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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1902

275 stories in New England's papers · page 11 of 14

Tin Mining. the Wilberforce Dredge. a New Era Entered Upon

The Inverell Times · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 4

A new impetus has been given to tin mining in this district by the advent of Mr. Wilberforce and his patent dredging machinery, and the shareholders in the…

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Gold and Silver Silk

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1902 · page 3

GOLD and silver silk are coming from South Africa. The fibres are spun by two remarkable spiders of R[?]odesia, and a experimenter has…

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Gold Output of Russia

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1902 · page 3

ACCORDING to official returns communicated by the Russian Mining Department the total output of gold in the Empire last year was…

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Mount Kembla Mine. WOLLONGONG, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1902 · page 5

COAL GETTING will be resumed in one section of the Mount Kembla mine to-morrow. Work will be provided for over 100 men, if they are available…

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Mining Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 September 1902 · page 5

An explosion from a charge of dynamite occurred in the Queen Cross Mine, Charter Towers (Q.), yesterday. Benjamin Davidson was killed, and…

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The Very Latest. Sydney. Tuesday afternoon. the Burning Colliery

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 September 1902 · page 5

The fire at the Corrimal Colliery is new well under control…

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Fatal Mining Accident. a Premature Explosion

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 September 1902 · page 5

By the premature explosion of a charge of dynamite at the Queen Cross Beef mine, Charters Towers, yesterday, a miner named Benjamin Davidson was…

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Emmaville Gold Field Reserve

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1902 · page 2

MR. F. A. WRIGHT has received the following communication from the Department of Lands in connection with the above:-- Referring to the petition presented by you from Messrs G. Warrell,…

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Letters to the Editor. We do not necessarily endorser our Correspondents remarks. Mining Depots

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1902 · page 2

SIR,--In place of miners I having to send to Sydney for assays, the Department Should establish, depots in important mining centres like this, where all necessary information could be obtained [?]…

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Gold Rushes. Claims Pegged Out

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 1 October 1902 · page 5

Gold rushes have set in at Pietersburg and Barberton. About twenty-two licenses have been granted for claims which were all pegged oat on the 25th…

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Dear Coal

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 2

Owing to the strike in Pennsylvania, coal is selling at ½d per 1b in New York. Many of the works are on half time…

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Miners' Threat

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 5

The miners on strike at Lille, France, threaten to wreck the trains unless their demands are complied with…

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The Mining Industry

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 4

THE annual report of the Department of Mines is to hand. The publication, which a of a comprehensive nature, deals in an exhaustive…

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Most Ancient of Gold Seekers

The Inverell Times · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 2

A mining centre probably worked as early as 2,500 B.C., has been discovered by Mr. C.J. Alford, between the Red Sea and the Nile…

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A Miser's Assay. Gold Coins Washed Off Him in the Bath

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 2

An old man named Dereline, a miser, lived in a hut in Castlemaine (Vic.) He was an old-age pensioner, and he was ilthy and tattered…

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The Coal-mining Difficulty. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 October 1902 · page 5

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT continues his efforts to mediate for the return to work of the coal miners, on the basis of an understanding that Congress should consider…

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Gold for 'Frisco

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 7 October 1902 · page 2

The mail steamer Sonoma, left to-day for Frisco taking 90 boxes of gold valued at £450,000…

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Mount Kembla Colliery Disaster. Schools' Relief Fund

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 October 1902 · page 5

ON Saturday last, 4th instant, the final meeting of the committee formed in connection with the above fund was held to receive the treasurer's report and…

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Purchase of Coal. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 October 1902 · page 5

THE International Mercantile Marine Company announces the purchase, in England, of fiffy thousand tons of domestic coal, to be used in relieving the suffering poor in…

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Serious Coal Strike

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 October 1902 · page 5

The Amerioan coal strike has resulted in 30 murders, twelve houses being blown up, and nine trains wrecked. Seventeen mine-owners in…

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