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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1904

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Mining at Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 September 1904 · page 2

When, nearly ten years ago, the project of mining in the alluvial flats near Corowa was brought to something like definite shape through…

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Blown Up by a Mine. 700 Japanese Killed, London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 September 1904 · page 3

With reference to the statement published by the "Novy Krel" that a Japanese column of 700 men had been blown up by a mine at Port Arthur,…

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The Price of Coal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 September 1904 · page 3

The Colliery Employes Federation today applied to the Arbitration Court to have the existing arrangements as between the Proprietors' Association and…

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Mining at Wattle Flat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 September 1904 · page 29

The Minister for Mines (Mr Moore) has received the following communication, dated September 5, from the warden's, clerk at Wattle Flat (eight miles from Sofala) :—" I…

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To-Day's Latest Cables. The Desperate straits of the Port Arthur Garrison. Germans to Coal the Baltic Fleet. Liter

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 September 1904 · page 2

Later cables state that the commander of Port Arthur has informed the Czar that the garrison has been without meat for a week, and that…

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British Ship Strikes a Mine. Sinks at Port Arthur

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 September 1904 · page 2

A small British sailing vessel called the Lucia has struck a mine at the entrance to Port Arthur, and foundered…

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The Broken Hill Mines

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 September 1904 · page 2

From Joseph Palmer's "Share List" we learn that "The great feature of the month has been the heavy business in Broken Hill stocks and…

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Gold in Sheeps' Heads. Remarkable Discovery. Doctor's Chance Find

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 September 1904 · page 4

Somewhere on the vast grazing plains of Australia or New Zealand farmers are feeding their flocks of sheep on pastures so auriferous that the very…

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Miners' Strike in Italy

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 September 1904 · page 2

In connection with the miners' strike now in progress in Sardinia, a conflict has taken place between the strikers and the police, in which three miners…

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Collieries and the Arbitration Act

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 September 1904 · page 2

A deputation, representing the Northern and Southern Collieries, to-day waited upon the Minister and asked for certain amendments in the…

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Italian Miners' Strike. Several Rioters Killed. London, Sept. 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 September 1904 · page 27

Serious trouble has arisen in Italy as the outcome of a strike of miners in the Island of Sardinia. The strike was followed by a conflict wth the police, in which…

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The African Gold Coast

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 September 1904 · page 2

A strong party of New Zealand and Queensland surveyors have started for West Africa to make a complete demarcation of the mines and an…

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Russia Buying Coal. How It Is Conveyed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 September 1904 · page 2

It is reported at Vigo that the British steamer Koddam has brought coal to that port for the use of Russian warships…

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Cablegrams. Russian Volunteer Cruisers Request Permission to Coal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 September 1904 · page 2

The cruisers St. Petersburg and Smolensk, belonging to the Russian Volunteer Squadron have arrived at Port Said where they are awaiting…

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This Yentai Mines

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 September 1904 · page 3

When the Japanese troops captured the coal mines at Yental they found that the machinery has been wrecked. The Japanese military authorities…

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The Coal Miners

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 September 1904 · page 3

Certain Newcastle coal owners find themselves between the upper and nether millstone. In a weak moment they consented to the…

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Mining and Counter Mining. Japanese Blown Up

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 September 1904 · page 2

The Russian garrison at Port Arthur, discovering that the Japanese were endeavouring to capture the town by driving underground tunnels…

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The Riverina Gold-mining Company. General Meeting or Shareholders. The Question of Further Capital

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 September 1904 · page 2

An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Riverina Gold-Mining Company (no liability), Mulline, Western Australia, was held at Tattersall's Hotel…

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The Yentai Mines. London, September 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 September 1904 · page 37

When the Japanese captured the Yentai mines after occupying Liaoyang, they found that the mining machinery had been wrecked. They hope to reopen for steam traffic the…

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Rich Finds of Gold. PERTH

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 September 1904 · page 35

A nugget of gold weighing 90oz. has been found on the Turner River, in the Marble Bar district. At Tolga, in the same district, a nugget containing 100oz. was found…

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