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The M'evoy Strike. the Minister of Mines Condemned

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 4

AT THE ordinary meeting of the Chiltern and Indigo branch of the A.M.A., held at Rutherglen, Mr. T. Howes(president) Presided. A letter was read from the gens…

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Gold Feet in Bed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 April 1902 · page 11

The association betwixt cold feet and sleeplessness is much closer than is commonly imagined. Persons with cold feet rarely sleep well, especially women. Yet the…

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Mining at Gulf Creek

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 29

The Gulf Creek Copper mine has dispensed with over 300 men, including all the miners. The calciners are working putting through all the ore that has been…

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The Barambogie Mine. the Trouble with the Men. Meeting of Shareholders

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 3

A special meeting of shareholders of the Barambogie Gold-Mining Company, Chiltern, was held at the company's office Ludstone-chambers, Melbourne, on…

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Unclaimed Cold Mines. El Dorados Found and Lost

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 4

The person who is lucky enough to discover a gold-mine generally takes care not to lose it, and yet within the last 50 years or so there have been…

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Mining at Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 29

A report from West Wynloug says:—Mining is brisk at all parts of the field. Large heaps of payable stone are being paddocked. A telegram has been received…

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King Solomon Mines

Riverina Times, Hay Standard and Journal of Water Conservation · Monday 28 April 1902 · page 4

The mind is staggered at the relation of the enormous quantities of gold possessed by the ancient Semitic peoples…

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Mining Prospects at Corowa. Another Company Projected

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 April 1902 · page 2

SINCE mining operations proper, that is to say, other than boring, began at the Corowa Deep Lead property, some five years ago, one of the chief…

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Suicide in a Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 May 1902 · page 29

The body of a miner named William Ellis has been found at the bottom of a abaft at Maroog, ia the Bendigo district. Ellis was engaged in working au alluvial…

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Corowa Mining Notes

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 May 1902 · page 3

There is nothing now to report this morning except that the management will probably "clean up" a "machine" full of wash about Wednesday next, bat it not…

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Corowa Mining Notes

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 May 1902 · page 2

To-morrow Mr. Uren will "cleanup" the first machine-ful of wash taken from the Corowa Deep Lead Mine…

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Tumut Mining

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 29

A report from Tumufc says:—Mining matters are looking up in this district. A syndicate of six thorough miners from Adelaide has secured authority to enter…

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Turning Smoke Into Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 8

Queen Elizabeth was not a thoroughgoing spinster, for she had so little prejudice against the practice of smoking that she permitted Sir Walter Raleigh his pipe…

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Mining at Rutherglen

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 2

Hicks and party, working on a tributary lead of the old Prentice Freehold, had an exceptionally fine yield on Friday, the result of four…

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Mining at Corowa. the Corowa Deep Lead G.m. Co

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 May 1902 · page 2

If it be said that the most hopeful anticipations have been realised by the result of Wednesday's cleaning up, the statement will also have…

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The Position at Cobar. Closing of the Mines Feared

Riverina Times, Hay Standard and Journal of Water Conservation · Thursday 15 May 1902 · page 3

The closining down of the mines at Cobar on account of the shortage of water, if carried out as at present feared, will affect 5000 men…

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