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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1904

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Miners Classes

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 2

Mr. [?] M. L. A is endeavoring to have miners classes established at the Rutherglen college. He has [?] rooms far the classes but experiences…

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INTERCOLONIAL. Mining at Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 28

A report from Wyalong says :—Increased activity is now noticeable on all the principal lines of reef. On the Mallee Bull line, operations are under way, at the Brilliant,…

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LITERATURE. The Story of a Lost Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 8

A bonanza for which men have searched in vain has a romantic history, if history it may be called for which he man can vouch the truth, even while he tells the…

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Coal for the Cruisers. London, Aug. 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 27

The steamer Valesia, 2,295 tons, of the Hamburg-American line, left Barry, a port in Wales, with 2,600 tons of coal for Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands, on the 10th…

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Amendment of the Mining Law

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 29

Two notices of motion, having for their object the amendment of the mining law, are on the business paper of the Legislative Assembly, in the name of Mr. Nielsen. They…

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A Rich Treasure New Japanese Goldfields. London, August 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 27

It was recently announced that a new goldfield had been discovered at Iwate, in the north of Japan, According to latest reports, the field is not to be thrown open, but is…

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A Giant Coal-seam

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 September 1904 · page 2

A bore put down at Cessnock, near Maitland, in the State of New South Wales, recently penetrated, at a depth of 260ft., a seam of coal 27ft. in thickness. Indications…

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Mine Manages Killed. Workman Dangerously Injured

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 7 September 1904 · page 4

A shocking accident occurred at half-past 7 o'clock on Wednesday morning at the Diamond Gully dredge, Castlemaine (Vic.) by which the manager (Patrick Gilmore)…

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Japanese Still Pressing On. Yentai Mines Still Held

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 September 1904 · page 2

The main Japanese forces are pressing forward on the cast of the retreating army, while smaller bodies are racing it on the west, and all are Field Marshal Oyama, after reviewing the fighting in the Liaoyang district up till September 4, mentioned that the Russians still held the Yentai…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 September 1904 · page 29

The funeral of Mr. Patrick Gilmore, who was killed by the explosion at the Diamond Gully dredge, took place on Thursday afternoon, and was very largely attended. Charles…

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New Japanese Gold Field. Estimates of Value. London, September 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 September 1904 · page 27

A Japanese mining expert has made an estimate of the value of the gold-field of Iwate, recently discovered in the north of Japan. He says that if the whole gold-field…

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Deep Lead Mine. Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders. the Financial Deadlock. Realisation Powers Conferred on Directors

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 September 1904 · page 2

The extraordinary meeting of shareholders, called by the directors in view of the unsatisfactory financial position of the company, was…

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Cablegrams. Craving Permission to Coal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 September 1904 · page 3

When the Volunteer cruisers had proceeded a distance of about seven miles a steamer was sighted, which proved to be their collier. The vessel was…

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The Cruiser Novik. Full of Japanese Mines. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 September 1904 · page 3

General Lispounow, the governor of Korsakovsk telegraphed to the Czar that the Russian cruiser Novik, which took refuge from the Japanese…

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Underground Mines at Port Arthur. 700 Japanese Blown Up. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 September 1904 · page 3

The "Novy Krai," a newspaper at Port Arthur, formerly controlled by Admiral Alexieff, states that an electrical land mine near Port Arthur…

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Gold Medal Fire Extinguisher

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 September 1904 · page 2

Amongst the many useful articles to be exhibited at the Albury Show is that of the "Gold Medal" fire extinguisher. Mr. C. G. Prime, the travelling…

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Siege at Port Arthur. Another Russian Mine. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 September 1904 · page 2

The Russian newspaper, "Novy Krai," published for circulation amongst the Russan troops, states that a mine exploded on the night of…

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At Yentai Mines. Ten Thousand Russian Casualties. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 September 1904 · page 2

Field Marshal Oyama reports that after the occupation of the Yentai mines by General Kuroki, the natives informed him that the Russians had…

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A Chiltern Mine Closed Down

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 September 1904 · page 3

The prolonged tootling of the whistle at the Barambogie mine on Saturday (says the Chiltern paper) signalised the fact that everything in…

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Gold Medal Fire Extinguisher

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 September 1904 · page 2

A full description of the Gold Medal Fire Extinguisher appeared in the "Morning Mail" of Monday. At three o'clock this afternoon a big fire will be lit la the…

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