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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1904

269 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 14

Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 4

The Wylie Creek dredge's last report was 43cwt tin ore for 1.12 hours. The Tingha Tin Dredge Company will clean up on Monday or Tuesday…

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Hillgrove Mining

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 2

IT cannot be denied that the mining industry on this field is on the upgrade, and taking-matters generally the present outlook is most, promising. For some ten years this field has…

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Diamond Mining in South Africa

The Inverell Argus · Tuesday 19 July 1904 · page 1

The great De Beers diamond mine at Kimberley has a serious rival. The newly-discovered Premier Diamond Mine in April had an output…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 4

The following is the Inverell Tin Dredging Co's. weekly report:—The plaut ran 30 hours (one shift only working at present) on payable…

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Fumeless Explosive for Mining

Guyra Argus · Thursday 21 July 1904 · page 8

A fumeless explosive for mining has long been wanted, as in underground mining the fumes of blasting compounds are dangerous, and entail loss of time…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 23 July 1904 · page 4

The Wylie Creak Dredge master reports for the week ended instant-:— "Dredge worked 112½ hours and obtained 21 cwt of tin ore." Also 29½…

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Gold Ink

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1904 · page 4

After the writing becomes dry, it should be burnished with an agate. Pint take the gold leaf and add it to an equal portion of honey, and reduce both to the finest…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 27 July 1904 · page 7

Some good returns are being obtained from a couple of the alluvial gold claims at Tea-tree, Barraba. The sinking is about feet, and several…

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Mining Notes

The Inverell Argus · Thursday 28 July 1904 · page 3

The Cope's Creek Dredge is at present in very poor ground and large boulders. A narrow out is being sluiced in order to shift the barge lower down the creek without…

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Mining

The Uralla News · Friday 29 July 1904 · page 2

On the 21st July B. T. Smith made application for an extended alluvial claim of three acres or thereabouts, situated near the junction of Sawpit…

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Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 30 July 1904 · page 2

It is reported that rich gold reef have been discovered at Madagasoar the reefs being analogous to those to the Transvaal…

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Mining

The Uralla News · Friday 5 August 1904 · page 3

On 27th July, at 12 noon, Annie Everett took possession of a sluicing claim, measuring 4¾facres, on the south-western side of the Rocky…

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General News. Big Coal Strike. LONDON, Wednesday Night

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

FEARS are entertained of a further big strike by the anthracite coal workers in the United States. The United Miners and Workers…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 August 1904 · page 7

The boxes of the Wilberforce Coy. collapsed last week, which caused a short stoppage in the work. The Inverell Dredge has removed…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 5
Also in The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record

The Under-Secretary for Mines, Queensland has received a report that Hennessy's claim at Blackridge crushed 30 tons for 191oz., and that Madge's…

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The Burraga Copper Mine

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 2

THE Burraga copper mines, which were sold by the late Lewis Lloyd to an English company shortly before his death, are in trouble. There is plenty of copper ore, but it is of low…

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The Sketched The Greatest Gold Camp on Earth

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 4

Only within a very recent period has mention been made of Cripple Creek, Colorado, although it is doubtless the greatest gold camp on earth,…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 August 1904 · page 5

Work is being vigorously pushed on at the Oakey Creek diamond pipe. As the prospectors are hampered for want of water to treat the blue ground at…

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Mining

The Uralla News · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 2

From reports to band we learn that the diggers are getting fair returns for their labour in many of the claims about the old field. Although the…

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