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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1916

351 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 18

Retreating Germans Throw Out Mines

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 5 June 1916 · page 2

Admiral Hood was on board the Invincible. During the retreat of the enemy the German submarines threw out many mines…

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Oaklands Coal Field

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 June 1916 · page 2

Mr. J. T. Lane, the prospector of the coal field near Oaklands, has supplied an Albury correspondent with the following particulars:--"The shaft is at…

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Germans Want English Gold. West Australian's Impressions

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 June 1916 · page 4

Mr. J. F. Dodd, honorary Minister in the Seaddan Government, who has just returned to West Australia from England, states that Germany's agents in…

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Coorabin Coal Mine. a Company to Be Floated

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 5

The shaft on Mr J. T. Lace’s property at Coorabin, near Oaklands, is at present closed down, owing to a great flow of water, which is coming…

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Germans Scatter Mines

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 22

During the retreat of the enemy fleet, its submarines threw out many mines. A cruiser whose identity is not known was seen to strike one of these, and apparently…

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Gold Find Near Maldon

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 5

Messrs. J. Annand and A. Thomas, prospecting in Mr. D. Gordon;s paddock immediately sounth of Cookman's ranges, near Maldon, Vic., have opened up a very…

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Mining at Redlands

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 2

Since last report the manager of the Perseverance gold mine syndicate states that the shaft has been sunk to a depth of 120 feet, and that a crosscut has been…

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Lord Kitchener. All Hope Abandoned. Hampshire Struck a Mine. Sank Ten Minutes Later

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 14 June 1916 · page 2

Since the bald cable announcement was received last Wednesday that the steamer. Hampshire, which was proceeding to Russia with Lord Kitchener…

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Late War News. Conquest Not Allies' Only Coal. Paris, June 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 June 1916 · page 25

M. Briand, the French Premier, in addressing the Economic Conference, said it was not sufficient for the Allies to conquer. Our military success and…

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Lord Kitchener's Death Hampshire Struck a Mine. Sank Ten Minutes Later. oLndon, June 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 June 1916 · page 23

The British Admiralty on Saturday evening issued the following report from Sir John Jellicoe in reference to the loss of H.M.S. Hampshire:—"It has now been…

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The Perseverance Mine

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 June 1916 · page 2

The Perseverance gold mine, which is situated at Redlands, is turning out a payable proposition, according to what a member of the syndicate told a…

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The Coorabin Coal Seam. Further Developments

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 23 June 1916 · page 2

The Minister for Mines has received a report from Mr Carne, Government geologist, on the coal find at Coorabin, six miles from…

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German Pretence That Mines and Not Submarines Are the Murderers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 June 1916 · page 40

The German pleas to the United States and to the world at large that the vessels their submarine commanders send down with their crews and passengers are sunk…

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Huge Mine Exploded. Germans Driven Out of Crater

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 June 1916 · page 2

General Sir Douglas Haig reports:- "The Germans exploded an exceptionally large mine at Givenchy, just north of the La Bassee canal, on Thursday morning…

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Coo[?]n Coal Field. Further Developments

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 June 1916 · page 4

Mr. Carne, Government geologist, has presented to the Minister for Mines a report upon the seam of coal discovered on Mr. T. J. Lane's property at…

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Original Correspondence Coorabin Coal (To the Editor.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 June 1916 · page 2

Sir,--In a recent issue of a Waggs paper I note part of the Government Geologist's report on the coat discovery on my property, near Coorable, in which…

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Mining at Ardlethan

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 21

At the Ardlethan's Warden Court Mr. Warden Sims dealt with 30 cases. The first was an application for 25 acres for a dam site and water conservation. In this…

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Mining in Queensland

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 30

Mr. Estell, Minister for Mines, who recently made a tour of the mining fields of Queensland, in company with the Minister for Mines of that State, has returned…

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By-products of Brown Coal

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 1

Operations with a view of extracting various by-products from brown coal will begin shortly by the Mines Department. The necessary plant is…

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Brown Coal Is Sometimes Black

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 July 1916 · page 3

The Government Geologist, Mr. J. E. Carne, has reported on the discovery of a coal scam at Coorabin, in Southern Riverina, near Urana. He doubtless…

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