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Mining & the mines, 1903

237 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 12

Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. A W.A. Sensation. Arrest of a Wealthy Mine-owner

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 March 1903 · page 5

A gteat sensation was caused at Yalgoo (West Australia) yesterday, in consequence of the arrest of Richard John Carlyon, on an alleged…

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Rich Gold Reef

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1903 · page 2

WETTING from Bear Hill, under date March 14, a correspondent says :--"I saw in the EXAMINER that the Butecher's Reef prospectors had hit a true fissure lode carrying 20z stone. It is true we…

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A Mine on Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 5

A serious outbreak of fire occurred in one of the mines at Eaglshawk, Victoria. Two adjoining mines are also affected. A large number of men…

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The Miners' Demonstration

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 2

The miners' demonstration at Newcastle, was as usual a highly successful affair. The speechifying afforded a glimpse of tho views of "our masters"…

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Mining Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 March 1903 · page 4

A miner named John Johnson, working at Charters Towers in the deep level, fell a distance of a thousand feet, and was instanteneously…

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Local and General News. Mining Reserve

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1903 · page 2

MR. F. A WRIGHT has presented the Minister for Mines with a petition from the Dundee miners urging the reservation for mining purposes of certain land in the parish of Bloxsome, county of…

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Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 2

The Minister for Mines has received the following telegram from tin; mining registrar at Mount Magnet, W.A.:--"Robert Leslie reached here from…

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The Yalgoo Outrage. Accused Cleans Up at His Mine

The Inverell Times · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 4

Carlyon, the alleged author of the Yalgoo outrage(W.A.), after being released on bail, returned to his mine to clean up the crushing that his arrest had…

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Tin Mining at Stanthorpe Annual Report

The Inverell Times · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 4

The annual report of the Under Secretary for Mines, just issued, contains the following remarks in reference to tin mining in the Stanthorpe district:--…

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Gold Won

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1903 · page 2

IN the total output of gold in Australia, Victoria is at the head of the States, with a value of £260,489,201 ; Queensland comes next, with £52,751,675; New South Wales,…

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For Old Sake's Sake. O.h.m.s.£200 Reward. [Gregory Carter, sometimes known as Nightfall Carter, baring boen outlawed by Her Majesty's Government of the Colony of Victoria for breaking gaol and committing various offeness that endanger the lives and safety of Her Majesty's lieges, the above reward is offered for his body, alive or dead. He is thirty years of age, six feet high, fair hair, blue eyes, is good-looking, and has a scar on his right cheek. A reward of £50 will be paid to anyone giving notice of his whereabouts at the police camp, Deadman's. By Order, Joc[?]lyn Rutrven, Gold Commissioner.]

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 8

'Alive or dead, repeated the man who was reading this proclamation in the waning light, and then he laughed softly to himself…

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Alleged Robbery at a Gold Mine

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 8 April 1903 · page 4

At the Gundagai police court on Thursday morning, John Darrell was charged with stealing a quantity of gold amalgam aud mining tools, value at…

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The Mines Department

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 5

The annual report of the Mines Department shows that the mining record last year was an unsatisfactory one, chiefly owing to the prolonged…

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Rich Finds of Gold. 1000 Ounces Unearthed

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 5

A rich find of gold is reported from the north-east of Coolgardie, W.A. A thousand ounces of the precious metal were taken from one patch…

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A Rich Gold Find. at Coolgardie, W.A.

The Inverell Times · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 4

A rich gold find has been made at the Queen Margaret Company's property, north-east of Coolgardie. Several thousand ounces hare been obtained…

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Lives of Mines

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1903 · page 3

IN no known gold-producing district of the world, until proofs by developments in the Witwatersrandt occurred, was there any degree of…

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To the Goldfields

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 5

Great numbers of people are flocking to Ar[?]ga goldfields (Central Australia) many without money…

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Tingha Notes. Mining Association

The Inverell Argus · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 2

A meeting of the members of the Mining Association was held in the local hall on Saturday evening, Mr. J. Beckett (President) presiding…

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The Mining Industry

The Inverell Times · Saturday 18 April 1903 · page 4

THE above industry is undoubtedly the most important in this district and has done more to bring the name of Inverell prominently before the public of New…

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Gold Mining in Russia

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 April 1903 · page 7

THE Ural Mining Administration announces that no less than 820 gold "washeries" will be offered by public auction on February 12 15,…

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