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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1898

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Tons of Gold. From the Frozen Regions

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 1898 · page 4

A SPECIAL dispatch to the Son Francisco Chronicle, tinder date Seattle, Wash., August 30, says:-- Eight tons of gold, worth nearly 4,000,000 dollars, was Die magnificent treasure…

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Storing Coal

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 14 October 1898 · page 3

Owing to the contemplated coal difficulty the Railway Commissioners have stored 40,000 tons of coal, and are still purchasing largely…

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Newcastle Coal Trouble

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 14 October 1898 · page 2

UNFORTUNATELY the Newcastle miners and the pit owners are never, able to agree among themselves, or finally settle their differences on terms and conditions that would…

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Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 15 October 1898 · page 2

Tenders are invited for sinking the shaft on the Record Mine, Tia, another 50 feet. We hear that some good crushings…

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Tia Goldfield

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 15 October 1898 · page 3

Tia, a goldfield practically speaking, although known for many years, strange to say has yet not been in any way satisfactorily tested. Such a state…

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Hillgrove News. MINING

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 October 1898 · page 2

United Australian Exploration, Ltd. (Hillgrove Proprietary Mines).—In the Cooney tunnel all the rock drills ate working splendidly: the air compressor…

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Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 3

A meeting of local residents took place at the New England Hotel on Monday last for the purpose of starting a syndicate to work alluvial claims at…

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Mining in New England. BENDEMEER

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 22 October 1898 · page 3

Considerable progress has been made in the development of the reefs. The Stockyard Greet field Mount Limbri Company has extended the,…

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Gold

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 October 1898 · page 3

Sixteen hundred ounces of gold arrived from New Guinea on Saturday…

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Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 3

Miners returning from Rawdon Vale are warning men not to go there. They state that at the present time there are 150 men on the field, and…

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A Mining Casualty

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 4

Two men named Henry Bartar and James Earl were suffocated by foul air in the Band and Albions Nine at Ballarat to-day…

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The Mining Link

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 2

" Darwin says the monkey was the firsts to walk and talk," and while many persons believe in the theory, there has been great difficulty in…

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Late Hillgrove Mining. Hillgrove

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 4

Baker's Creek have cleaned up for 615 ounces 16dwts. smelted gold. The Garibaldi company have given notice of appeal to the El[?] case…

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District News. Tia Goldfield

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 3

Since my last a good deal of progress has been made with the erection of machinery at the Record Mine, under the capital management of Mr. Bowie,…

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Our Wires. (Per Greville's Telegram Company.) Sydney, Monday, 10.20 A.m. Gold for London

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 November 1898 · page 2

Three cakes of gold, valued at £31,000, are being sent from Brisbane for exhibition in London…

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The Export of Gold

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 November 1898 · page 2

THE unusually heavy exports of gold which have recently been made have begun to attract attention, and man explanations and forecasts, varying…

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France and England. an Emergency Squadbon Equipped. Large Purchase of Coal. France and Egypt

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 November 1898 · page 2

A strong British emergeney squadron is being equipped at Plymouth, and 700 officers and men of the British fleets have been recalled from…

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Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 2

Writing from Hillgrove a correspondent states:--"This place is looking well. The Baker's Creek Consols are improving wonderfully. They are…

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Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 2

Western Australia did well in gold production during the first nine months of the year. She sent away 726,248oz. in that period. This was more than…

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Diamond Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 3

About 4,000 feet of drives have been put in the Boggy Camp diamond mines, near I n v e r e l l. Diamondiferous…

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