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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1904

269 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 14

Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 9

Tiu is now quoted at £75 per ton locally. A great many miners who are principally engaged in sluicing and fossicking…

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Miners' Grievances

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 2

Is the mining industry of this district handicapped? is a question that the visitor to…

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Fire in a Colliery. Arson Suspected

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 February 1904 · page 4

Two fires were discovered in a tunnel of the Oakvale Colliery, near Singleton. Slight damage was done. Arson is suspected…

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Russia and Japan. Former's Reply Reported Unsatisfactory. Extensive Coal Purchases by Russia

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 February 1904 · page 4

The concensus of messages from St, Petersburg to Tokio and Port Arthur indicate that Russia's reply to Japan will be of an unsatisfactory nature…

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Gold Seeker's Dream

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 2

AN important discovery has been made, it is reported, under peculiar circumstances near Grahamstown, in the Adelong district. A resident of Bungadang dreamt that in a certain locality he…

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Chamber of Mines. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 5

THE Chamber of Mines is moving for the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the State mining laws and their administration…

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Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 2

Excitement has been caused at Aberdeen by a reported find of opal about one mile from the town. The discovery is stated to have been made…

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Our Rotten Mining Act, (To the Editor of the CHRONICLE.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 2

Sir,—Everyone who reads the daily papers [?] [?] necessarily be [?] [?] with the workings of the present alleged Mining Act…

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Emmaville Mining Institute

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 2

IT is pleasing to learn from a report of the half yearly meeting that the Emmaville mining…

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The Deb River Mines. (The Editor Inverell Argus.)

The Inverell Argus · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 2

Dear Sir,—There is a great rush to the Dee River, North-East Queensland, and I believe there is a large number of miners going from this…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 February 1904 · page 2

The first annual meeting of the Conrad Consolidated Mines was held in Sydney on Friday. Mr. W. O. Watt presiding. The report, and…

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A Mine on Fire. Serious Complications

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 February 1904 · page 4

Serious complications are threatend in connection with fire at the Wallaroo (S.A.)mines. An alarming subsidence has…

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The Conrad Consolidated Mines

The Inverell Argus · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 3

The first annual meeting of the Conrad Consolidated Mines was held last week, Mr. W. C. Watt presiding. The report and balance sheet were…

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Tin Mining in New England. the Stanthorpe Field. (By Sydney Morning Herald Special Mining Reporther.)

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 3

THE field on which I am about to write is perhaps the most extensive of the tinbearing localities in the extreme north of New South Wales and in the southern…

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Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 2
Also in The Inverell Times

We ("Uralla Times") understand that "Chummy" Nolan, who is working on Salisbury Plains, is on good prospects at 20ft sinking. The gold,…

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Mining

The Inverell Argus · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 2

Mr. William Cowling, manager "The Watkins Tin Mining Company," reports on Saturday last:— After doing a good deal of dead…

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Tin Mining in New England. the Stanthorpe Field—ii (By the Sydney Morning Herald Special Mining Reporters.)

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 4

It is just about three years since Stanthorpe became attractive to the tin-dredging investor. At a later date the dredgebuilder was very much in evidence at…

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Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 2
Also in The Inverell Times

Mr. Andrews, Government Geologist, visited town during the week, and went out to Winterbourne on Thursday with a few local residents,…

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