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Mining & the mines, 1898

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Fatal Mining Accident Four Miners Killed

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 2

The most serious mining accident since the South disaster occurred at the British Mine about 1 o'clock on Monday morning, when an immense…

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Mining Notes

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 3

Glorious rain! Gold.obaeers jubilant! Waggon-loads of silver from the Ruby nine, Rookvale, going to town…

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Mining in New England, HILLGROVE

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 3

Eleanora.—A. Huntingdon mill is being fixed np in the Tanner shed for the purpose. of thoroughly disiote grating, before reaching the vanuers,…

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Terrors of a Burning Mine. Miners Emerge Raving Maniacs

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT writing from Aspen, in Colorado says that deep down in the bowels of Smuggler Mountain 500 men have been jeopardising their lives every day for the last two…

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Mining

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

A find of alluvial gold has been I made by a few miners in New Guinea. The result was half an ounce per day per man. Great hardships wore…

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Reward for Gold Discovery

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 4

The following notification appears in a recent West Australian Government Gazette':I A reward[?]..500 is of…

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The Miner. News from Everywhere. GOLD

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 7

The goldfields coach was baiied-up not far from Lydenburg, South Africa recently, and relieved of 3850oz. of gold, valued at £11,500. The robbers…

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Sensationally Rich Find of Gold. 40Ozs to the Ton in the Curreeki Coolongolook

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 4

The " Manning River Times " says: A sensationally rich leader was struck in the southern drive in the Currceki Mine, Coolongolook, on Thursday…

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Tuesday. Excitement in Westralia. Contempt of Court. Miners Sent to Jail. Alluvial Mining

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 March 1898 · page 3

At the Warden's Court, Kalgoorlie, yesterday, two diggers were committed to jail until they petition for a release, for contempt of Court in…

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New Mining Bill

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1898 · page 2

WE have authority for stating that it is the intention of the Government to table a new Mining Act when the House re-assembles. The measure is framed on liberal and…

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Klondyke. the Rush for Gold

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 4

LETTERS received from Klondyke, says the New York correspondent of the 'Standard,' declare that the first steamers from thence this season will bridg tons of gold. Travel thither…

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Forfeited Mining Leases

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 7

The Minister for Mines has received s copy of the report issued by the Select Committee in Victoria, in regard to the date of gazetting…

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The Miner. News from Everywhere. GOLD

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 7

At the New Chum and Victoria mine, Bendigo, where the air is hot, the directors have decided to work the men six-bour shifts…

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Rich Find at Kalgoorlie. Telluride Ore 45 Per Cent Gold

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 5

A very rich vein of telluride ore has been cut at the 200ft. level in the Australia lease, Kalgoorlie. Pieces weighing one cwt. were briken-off,…

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Mining. Warden's Court. (Tuesday, March 15, 1898. Before the Warden)

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 2

J. N. B. Watts applied for suspension of labour on the Record claim, a 12 acre gold mining lease at Tia. The other shareholders were Messrs…

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Klondyke. a Quarter of a Million of Gold

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

A LONDON Daily News despatch (February 5) from Victoria, B.C., says:-- Not less than one million dollars in gold dust and nuggets, nineteen Dawsonians, and one…

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Monday. Colliery Explosion. Fourteen Men Entombed. One Dead Body Recovered

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 3

As a consequence of en explosion in the Dudley colliery, Newcastle, 14 men are entombed, and their late is uncertain…

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Mining in New England. Hillgrove. Crusuings

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 2

Baker's Crest G M. Co,—511 tone crushed for 304ozs. ldwt. smelted gold. Sunlight G, M. Co.—342 tone…

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Alluvial Mining in W.A. Action Appeoved

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 3

The London Committee of the West Australian Chamber of Mines approves of the action of the Government in reference to alluvial minings…

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Dudly Mine Explosion. Twelve Men Entombed. No Hope of Rescuing Them Alive

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 4

A terrible explosion occurred at, nine o'clock on Monday morning at the Dudley Goliiery, Newcastle. The main shaft was completely wrecked…

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