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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1886

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St for Gold. [?]lling Story of To-day [?]TER XIII.--(Continued)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 April 1886 · page 4

[?] honoured, sir,' said Hardie : then [?] and to what may I owe this extraor[?]ee? Will you be good enough to [?]rt of this vi[?]it--briefly--as Mr…

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The Kimberley Goldfield

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 April 1886 · page 2

IT has often been remarked upon as a curious fact that Western Australia, though the largest of all the Australasian colonies, and the eldest of all with the exception of New…

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Lithgow Colliery Disaster

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1886 · page 6

LATER particulars from the scene of the fire show that the men were not instantaneously killed, as reported. The men had just sat down to their meal when a loud roaring reached them, and a terrible…

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Thirst for Gold. A Thrilling Story of To-day. CHAPTER XXII.--(Continued.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1886 · page 4

The patient was cupped on the nape of the neck by Mr. Osmond, and on the glasses drafting, showed signs of consciousnese, and the breathing was Relieved ; these favourable symptoms were neither…

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Grains of Gold

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1886 · page 3

LEARN your business thoroughly. Self-seeking is a deadly plague to the soul. Goodness thinks no ill where on ill seems. The more you say the less people remember…

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The Recent Colliery Disaster at Lithgow. Terrible Sufferings of the Men

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1886 · page 3

THE details of the catastrophe at the Lithgow Valley Colliery show the occurrence to have been a peculiarly painful one. The five unfortunate men who lost their lives did not die as suddenly…

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Thirst for Gold A Thrilling Story of To- day. Chapter Xxv.-- (Continued)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1886 · page 4

Yet was there in the mother- tongue he despised, one gem of a word he vastly admired ; like most quarterly writers. That charming word, the pet of the polysyllabic, was 'OF.'…

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The Kimberley Gold Rush

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1886 · page 5

"GOLD" is a word that has a most attractive ring in it, and in the four letters of which it is composed are expressed all the earthly hopes, wishes, and desires of civilised…

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The Romance of a Coal Stove

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1886 · page 5

ONE day last fall, after talking until his throat was sore, a Detroit stove dealer succeeded in selling a widow a coal stove, but it was with provise that if everything didn't work satisfactorily…

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Thirst for Gold. A Thrilling Story of Today. Chapter Xxvii

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1886 · page 3

'We [?] the poor proud creature on the sofar and b[?] his face with eau de Colongue. He spoke directly, and said that was nice, and 'His head! head!' And I don't think he was ever quite…

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The Kimberley Goldfield

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1886 · page 2

WRITING on the 15th May, the Perth correspondent of the Melbourne Age supplies the following interesting particulars of the new field: -- All the news that comes to hand from the North…

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The Kimberley Goldfield

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 June 1886 · page 4

THE Derby correspondent of the West Australian writes as follows :--Incoming and outgoing goldseekers are becoming so common that we have almost lost count of…

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The Love of Gold

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 June 1886 · page 3

THE following story appears in "An Account of the Virgin Mary and Jesus, as given by Arabic Writers," given in the Orientalist, which is published at Kandy :…

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An Extraordinary Yield of Gold

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 June 1886 · page 3

THE auriferous wealth of Victoria is preeminent, and the returns from deep ground are such as to warrant the belief that for years to come the output of gold will be very slightly…

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Thirst for Gold. A Thrilling Story of To-day. Chapter Xxix

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 June 1886 · page 5

'New things ? Yes,' said the pert[?]a[?]ns wretch ; 'but they need not be new-bought things. You ladies go and confound [?] world's eyes with your own in the drollest way ; if Go g[?]ous Attire…

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Thirst for Gold. A Thrilling Story of To-day. CHAPTER XXXII.--(Continued.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1886 · page 5

Still Peggy did not come. So he went to a door opposite, and at right angles to the window ; meaning to open it and inquire after her: to and behold he found this was a knob without a door. There…

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The Rocky River Gold Field

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1886 · page 3

The Minister for Mines has received the Geological Surveyor's report on the Rocky River Gold Field. On the whole it speaks hopefully of the prospects of a new…

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Thirst for Gold. A Thrilling Story of To-Day. Chapter Xxyiii. (Continued)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1886 · page 4

No sooner had he filled her with dismay and pity, than he bounded from the ground before her eyes and fled: she screamed. and hoped he would escape: she could not help it. Next she saw him fighting…

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The Ladies' Column. the Layer Heor of Gold

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1886 · page 2

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Sa[?] for Gold. Glen[?]lling Story of To-Day. Chapter Xxxvii

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1886 · page 4

Sw[?] had found Albion Villa in the miser[?] precedes an suction; the house raw, [?]iggiedy piggledy. The stair carpets, [?] room carpets were up, and in rolls in…

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