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Mining & the mines, 1906

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INTERCOLONIAL. Great Cobar Copper Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 28

Negotiations for the sale of the Great Cobar Copper Mining Syndicate's properties, which have been in progress some time, are nearing completion (according…

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Mining at Chiltern

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 4

Residents of Chiltern had the gratifying news conveyed to them on Monday morning that the Golden Bar Extended had cut the reef in their…

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Prentice and Southern Co. Negotiations Successful. the New Company to Work the Mines

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 1

The agreement between Messrs. Bewick, Moreing and Co. and tho Prentice and Southern G.M. Company for an option over the company's mines at…

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The World's Gold. What a Plentiful Supply of Gold Might Mean

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 7

From time to time we read that the gold reserve is low, and that things "would be easier" if there were more gold. This has led, in the mind of…

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Mining Co.'s Troubles

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 3

A petition for the winding-up of the Junction Deep Leads, of Victoria, Ltd. was presented to the Acting-Chief Justice in the Practice Court to-day. The…

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Good Gold at 4,300 Feet

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 2

From Bendigo, where ruining in very "healthy" just now, comes the news that two shafts on the field are now more than 4,200ft. deep. The…

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Welfare of Miners. a New Commission. Shall Colonial Certificates Count?

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 May 1906 · page 2

A thoroughly representative Royal Commission has been appointed by the Government, with Lord Monkswell as Chairman, for the work of…

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Mining Notes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 May 1906 · page 2

At Bailey's Reward (Bailey and Party) they have some nice stone from 18 to 24in. which looks welt. They are down about 35ft…

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Mining Notes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 3

The erection of the Government battery is being rapidly proceeded with. One of the conditions laid down by the Mining Department was…

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Labor in Gold Mines. Australian Prospector's Story

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 7

On 21st March the London "Daily Telegraph" wrote:-- If you keep on arserting an error often enough and strongly enough it stands a…

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Mining Engineeers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 25

We are pleased to note that Mr. Gerald Browne (son of T. A. Browne, late police magistrate in Albury), who was attached to the Roads Department in this district…

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Chiltern Mining

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 3

In the Extended at 140ft. they have cut 3in. stone carrying nice gold. It is possible this may be the No. 2 reef of the Golden Bar. It is said that it…

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Coal Lumpers Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 2

A serious accident occurred at Darling Harbour to-day through the collapse of a coal staging. Three coal lumpers full with the staging, and were…

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Amended Mining Regulations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 35

Amended mining regulations have just been gazetted, which contain a new and iberal provision in respect or special leases for gold mining. Under conditions…

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Work in Mines. No Women Wanted

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 2

The International Miners' Congress now sitting in London has been discussing female labour in the mining industry…

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A Gold Miner's Plain Story. a Victim of Indigestion, and Mother Seigel's Syrup was Worth more than Gold to Him

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 5

W. C. Cousins, of King Street, Bendigo, Victoria, is a gold miner by occupation, and is widely known in that city, where he was born, perhaps 30…

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Fight at a Mine. Mexican Miner's Outrage. Great Bloodshed. London, June 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 27

Telegrams received from Mexico record a most serious disturbance, attended by great loss of life, in connection with a strike of Mexican miners at Cananea…

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Chiltern. Mine Managers' Reports

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 June 1906 · page 4

Golden Bar-Fixing up plat at bottom; preparing for crosscuts. Winze good payable stone. Sloping over levels on average stone. Compressor…

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General Cables. the Miners Conference. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 June 1906 · page 3

The Miners Conference has decided to meet next time at Salzburg in Austria-about 200 miles S.W. of Vienna…

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A New Cry. "The Mines for the People !"

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 June 1906 · page 3

The Miners' Congress, which is now in session, has passed a resolution in favour of the nationalisation and cool and other mines…

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