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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1904

269 stories in New England's papers · page 13 of 14

Mining Industry

Guyra Argus · Thursday 10 November 1904 · page 4

Od Monday sigh at the Progress Committee meeting, a communication was read from Hon. S. W. Moore be diamond drills. In reference to the…

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Gold-toothed Sheep

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 11 November 1904 · page 3

A FEW issues back, mention was made of the discovery in London of gold-plated teeth in cheeps' heads, which had been imported from abroad. Mr. W. J. Anderson, of…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 12 November 1904 · page 7

Nield's mine at Wyalong is said to be one of the best equipped in N.S.W. The gold, tin, silver, copper and lead mined in Stanthorpe district during…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 16 November 1904 · page 4

According to the Uralla Turns there is likely to be a mining revival in that district. Several small quartz veins are being worked south of the old…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 19 November 1904 · page 5

Wolfram mining is making great headway in Queensland. At Dee Rush on Friday Townsend and Cato got a nugget weighing 75oz…

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Gold-toothed Sheep

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1904 · page 4

A few issues back, mention was made of the discovery in London of gold-plated teeth in sheeps' heads, which had been…

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Street Gold Hunt Discovery of Coins

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 23 November 1904 · page 3

Remford is in the throes of a gold rush. Even children are excitedly agitating the auriferous earth with sieves. The finds have varied from a farthing to a…

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Mining

Guyra Argus · Thursday 24 November 1904 · page 9

Tin ore is quoted at 24s per unit. Mining on the Back Creek tin and arsenic shows are looking well, and some good tin is being won…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 5
Also in The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record

We (Glen Innes GUARDIAN) have great pleasure in welcoming home Messrs. W. H. Gilbey and Warren, who left the Creek some two years…

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Tumberumba Gold Robbery. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 November 1904 · page 5

CONSTABLE J. A. FERGUSON has been acquitted of the charge of alleged stealing of gold at Tumberumba…

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Big Gold Yield. a Splendid Show

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 29 November 1904 · page 2

A TOOLOOM correspondent writes:— Mr. John Payne, hotelkeeper at Tooloom, has forwardad to the Bank of New South Wales, Tenterfield, 24¼ ounces of gold…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 30 November 1904 · page 4

Mr. Wilberforce, the well-known mining man, is at present at Armidale, suffering from an attack of diphtheria. The Croydon (Queensland) gold field…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 3 December 1904 · page 4

The output of tin in the Malay Federated States last year was 49,988), tons, showing an increas on the previous her of 3,5081 tons. Only 700…

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Mining Notes

The Inverell Argus · Saturday 3 December 1904 · page 2

The Cope's Creek Tin Dredging Company has declared a dividend of Bizpeace per share payable on the 12th instant. This dredge has been…

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Golden Bait Mine "Salting."

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 December 1904 · page 6

To "Salt" a gold mine, as to alleged to have been done in the case of the Boulder Deep, means to prepare the samples of are taken for…

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Local Mining

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 December 1904 · page 4

The fact that one local dredge has declared a dividend is very satisfactory, especially when we consider that local mines have been very…

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Greatest Among Gold Mines

The Inverell Argus · Saturday 10 December 1904 · page 6
Also in Bundarra and Tingha Advocate

The greatest gold mine in the world is said to be the Treadwell mine, on Dougas Island, Alaska. Fortune played a shabby trick on its…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 10 December 1904 · page 5

The Inverell Tin Dredge Company cleaned up for 38 cwt. of tin the other day. A sensational crushing has taken…

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