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Mining & the mines, 1904

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Sowing Mines. London, May 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 20

The leading newspapers of Great Britain and America are emphatic in denouncing he action of Russia in recklessly sowing ocean floating mines. They characterise it…

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Mining at Tumbarumba

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 28

A report from Tumbarumba says:— Operations continue active. Mr Seaborn Marks, from Kiandra, of the Australian. Alluvial Syndicate, has removed the…

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Sensational Suicide. Mine Manager Shoots Himself

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 35

A suicide of an unusually sensational character was committed in a Sydney office on Tuesday afternoon, John Pearce, the manager of the Mount David Gold-mining…

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The Gold Brick Swindlers of To-day

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 3

A renewal of the gold brick swindle has of late come to the notice of the United States Treasury authorities. It would be thought that the great publicity given to…

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The Use of Mines. Feeling in France. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 2

The correspondent of the "Pall Mall Gazette" at Paris says that there is a widespread feeling in naval circles in France that the Powers signatory to…

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Dreadful Mining Accident. Five Men Dashed to Death

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 20

A dreadful catastrophe occurred at the Great Boulder Proprietary Company's mine, Kalgoorlie (W.A.), on Wednesday, when five men lost their lives. The winding…

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Mining Notes. Corowa Deep Lead G.m. Co

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 2

The mining manager Mr. Thomas Uren reports as follows under data May 21:--The West drive is in 338 set and the reef appears to be…

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Cablegrams. War! 600 Russian Executions. Submarine Mines. The Japanese Advance. Landing at Society Bay. Russian Desecrations. In the Peninsula. The Japanese Advance. a Forward Movement. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 2

General Kuropatkin report a forward movement on the part of the Japanese. Some troops have occupied the…

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Russians Lifting Mines

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 3

The Russians, between May 18 and 21, removed no fewer that eleven mines which they had sown to block vessels entering the harbour…

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Stray Submarine Mines. Previous Russian Protest. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 3

With reference to the having by Russia of submarine mines broadcast in the Gulf of Pechili, the newspapers now recall to mind a circular recently…

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The Drifting Mines. Chorus of Disapproval. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 May 1904 · page 2

Owing to the prevalence of floating sum[?] in the waters of the [?] of [?] Captains of merchant [?] have been instructed to[?]…

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Cablegrams. War! The Capture of Kinchau. After Prolonged Fighting. Russians at Bayonet Point Big Capture of Guns. The Drifting Submarine Mines Capture of Kinchau. Particulars of the Fighting. Russians Completely Out Classed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 May 1904 · page 2

Later telegrams confirm the reported fighting at Kinchau, which is situated on the narrow neck of land between Port Arthur and mainland, on…

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Mining

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 2

Mining at Black Range has taken another [?] Scholz and party have struck it rich on the May Day Hue, about a mile west from where the…

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Mines at Port Arthur

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 2

Gregorovitch, a Russian officer at Port Arthur, has sent the information that many mines which had been placed by the Japanese at the entrance to…

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A New Diamond Mine. London, May 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 27

Mr. E. H. Walton, the Treasurer of the Cape Colony, has announced that a diamond mine has been discovered in the Griquatown district, some 95 miles to the west of…

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CABLEGRAMS. War. RUSSO-JAPAN At Port Arthur. Land Mines Destroyed. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 2

The Japanese have discovered and destroyed a most complicated system of land mines intended for their discomfiture…

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Stockton, Colliery. Collapse of Old Workings

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 3

Several issures have occurred in the steets at Stockton. The cause is thought to be the falling in some of the old workings of the colliers…

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Mining at Tumbarumba

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 June 1904 · page 2

Mining at Tumbarumba seems to be going ahead, The heavy fall of snow last week has given abundance of water for mining purposes and many claims…

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The Russian Fleet. Useless Through Want of Coal. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 June 1904 · page 2

With regard to any remainder of the Russian fleet which may now be at Port Arthur, it is pointed out that even if the channel leading to the…

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Dynamite Outrage in America. Sixteen Non-unionist Miners Sent to Their Doom

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 June 1904 · page 3

A fatal dynamite explosion is reported at the small mining centre of independence, on the Florenen—Cripple Creek railway, to the south of Denver…

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