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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

209 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 11

Traveller. a Trip to the Ruby Mines

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 January 1903 · page 2

NOW, the Inspector General of Police looked grave when he heard that two English ladies were suggesting the possibility of…

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Grains of Gold

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 January 1903 · page 4

Calamity never leaves us where it finds us [?] it either softens or hardens the heart of its victim. She who is not aware of her ignorance…

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The Coolgardie Water Scheme. The Goldfield Towns En Fete. A Remarkable Work Accomplished

The Riverine Grazier · Thursday 29 January 1903 · page 4

Kalgoorlie, Sunday.—The great Coolgardie water schema is an accomplished fact. The water has been turned on at Coolgardie and…

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Attempted Gold Robbery. Capture by a Mine Manager. Second Thief Makes His Escape

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 January 1903 · page 2
Also in The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express

Mr. John M'Kay, mining manager of the Prentice United mine. Rutherglen, on arriving at the claim on Monday morning, discovered that…

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West Australian Gold-fields. Gigantic Water Supply Scheme

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 January 1903 · page 36

The great Coolgardie water scheme is an accomplished fact. Water has been turned on at Coolgardie, and is now running at the rate of thousands of gallons…

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Local Mining Enterprise

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 January 1903 · page 2

Notwithstanding the crushing disappointment of a breakdown in the machinery of the mine at a very critical juncture in the affairs of the…

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Traveller a Trip to the Ruby Mines

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 30 January 1903 · page 1

NOW, the Inspector-General of Police looked grave when he heard that two English ladies were suggesting the possibility of…

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Special Notes for Special Readers. the Taint on the Mining Industry

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 January 1903 · page 4

Equally with agriculture mining is a staple industry of Australasia. Why, therefore, is it tainted with a hundred and one disadvantages that give to it the color of a…

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Rutherglen Gold Robbery

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 2

The names Mar[?] alias Green was captured by Mr. M'Kay at his, whilst feloniously taking gold out of tho puddling machines and…

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The Mines Department

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 29

Mr. W. J. H. Slee (chairman of the Board of Examiners under the Mines Inspection Act) has reported to the Minister for Mines that daring 11 months of 1902, 313…

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Prentice United Gold Robbery

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 3

At the Rutherglen police court on Tuesday, before Captain Burrowes. James Green and Gregory Spiers were brought up on remand charged…

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Ancient Gold Mines in Africa

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 36

Rhodesis, or British Zimbesia, ranks amongst the chief gold-bearing countries of the world. The ancients mined and carried away enormous quantities of the…

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Mining Notes. Corowa Deep Lead Gold Mining and Prospecting Co

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 2

The mining manager, Mr. Thomas Uran, reports under date February 11, 1903, as follows: Good progress has been made with the polling…

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Sketcher. the Care of Coal

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 2

COAL being nowadays an article of value, it is a dieti[?] duty on the part of every housewife to take all care of it…

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Traveller. From the Goldfields of Alaska

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 2

THE winter postal service in Alaska is full of hardships and danger. In the winter of 1899 two carriers started with the mail from June[?]…

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Corowa Deep Lead Mine

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 2

Excellent progress is being made with the erection of the new machinery. A great deal of work was n[?]cessitated in pulling down and…

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Wondrous Rand Gold Mines. a Great Discovery

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 4

The cable announcement of the discovery of a reef at 3300 feet, between Boksburg and Vogelfontein, in the Transvaal, is of importance…

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Burglary on a Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 24

The office of the Prince of Wales Mine, Reno, was burglariously entered, and a large safe blown open. The thieves secured only 3d. 1d. in cash and stamps. They…

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Fatal Mine Accident. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 2

Through a fall away in a mullock pass in the South Broken Hill mine to-day, a man named John Rowe was killed, whilst three of his companions were badly…

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