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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1897

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Mining in West Australia. the Meeting in London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 6

At the meeting of West Australian mining shareholders in London on Monday, Sir William Robinson, formerly Governor of West Australia,…

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Mining Notes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1897 · page 4

RUMOURS are in the air anent discoveries of large deposits of copper in the district, and from samples I have handled these deposits are extremely likely to [?] heard of…

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One Thousand Llamas Laden With Gold

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1897 · page 4

WHO doesn't like to read about buried treasure? Who hasn't dreamed of finding it? What delight Suddenly to possess vast riches? Shilling gold, sparkling genial ! Things for…

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Export of Gold. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1897 · page 5

TWENTY-TWO boxes of sovereigns, valued at £110,000, were shipped to London by the Ormuz on Saturday…

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Colliery Disaster. Eight Miners Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 March 1897 · page 2

Eight miners were drowned by the tlooding of a colliery at Dover, England…

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Bakers Creek Mine

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 March 1897 · page 2

The Baker's Creek G.M. Co, has declared another dividend, payable on March 24. [See advt.]…

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Japan and the Coal Question

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 March 1897 · page 3

The trade of Newcastle is improving, which means that the competition of Japan in Eastern markets is diminishing. Unless the cableman has…

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Mining in New England. Hillgrove. Crushings

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 March 1897 · page 2

Baker's Creek—517 tons from 532ozs 4dwts smelted gold. Eleanora—548 tons for l66ozs, and 151ozs in concentrator…

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Mining Fatality. Coolgardie

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 5

A SHOCKING mining fatality occurred yesterday at Bailey-street, when two Italian miners named Borlini Pietro and Guarimmi Giovanni were killed instantly by the…

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NOVEL. The Kiss of Gold. Chapter Viii--.(continued.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 6

Curious that a man should prefer as a tenant some commonplace fellow with money, instead of a brilliant critic, who made cigarette lighters of his dunning…

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Private Lands for Mining Purposes

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 8

In answer to correspondents the T. and C.Journal publishes the following:—Inquirer (Melbourne): I. What…

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Mining Motes

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 March 1897 · page 4

SIX tons of splendid looking stone has been carted from Somerset (House and party) to the Great Britain battery at Tilbuster for a bulk crushing. Five tons came from…

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New England Mining. Formation of a Company. Swampoak and Niangala. Mines to Be Worked. English Capital to Be

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 March 1897 · page 2

A company called ” The New South Wales Gold Fields Co., Limited," with a capital of £200,000, has been floated in London…

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Mining in New England. HILLGROVE

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 March 1897 · page 2

In the Baker's Creek Mine.—Smith's Reef: The rise from No. 1l level to intersect the intermediate drive up 10ft 6in. reef 6in. a little gold…

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The Stockton Colliery Disaster. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 5

THE Minister for Mines has received a report from the Board of Enquiry in connection with the Stockton Colliery disaster. The Board's report states that the…

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The Nugget of Gold Ore

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 4

'That,' said my friend,in reply to a question of mine,' is a very large and very rich nugget of gold ore. It was taken many years ago from a mine in Australia.'…

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NOVEL. The Kiss of Gold. Chapter Ix.--(continued.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 1

And worse to bear than all was her father's s assumption of a secret understanding existing between them. I say, now, you and young Murray are…

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The New South Wales Goldfields Limited. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 March 1897 · page 4

I wired for the last issue of the CRONICLE the news that a company under the above title had been formed in London for the purpose of…

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Rich Gold Find

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1897 · page 3

A marvellously rich find of gold has bees made in the Great Boulder mine, Kalgoorlie. It is said to be the richest yet discovered in West Australia. The leader is almost pure…

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Gold Discovery. West Australia

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1897 · page 5

A MARVELLOUSLY rich find of gold has been made at the Great Boulder Mine, Kalgoorlie, which is said to be the richest yet discovered in West Australia…

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