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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

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Varieties. the World’s Coal Supply

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 1

ACCORDING to a return just issued, the total coal production of the United Kingdom during last year was 219.047,000 tons; the total…

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Mine Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 28

An accident, by which one man was killed and three hurt, occured in the South Mine, Broken Hill, on Thursday. It was not due to collapse of earth (the usual…

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Mining at Junee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 28

Concerning local mining a report from Junee says :—At Junee reefs very little, is doing. Harris and Willets are working their mine, and getting good payable…

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The Mines of New South Wales

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 2

The brief report which has been issued by the Department of Mines respecting the results of mining enterprise during the year 1902 has…

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The Rand Mines. London, February 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 26

In consequence of the difficulty experienced by the mining companies of Johannesburg in obtaining native laborers in sufficient numbers, tho Johannesburg Chamber of…

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Mining Notes. Corowa Deep Lead of M. and P. Company

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 February 1903 · page 2

The mining manager, Mr. Thomas Uren, reports under date 20th February, as follows:--Satisfactory progress is being made with the…

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Labour Troubles. Miners' Strike in Virginia. London, February 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 26

A strike of miners at Charleston, in Virginia, has had a tragic sequel. Some 250 of tho men, armed with Winchester rifles, determined to resist tho efforts of about 100…

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A Mining Speculator's Affairs. Won and Lost Six Fortunes

The Independent · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 4

John Phillip Lawson, who was examined by the official [?] in the Sydney [?] Court on Friday, before the Registrar, said that his [?] had been…

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Fire at a Mine

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 2

About 5 o'clock on Thursday morning the wood stacks at the Prentice and Southern were found to be on fire. The manager, Mr. Visick,…

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New Gold Rush. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 2

A new gold rush has taken place near Egina, Western Australia. There are 130 men already on the field. The largest nugget obtained weighs 43½oz. Professor…

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Grazing Right for Miners

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 29

In reply to a suggestion that provision be made in the new proposed Mining Act for grazing rights for prospectors, Mr. D. B. Hamilton, of Grafton, has been…

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The Arltunga Gold-field. Grandiloquent Reports. London. March 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 27

Mr. H. A. Grainger, the Agent-General for South Australia, has cabled to his Government, asking for reliable information with respect to Arltunga gold-field in the Northern Territory…

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The Gold Top Stakes

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 2

Much interest was evinced on Saturday last in the race for the Gold-Top Stakes between Mr H. Palmer Whitty’s Nightshade and Mr G. R. Rintoule’s Lubra, owners up…

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Gold Robbery at Gundagal. Sydney

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

The case against John Darroll for alleged gold robbery at Gundagal has been farther adjourned to the 10th inst…

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Traveller. Turquoise Mining

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 2

FROM earliest ages the gem now known as the turquoise, has retained an enviable popularity, and at the present time it still…

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Mine Owners' Protest

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 2

Mr. Taverner, Minister of Lands Agriculture, accompanied by Mr John Fletcher. M.L.A., met a number of prominent residents at the…

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Mining Accident at Rutherglen

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 2

On Friday evening, at the Greet Southern Mine a young man named Cornish, was charged winding timber from the bottom level up to the…

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The Arltunga Gold Field. Its Pastoral Possibilities

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 2

The people accustomed to road of Central Australia as a sand desert, the extent to which the pastoral industry has been developed during…

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Special Notes for Special Reader[?] Has Australia a Heart of Gold?

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 4

If the Aultungs Gold Field is really "kills of gold" as described by the pervervi[?] correspondent of the Daily Mail London it will exercise a very important influence…

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Fire in a Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 March 1903 · page 29

A fire broke out in the New Hopeful Mine, at Eagiehawk, Bendigo, on Thursday morning. When the men went to work in the morning, through the New…

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