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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

209 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 11

Powdered Coal

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 1

A great deal of interest has been aroused in railway Circles in England by the possibility of using powdered coal on locomotives, and thus doing away with all…

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Huh Sacrifices for Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 35

A Poona dispatch says:—The ghastly ignorance and superstition of the principal man in the village of Wadgaon have had their sequel in his being sentenced to death…

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The Rand Mines. London, April 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 26

An application has been made on behalf of 30,000 Finns, who are leaving their country in consequence of the Russian persecution, to the Transvaal Government for…

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Mining Accident at Rutherglen

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 3

At the Great Southern Consols, on Tuesday laid, a man named Herbert Rasmussen. as he was leaving work, slipped, and felt down the manhole…

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Sensational Yield of Gold. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 2

A wire from Gundagai this morning reports a most sensational yield of gold from Elliott and party's claim at Hark Hut, 13 tons of stone yield…

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Lost in a Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 4

Great excitement prevailed at the Shale mines at Ruined Castle (N.S.W.), when it became known that Mr. A. M'Millan, one of the managers, and a miner, had been lost…

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Mining Return

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 29

A return compiled by the Department of Mines shows that the gold produced in this state during the month of March was 20,851oz. crude. This is equal to 17,70loz…

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The Gundagai Gold Find. Nature of the Reef

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 36

The sensational gold yield of 501oz. Sdwt. 18gr. from 13 tons of stone from Groth and Elliott's mine is the all-absorbing topic, especially among the mining…

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South Africa. Pegging Out Gold Claims. London, April 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 20

At Heidelberg, Wilge Poort and Klerksdorp, in the Transvaal Colony, the pugging out of gold-mining claims in going on on a large scale. Many thousands of persons are…

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Mining Notes. Corowa Deep Lead G.m. Co

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 2

The mining manager, Mr. Tho[?]. Uren[?]reports under date April 16 as follows: -- "All the water has how been taken out of the mine. We are preparing to put in the…

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Mining Accident. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 April 1903 · page 2

Through a fell at the Block South Mine, Broken Hill this morning, a miner named G. Goobol was killed, whilst a tracker named J. Montgomery was badly…

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Illicit Gold Buyer. a Raid at Kalgoorlie

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 4

A well-planned raid was made on Tuesday afternoon by Detectives M'Lennan, Walsh, and O'Brien on the premises of William John Shaw, who carries on…

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The Rand Goldfield. London, April 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 26

A gold-bearing reef has been struck in the Cloverfield mine, on the Rand goldfield, at a depth of 2,997ft…

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Miners' Rights

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 28

" Surprise is expressed that the issue of free miners' rights has been suspended by the Mines Department." Such was the tenor of a telegram published recently…

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The Riverina Gold Mining Company. Annual Meeting of Shareholders

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 2

The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Riverina Gold Mining Company, which is carrying on operations at Mulline, Western Australia…

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Theft From a Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 29

At the trial of Walter Penny, James Cobbing, and Albert Tippet, for larceny of tin ore from the Mount Bischoff Company, the jury brought in a verdict of guilty of…

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Gundagai Mining

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 29

Mining matters at North Gandagai and Keno are very quiet just now. Since the mines at Reno have closed down there is no battery available for crushing purposes…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 3

A young man named William Able, the sole support of his aged parents, has recently, between shifts at the Chiltern Valley mine prospected a…

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Shocking Mining Accident. Two Men Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 35

An accident which occurred at the Francis Ormond mine, at Chewton (Vic), on 23rd ult., resulted in the death of two miners, named David Henry Johne, 31…

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Mining Notes

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 May 1903 · page 2

The second call of 6d per share in the Corowa Deep Lead G M. Co. has been made and is payable on or before the 13th inst…

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