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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1904

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Mining Report

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 3

The manager of the Corowa Deep Lead G.M. reports:—Lower level reef drive is in 700ft, still in hard rock. North drive from rise extended 22ft…

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Mining Notes

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 2

The mining manage (Mr. Thos. Uren) reports under da's 29th December as follows:--"The lower level reef drive is in 700 feet--still in hard rock. The north…

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Bendigo Gold Field. a Record Year. £322,415 in Dividends

The Independent · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 3

The healthy condition of the mining industry in this district is clearly shown by a few figures relating to the past year's operations. The gold yield was…

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Curiosities of Draft. How Fire Purifies Air and the Way Mines Are Ventilated

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 33

A carious piece of apparatus used by Prof. John F. Woodhull, of the New York teachers' college, to illustrate the principle ol ventilation consists of two…

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Fatal Mine Disaster. Coogee Collides with Sailing Ship. Captain Carrington Dead. Coogee's Steersman Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 25

A disaster like that which befel the steamer Coogee early on Christmas morning brings home both to the holiday wayfarer and the stay ab home citizen the…

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"Hearts of Gold." (E.c.)

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 2

The now book of poems, by the author of "Fair Girls and Gray Horses," is attracting considerable notice. Will Ogilvie in "Hearts of Gold" shows…

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Two Collieries Idle. Men Won't Work for Reduced Scale

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 3

Owing to the reduction of the hewing rates for coal recently decided upon two collieries in the Newcastle district have been closed down…

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Killed by a Coal Truck

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 3

A man names Alfred Murphy died in the Wolloongong Hospital last night as the result of an accident at the Mount Kemble mine…

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Large Demand for Coal. Cardiff Collieries Work Day and Night. Extensive Purchases by British Admiralty. Cargoes for the Far East

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 3

Owing to the warlike aspect of the Far East an extraordinary demand has been made for coal. The Cardiff collieries are working…

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Bendigo's Gold Output. Total of 543 Tons

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 25

Mr. H. S. V. Busst, the mining registrar' of Bendieo. has prepared some interesting figures regarding Bendigo's gold yield for December last, and its total output since…

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Bridge Not Needed. Miners Travel Across a Wild River on a Thread. Hen Who Use the "Sky Trolley" in Western Pennsylvania Laugh at What Strangers Call the Perils of Their Daily Trip

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 1

Sky ferries are probably unknown to the citizens of any other section of the country than those of the Youghiogheny river valley, in western…

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Cablegrams. London, Thursday. the War Cloud Russian Fleet Sails. British Man Japanese Ships. Sophistry of Russia. Russia Reply to Japan in the Far East. Russia's War Chest. Great Demand for Coal. London Forces at Chimulpho. China Rebuffs Russia More Russian Sophistry. Massing Troops Prevent War

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 January 1904 · page 3

The "Novikrai" remarks that the outcome of the present negotiations depends entirely upon the number of ironclads at Port Arthur, and the…

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Mining Report

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 2

The manager of Children Valley [?] repot[?]-Leading [?] the lead form new shoot has been driven 30ft. Face is carrying a coarse wash, which…

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Labour in the Transvaal. Chinese to Be Confined to Within a Mile of the Mines

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 3

The draft ordina[?] for regulating the importation of [?] to work the Tran[?] mines has been published…

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Coal for Japan. Inducements to Shipowners. Japan Undertakes Liability for Insurance

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 3

The Japanese Government, in order to induce shipowners to carry coats front England ports to Japan, has agreed to pay the insured value of…

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Increased Gold Output

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

There has been a considerable increase in the state output of gold for the 12 months ending December 31 last. The increase in the value of…

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Chiltern Mining Report

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 4

The washing-up from the Chiltern Valley mines totalled 122oz. 4dwt. Upon [?] of work after the holidays much cleaning up and…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. the War Cloud Japan Secures 4 Warships Alexieff Holds The Gage 100,000 Russians To Fight War In A Week 1200 Torpedoes 100,000 Tons of Coal Bought By Japan Corean Guards Deserting. Another Russian Army Corps Triple Alliance Neutral Abortive Attempted Explosion. on Board a Japanese Cruiser. in the Mediterranean

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 3

A dastardly attempt to blow up the Japanese cruiser Nissbin, one of the two recently purchased from the Argentine Republic, has failed…

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Strike of Coal Miners

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 3

The coal miners at the Northern Extended Colliery at Nowcastle went out on strike this morning owing to a dispute on the hewing rate…

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The Coal Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 3

The strike at the Northern Extended Colliery at Newcastle will probably come before the Arbitration Court…

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