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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

273 stories in New England's papers · page 12 of 14

Mining on Private Lands

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 20 October 1905 · page 3

THE provisions with respect to mining on private lands, as dealt with in the new M[?]ning Bill recently introduced in the State Assembly, will be of interest to…

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Gold and Fleeces

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 2

A COLONIAL exhibition of an unusual kind will open in the Guildhall on August 17, says the Daily Mail, aud it will also be the first occasion on which the civic headquarters have…

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Mining Notes

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 2

Reports from the Little Gracie mine at Uralla are encouraging. Jralla is making steady headway, and the Rooky miners are washing for alluvial gold…

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Making Gold from Silver

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 4

The electric theory of matter has received a strong impetus at the hands of Lodge. Thomson, Crookes, and others, especially since the discovery of the…

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New Mining Bill

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 2

THE following are some of the provisions under the new Mining Bill (Mr. Moore's):— Mineral licenses are to be abolished, ordinary miners' rights applying to milling for both…

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New Mining Bill

Guyra Argus · Friday 27 October 1905 · page 7

The following are some of the provision under the new Mining Bill (Mr. Moore's):—Mineral licenses are to be abolished ordinary miners' rights…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 4

Thus Tuesday's Gympie TIMES:—Yesterday was the 38th anniversary of the discovery of the Gympie gold-field. Gold to the value of over £11,000,000…

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Mining Notes. LIMBRI

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 2

Mr. W. Smith is credited with having discovered a promising tin lode about four miles north of here, between Big Doky and the Jamieson Creeks. The party have…

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Fire in a Colliery. Five Lives Lost. Sydney

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1905 · page 3

An outbreak of fire was discovered at Sanford-Merthya Colliery, Maitland district at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. The flames and smoke belched 50 feet…

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Telegraphic. [Through Our Metropolitan Agents.] Terrible Mine Fatality. West Maitland

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1905 · page 5

A FIRE broke out in the Stanford-Merthyr Colliery (Kurri Kurri) at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, and while an attempt was being made to seal the tunnel an explosion…

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Latest Telegraphic News. Terrible Disaster. Explosion in a Colliery. Sad Loss Oe Life. Sydney, Monday, 9.27 A.M.

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1905 · page 2

Two explosions have occurred in the Stanford Merthyr Colliery, Maitland. The first explosion caused no damage, but in the second Mr. Adams (one of the directors) and…

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The Colliery Explosion

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 November 1905 · page 4

The tunnels of the Stanford colliery, in which the explosion occured on Saturday, was sealed up yesterday. Over six hundred tons of sand were…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 1 November 1905 · page 3

There is some talk locally (says the Armidale EXPRESS) of a new mining development at Enmore, which will attract the attention of speculators…

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Explosion in a Colliery. Disaster at Stanford Merthyr. Several Men Killed and Wounded

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 November 1905 · page 3

A disastrous fire broke out in Stanford Merthyr Colliery, in the Maitland mining district, on Sunday morning, which was followed some hours later…

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Terrible Mine Fatality. West Maitland

Guyra Argus · Friday 3 November 1905 · page 2

A fice broke out in the Stanford Methyr Colliery (Kurri-Kurri) at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, and while an attempt was being made to seal the…

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The Colliery Disaster

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 4

A labourer named Charles Liback has been arrested and charged on sus picion with having maliciously set fire to the Stanford-Merthyr colliery…

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Serious Mine Explosion

The Uralla News · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 2

Last Sunday morning a serious explosion took place in the StanfordMorthyr colliery, when five valuable lives were lost and a number of men…

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Mining

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 2
Also in The Uralla News

There is some talk locally (says the "Armidale Express") of a new mining development at Eumore, which will attract the attention of speculators…

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