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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1907

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Mining Revival Corowa Indirectly Concerned

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 6

When the Corowa Deep Leads closed down it was after some £56,000 had been spent upon the winning of some £11,000 worth of…

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All for Gold. a Story of Alaska

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 2

Business men closed their offices, clerks gave up their positions, parents, wives, sweethearts, were in a measure, secondary consideratione…

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The Stud. Gold Shell

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 6

By advertisement in this issue it will be seen that the much-sought-after stallion Gold Shell will again be at the services of horsebreeders this…

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Colliery Disaster in Germany. Eighteen Lives Lost

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 August 1907 · page 2

An explosion of firedamp has occurred in the Koning mine at Mittelbexbach, a village in Bavaria. Eighteen of the miners were killed outright, and eleven others…

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Wood Wasted Badly. Burraga Copper-mine Closes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 August 1907 · page 3

Owing to the extreme scarcity of wood and fuel the copper-mine at Burraga, near Bathurst, has been compelled to close down. One…

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Stole the Battery Plates. Dishonest Miners

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 13 August 1907 · page 3

Two miners named respectively Peter Lette and John James Hayes, were charged to-day with stealing a quantity of gold, the property of…

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Tried to Blow Up a Mine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 14 August 1907 · page 5

A sensational incident is stated to have occurred at the Great Extended Hustler's mine (Bendigo) to-day. A man unsuccessfully sought…

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Trial of Haywood. Governor's Murderer in Court. Sensational Evidence. Charges Against the Miners Secretary. Planning the Crimes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 8

To-day Harry Orchand, the informer in the Idaho mining murder trial, took the witness-stand at Boise City, and the case against William D. Haywood, of…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Monday Two Miners Killed. by a Fall of Earth

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 August 1907 · page 3

Two miners named William Thomas and W. Widdy, while working in the British Mine, Broken Hill, were the victims of a fatal accident. A…

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A Deep Gold Mine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 August 1907 · page 4

Australia now possesses the deepest gold-mine in the world, for within the last few months the shafts at the New Chum Railway at…

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Miners' Notice of Discontinuance

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 August 1907 · page 5

The secretary of the Miners' Association to-day handed the general manager or the Balmain Coal Mine 14 days' notice of the miners' intention…

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CHILTERN. Tuesday. a Mine on Tribute

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 August 1907 · page 5

The Alabama quartz mine has been taken on tribute by a party of miners. They have raised the water from the workings, and intend taking out…

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Mine Explosion in China

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 August 1907 · page 3

A terrible disaster has occurred at the Fangthe mine. Tsingtao China. Two German foremen and 110 Chinese miners were killed by an explosion which occurred in…

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Trial of Haywood. Governor's Murderer in Court. Sensational Evidence. Charges Against the Miners Secretary. Planning the Crimes

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 2

To-day Harry Orchard the [?]ormer in the Idaho mining mirder trial, took the witness-stand at Boise city. and the case agalast wallain D. Haywood. of…

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General Cable News. London, Sunday. Mortality Rate on Rand Miners. Chinese Stronger Than Kaffirs

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 August 1907 · page 3

Returns have been issued showing that the deaths among the Chinese miners on the Rand average 12 per month. The mortality rate of the Chinese is…

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Nitrogen Foe the Soil Electricity Direct From Coal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 August 1907 · page 4

T. A. Edison, the great inventor, who, despite his 61 years, has a boyish face and ardent hopes of living another 40 years, was interviewed the other day by…

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South Coast Collieries

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 33

A Clifton (N.S.W.) correspondent writes:—The scarcity of miners, wheelers, and laborers threatens in the near future to seriously interfere with the southern coal trade. For…

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CHILTERN Thursday MINING

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 3

Golden Bar Extended.—Weekly report.—Cleaned and tested binder and other necessary repairs. Putting Tangye pump in shaft to take water…

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Copper for Gold. How the Bank of England Lost L1051

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 5

A remarkable story of halfpennies being substituted for half-sovereigns was told at the Manchester City Police Court yesterday, when Henry Douglas…

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Plots Against the Czar. Dealing Out Punishment. Hanging and the Siberian Mines. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 2

Several conspirators concerned in plots against the Czar and his rule in Russia have been awarded their deserts. Mishitenko and two others have been…

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