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Mining & the mines, 1906

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Artificial Gold

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 8

A new metal harder than steel, as brilliant an gold, from which it cannot be distinguished, and as good a conductor as copper has been…

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Miners Entombed in U.s.a. the Pocahontas Disaster

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 5

A terrible mining disaster is reported from the United States. An explosion in the Pocahontas colliery in Virginia entombed a number…

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Chiltern Miners C.g

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 October 1906 · page 4

The annual meeting of the above took place last night. Mr C. T. Martin was voted to the chair. A Very successful season from every…

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CHILTERN. Monday. MINING

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 October 1906 · page 3

At the Chiltern Valley blocking is progressing at the east end and they are opening up at the west end in payable wash. The wash at the…

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A "Gold Brick" of Old Time

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 10 October 1906 · page 4

In one of the Tell-Amarna letters written during the eighteenth dynasty, the King of Babylon accuses Amenophis III. of Egypt of sending him…

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General Cables. the Great Coal Strike. May Be Averted

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 October 1906 · page 2

The efforts made by the Unionist miners, in South Wales, to induce non-unionists to join the union ranks are proving so successful that it is…

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New South Wales. a Big Coal Combine. Entire Output Controlled. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 October 1906 · page 3

It is reported in the city to-day that a big trend" has been arranged between the Newcastle collieries and several inter-State steamship companies…

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Germans Purchase Welsh Collieries British Directors Have to Resign

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 October 1906 · page 2

The report that Germany had acquired a large area of coalbearing land in South Wales is revived by the "Daily Mail." which states that…

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The Colliery Agreement

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 2

At a meeting of colliery proprietors held to-day at was stated that, is connection with the recent arrangements with the ship-owners to…

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Mining

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 3

The rise in metals is giving a great stimulus to mining enterprise, and the voice of the promoter is once more becoming an active…

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Chilten Miners' C.c

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 4

The adjourned meeting of the above look place to-night, Mr C. T. Martin occupying the chair. The delegates to the Association meeting on the…

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Mining in N.S.W.

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 32

Among people who have a leaning towards copper mining, quite a stir has been created by the development of a prospecting shaft near Merrilla, about 15…

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No Such Thing As Waste. Gold is the New Name for It

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 3

There is no such thing as waste. A famous man defined dirt as matter in the wrong place; and while it would be perhaps an exaggeration to say…

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General Cables. a Large Gold Shipment. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 October 1906 · page 2

The Union Castle liner Norman fete Capetown for London with £1,000,000 in specie. This is the record shipment from South Africa…

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Wingate Colliery Disaster. Ninety-three Survivors Rescued

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 October 1906 · page 2

Up to the present time 93 survivors have been rescued from the Wingate Colliery disaster…

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Threatened Coal Strike in Wales

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 October 1906 · page 2

Forty thousand men employed in the various collieries in Rhondda Vale, South Wales, who had given notice to terminate their contracts at the end…

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British Collieries. French Negotiations. London, October 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 42

Following on the reported sale to Germany for £250,000 of the Whitworth Colliery, at Neath, in Glamorganshire, comes the announcement that negotiations by a…

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Welsh Coal. Great Foreign Demand. London. October 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 42

There has lately been an increased export of Welsh coal to all the great foreign markets. Foreigners are also reported to be contracting heavily for further supplies…

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Mining

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 5

During the recent visit of Mr. A. A. Billson to chiltern in connection with the opening of the Jumpble Fair, advantage was taken of his presence to…

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The Stud. Gold Shell

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 4

Messrs. E. and R. McIllree, of stony Park, advise us that the list of thoroughbred stallion, Gold Shell, advertised in the "Morning Mail" has had…

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