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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

344 stories in Murray's papers · page 18 of 18

Mining at Wahgunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 8

On Wednesday Mr. G. M. Harrison, on behalf of the representatives of an English syndicate, pegged out the whole of the land between the old Lankey's [?]…

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Red Bluff. Wednesday. a Mine Stopped

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 4

There was quite a gloom over the township on Saturday, 8th inst., owing to the manager of the Electric Gold Hydraulic Sluicing Claim…

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A Mine Flooded. Over Fifty Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 3

A remarkable disaster has occurred at Gwanda, in Rhodesia. There was a terrific downpour of rain, which culminated in a waterspout at one point. This completely…

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Money in Silver Mining

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 25

Though gold may enrich a man at the expense of a minimum of work, more sensational fortunes have, doubtless, been won from silver mining, Silver usually…

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Rand Mines. Labour-saving Drills. London, December 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 43

A few weeks ago the Johannesburg "Star" stated that new drilling machines would enable four natives to do the work of fourteen men in the Rand mines, and…

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Lost Mines of Mexico. Deposits Worked by Spaniards Await Re-discovery

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 16

The murder of two American prospectors in the Sierra Marde Mountains, State of Sonora, Mexico, last month, by a band of Yaqui Indians, has prevented, perhaps the…

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