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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1904

269 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 14

Original Poetry. Lost Sweetheart Mine

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 18 May 1904 · page 8

The silent tears are falling fast O'er memories past, When in happy days of long ago I loved her so…

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The Outtrim Coal Strike. Declared Off

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 May 1904 · page 4

The Outtrim coal strike in Victoria was declared off yesterday, after a sixteen months'struggle. The loss in wages alone amounted…

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Coal Merchant's Dog

Guyra Argus · Thursday 19 May 1904 · page 12

A coal dealer had a large Newfound-land dog of wonderful sagacity named Rover. Rover spent all his time in the coalyard, and whenever a coal cart was…

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A Gold Mine Waiting for Some Body

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1904 · page 1

The most crying need of to-day is a substitute for Para rubber. It is certain to be discovered sooner or later. Celluloid and oxidised linseed oil are useful for some…

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Mining

The Uralla News · Friday 20 May 1904 · page 2

ON the 11th inst. at 11 a.m., M., S., B., and F. Mahony took possesion of the extended alluvial claim situated at Rocky River, West of Mount…

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Mining in New England

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1904 · page 2

THE member for Glen Innes (Mr. F. J. Thomas) has had a long interview with the Under-Secretary for Mines, in which he urged the importance of the New England district and the necessity of his…

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The New Railway Rates. Coal Mines May Shut Down

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 7

The refusal of the Railway Commissioners on Thursday last to accede to the request of the deputation from the Northern Colliery Proprietor's…

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Mining. Annual Report of the Mines Department

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 25 May 1904 · page 7

We are in receipt of the annual report of the Department of Mines, which as usual has been most carefully compiled, and contains full and complete particulars of the…

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Mine Manager's Deliberate Suicide

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 May 1904 · page 4

John Pearce, manager of the Mount David Mine, near Bathurst, while attending a meeting of the company at the Post Office Chambers this…

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Accident at Great Boulder Mine

The Uralla News · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 2

At the Great Boulder Proprietary Mine, Kalgoorlie (W.A.) yesterday, owing to the winding plant getting out of gear, the cage fell 400 feet…

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Mining Fatality. Perth (W.a.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 5

At the Great Boulder Proprietary Mine, Kalgoorlie, yesterday, a shocking and fatal disaster occurred. Owing to the winding plant getting out of…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 2

The Cope's Creek Dredge last wee[?] worked well throughout, the principa[?] work being sluicing over-burden, an[?] blowing in the bottom dirt for a return…

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Fatal Mining Explosion

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 4

Fifty miners were killed by an explosion in Pennsylvania…

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Mining

The Inverell Argus · Tuesday 31 May 1904 · page 2

The manager of the Wylie Creek dredge reports for weak ending 21st instant:— "Dredge worked 115 hours and obtained 27cwt. tin."…

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Produce of Coal Tar

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1904 · page 7

But few persons not trained to chemical science know that coal tar is now used as the basis of scores of the most exquisite perfumes and…

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The Mining Industry

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1904 · page 4

FROM the annual report of the Department of Mines for 1903—a copy of which has reached as from the Government Printer—we learn that the…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 1 June 1904 · page 5

A meeting of the shareholders of the Cooper Tin Dredging Company was held for the purpose of reconstructing the company. The following…

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The Rocky Goldfields. (To the Editor of the Uralla News.)

The Uralla News · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 3

SIR,—Although it is, by some, considered treasonable to make any remarks anent the Rocky diggers, I, for one (and many others I have…

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Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 4 June 1904 · page 2

Payable alluvial gold has been struck at Ti tree Creek, a tributary of the Manilla River, near Barraba Fair gold has been met with at a depth of…

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Gold Yield

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 June 1904 · page 4

The gold-yield for May is valued at 76,306ozs., being an increase of 37,000ozs. above the corresponding month of last year…

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