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Mining & the mines, 1901

322 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 17

Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2

Mr. Brown, who was mining some time ago at Tia, and left for South Africa and Mashonaland, afterwards returning and going with the rush to…

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Glendale Tin Mines

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2

RACES for grassfeds were held at Mr. Moran's course, George's Creek, on Wednesday last. The weather was not all that could be desired, a miserable drizzle having taken possession…

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Mining Matters

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2

OUR Tingha correspondent writes:—Mutters generally in connection with mining, principally through want of water, are very quiet excepting in the case of Jones and Brickwood's…

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The Gulf Creek Copper Mine

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 3

ONE of the most interesting copper mines in New South Wales at the present time is known as "The Gulf Creek (Limited)", and is situated in the parish of Capel, county of…

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"The Hatter." a Mining Story of the Early Days. Part Vii

The Inverell Times · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 2

"Seat of my youth ! thy distant spire Recalls each scene of joy ; My bosom glows with former fire- In mind again a boy…

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Modern Ocean Coal Gluttons

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 2

During the last ten years the race for the transatlantic record has been far more interesting than in any ether period, for it has been in this decade that the great…

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Mining News

The Inverell Times · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 2

The manager of the St. Patrick's gold mine reports that work at the battery is slow, consequent upon the inadequate supply of water. He says there will be no satisfactory…

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Mining Matters

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 2

A party has located cupriferous are on Dry Creek, near Glendale. A few specimens showing peacock ore of fair grade have been obtained…

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Mysterious Mine. Dead Mane Secrel

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 2

There is a reef or [?]where out Brough[?] way which should has[?]pay pay the man who [?] it [?] lates the charters Lowers "Evening…

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District News. Glendale Tin Mines

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 3

MINING matters are much the same as when I wrote last, neither Jupiter Pl[?]vius nor his subordinates having visited us to cheer up. Things don't wear a very bright appearance,…

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A Stream of Gold

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 2

A poor willow, living at Campagne, near Bordeaux, had reached a slate of abject misery. In the little hovel in which she lived was neither food nor…

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Drake News. MINING

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 2

MINING matters are pretty dull at present, but there is every prospect of a change for the better before long. The Adeline battery is pounding away,…

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Our Capabilities As a Mining Centre

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 2

THE very prominent part this portion of the Tableland country has played in the past in contributing to the wealth derived from the mining industry forms a special page in our…

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Mining News

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 2

During the week 960 tons of ore were treated at Cockle Creek Sulphide Works yielding 418oz, of gold, 31,337oz, silver, 403 tons of lead, and 2 tons of copper…

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The World's Coal Resources

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 7

The duration of the coal resources of parlous countries has been calculated by a German statist. In a century or two, he estimates, exhaustion will overtake Durham…

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Discovery of Rich Gold Reef

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 5

A rich gold reef has been discovered in the Murchison Range, in the Trans vaal…

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"The Hatter." a Mining Story of the Early Days. Part Viii

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 2

"I mo[?] no more my vanished years Beneath a Under rain, An April rain of smiles and tears, My heart in young again…

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Greta Colliery

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 4

The Greta Colliery was again sealed down this morning, and farther search for the bodies of the entombed men have been abandoned…

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Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 3

Messrs Brown Bros., late of Niangala, who intend to visit England on a pleasure trip, write to say that they do not intend to float the Jersey…

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Glendale Tin Mines

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 2

MUCH joy was felt here on Monday last when a heavy full of rain took place—one point and a half fell in 12 hours, which gave some of the miners a chance of going out bee…

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