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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

209 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 11

Gold Discovery in Siberia

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 August 1903 · page 4

St. Petersburg, 19th June.—According to a message received here from Tomsk a rich gold reef, 7 feet wide, has been discovered in the forests on…

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Corowa Warden's Court. Wednesday, August 5, 1903. (Before Mr. G. Rupert Evans, Mining Warden.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 August 1903 · page 3

Francis Gallagher applied for authority to enter portion 4, county Hume, of the private lands of W. H. Hudson. The Warden took precaution to state…

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The Bark Hut Goldfield

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 August 1903 · page 29

A Gundagai telegram says:—"Four mining investors representing Lamb and Company's syndicate, of Ballarat, Victoria, visited the Bark Hut Goldfield for the…

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Inspector of Mines

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 August 1903 · page 29

Leave of absence has been granted to Mr. Slee (Chief Inspector of Mines of New South Wales) from August 31, and he will retire from the service on Jane 30, 1904…

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Victorian Mining

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 August 1903 · page 29

According to the figures collected by the Mines Department there was a substantial increase in the yield of gold for Victoria for the month of July as compared…

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Mining at Murrumburrah

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 August 1903 · page 28

A report from Murrumburrah says : — A find of gold occurred in a spare section of ground amidst the old Blindek workings last week, and a mild rush followed…

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Sale of Mining Property

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 August 1903 · page 29

A Ballarat syndicate has closed for the purchase of M'Gregor and party's mine at Bark Hat, Gundagai. The members of the syndicate say that from a mining…

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A Mining University. London, August 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 August 1903 · page 26

The commission which has been sitting ab Pretoria making inquiries with regard to the proposed establishment of a mining university in the Transvaal colony has…

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Mining Near Gundagai

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 August 1903 · page 36

A further discovery, and one that is likely to tie of some value, has (says the limes) been made in the neighbourhood of the Dark Hat field. On Friday Robert Field, of South…

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Mining Notes. Corowa Deep Leap G.m. Co

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 August 1903 · page 2

The mining manager. Mr. Thos. Uren report as follows under date August 20, 1903:--The lower level branch reef drive has been extended 28 feet: total,…

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

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 August 1903 · page 2

Prospects at the mine could scarcely he better. Since the reconstruction of the company a very great deal of work has been done which besides adding to…

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Mystery of a Gold Brick How a Clever Theft Was Brought to Light and the Treasure Recovered

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1903 · page 6

IN March, 1895, a gold brick, valued at 823.000, was stolen from a safe in E[?] Lower California. and was not recovered until…

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Alluvial Mining in Queensland

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 September 1903 · page 28

A Brisbane telegram says:—Another parcel of nuggets was brought into Rockhampton by Mr. Walter Greene, formerly an hotelkeeper at Rockhampton. They…

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Mining on Private Property

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 September 1903 · page 3

A case of name public importance was before the Albury warden (MR. G. R. Evans, P.M.) on Saturday last when John H. Riley, of Melbourne, applied for…

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Musical Mining

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 September 1903 · page 4

Experiments in the discovery of mineral are by means of the electrical finder have long engaged the serious attention of scientists, and now,…

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Intercolonial Items. Mining at Temora

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1903 · page 28

A report from Temora says:—Mining seems to have taken a fresh start at Springdale. Nearly all the old workings seem to have been again taken up. At…

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The Advance of the Mining Engineer

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 30 September 1903 · page 1

John Smeaton in 1752 was the first man who ever styled himself a civil engineer, and in the 150 years the business has ever been growing…

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Latest Girl of Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 October 1903 · page 15

Tell me latest girl of mine, Ever on those cheeks of thine, Do the roses keep ablcoming, do they Always bloom aQ fair?…

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The Chiltern Alluvial Mines

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 October 1903 · page 3

The alteration in the system of working the alluvial mines from blocking to panelling has not proved altogether satisfactory at…

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River Pollute by Mining

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 October 1903 · page 35

Our Tallangatta contemporary reports that a meeting of the Mitts Mitts Lands Protection Society was held recently, Mr. C. Mitchell in the chair. Others present included Messrs…

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