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Mining & the mines, 1899

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Mining Fatalities

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 4

George Guest, a Bendigo miner, was crushed to death by a fall of quartz yesterday..Samuel Hill was similarly hilled in a sluicing claim at…

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Transvaal Gold Industry

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 4

THE magnitude of the Transvaal gold fining industry was emphasised by the figures presented at the annual gathering of the South African Association of Engineers at Johannesburg recently…

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Gold in West Australia. the Largest Nuggft Yet Unearthed

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 6

The Under-Secretary for Mines at Perth received a telegram from, the mining registrar at Marble Bar on Tuesday, stating that two brothers,…

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Tia Goldfield

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 2

Since my last report, work has been partly suspended at the Record Mine, through the contractors abandoning the shaft. After ten week's work…

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Holidays in Hillgrove. Merry Miners

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 3

At lie Quarter Sessions on Friday a witness named Dow gave a rather interesting description of the way in which a miner enjoys a holiday in a mining township. He stated…

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English Coal

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 5

The Russian Government is placing large orders for coal in England for use on the Russian Railways. Earls Albermale and De La Warr…

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Our Land Laws. a Cut-throat Combination. The Spirit of Legislation. "More Honored in the Breach Than in the Observance." Departmental Pooh-Bah-ism. The Mephitic Mines Dept

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 6

As was promised last week, the 'Chronicle' now opens a series of articles upon the Land Laws of the colony, for the especial benefit of its…

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A Wonderful Mine

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 2

There is a deep mine in Sweden (says the author of the " Rob Roy in the Baltic ") very celebrated for its ore, which is said to be the best in the world,end is all brought to e Rogland…

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The Mepliitic Mines Department

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 2

FURTHER examination into the pernicious operations of the mephitic. Mines Department, in connection with the lend estate of the colony,…

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Gold-Seeking by Night

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 4

A NEW means bf earning a livlihood has been discovered by,one William M'Donald, but it has proved an expensive one in his case. He has been in the habit of sweeping up the streets of…

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Traveller. the Gold Rush to California

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 1

The fiftieth anniversary of the finding of gold in California, makes pertinent on account of the accidental discovery which so affected the development of the Anglo-Saxon…

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Death of a Mining Engineer. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 5

MR. J. C. Williams, late engineer at Block 10 mine, Broken Hill, died in the hospital on Saturday night from typhoid and brain fever…

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Elsmore Valley Tin Mine

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 22 February 1899 · page 5

The half yearly meeting of the above company was held on Monday afternoon last at the offices of the legal manager (Mr Bloore). In the absence of the chairman (Mr. J. W. Moore),…

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The Elsmore Valley Tin Mining Co

The Inverell Argus · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 2

The half-yearly meeting of the above Coy. was held on Monday afternoon last at the office of the legal manager, Mr. Arthur Bloore. In the absence of the Chairman of…

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Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 3

News from Woodsreef, near Manilla, tells of a rather sensational gold find in that locality by Mr. George Allen. This lucky digger is said to have…

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Tia Gold Field

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 2

The now contractors have made a start in the Record Mine, and being a practical body of men, the work will now be proceeded with in a systematic…

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More Mining Acts Wanted

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 5

A large influential deputation representing the Chamber of Mines was introduced to the Minister for Mines to-day by Sir George Dibbs urging…

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In the Land of Gold

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 March 1899 · page 2

In "The land of gold the narrative of a journey through the West Australian Boldfields, Mr. Julius M. Price gives some graphic ak[?] of [?]nes and incidents of Australian…

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The Mining Laws

The Inverell Argus · Friday 3 March 1899 · page 2

We had occasion a short time since to make reference to the present unsatisfactory condition of the mining laws and note with pleasure that the matter…

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The Mining Depression. (To the Editor of Walcha Witness.)

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 2

Sir,--Kindly publish the following letter for public information. Having been interested in mining in tho early days of the colony's gold fields, I have…

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