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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

273 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 14

Mining

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 2

The Inverell Tin Dredge is now moving into new site and sluicing will be resumed about Tuesday nest. The last paddock did not turn out as well as…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 2

All experienced Croydon mining man, after a visit to Mount Malloy and O.K., considers them the biggest things in copper ever opened in Australia…

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Mining Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 4

Alfred Martell fell down a shaft at the Lake View Consols Mine, Kalgoorlie (W.A.), a distance of 600 feet. The unfortunate man's body was…

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Mining on Private Land

The Uralla News · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 2

THE Mining on Private [?]Act.[?] like all other law[?] pas[?] legisla[?]s, is likely to [?] a [?] more trouble than the [?]vable…

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Mining. the Local Slate Find

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 2

A meeting of the newly formed Walcha Slate Quarrying Syndicate was held at the Secretary's (Mr. Hargrave's) office on Friday night, last week…

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Colliery Explosion. LONDON, Sunday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 5

THE Cambrian collierios at Llynpia, in Wales, were the scene of a groat disaster yesterday. One shift was just relieving another when…

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Undiscovered Coal

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 2

Professor W. Boyd Dawkins recently gave evidence before the Coal Commission as to the existence of workable coal in south-eastern England. His investigations…

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Copper Mine Near Bundarra

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1905 · page 2

THE Bundarra copper mine, situated three miles from the town of Bundarra, has been worked for the past year with satisfactory results, in that the…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 2

The Stanthorpe Dredge worked 127 hours last week a nd recovered 2½ tons tin ore; New Wylie Creek 122 hours for 1 ton 17cwt. and 24ctw tin ore…

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Local Mining

The Uralla News · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 2

So far as we can learn, there is nothing moving in mining circles to cause the least excitement. Our readers can rely upon this paper keeping…

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Local Topics. Mining Enterprise

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 2

Messrs. Farrell Bros., of Glenmorrison, purchased a large boiler and other machinery Bora Creek, Inverell, for the purpose of working the…

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Mining. the Local Slate And

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 2

The manager of the Walcha Slate Quarry reports A quarry has now been opened 60 feet wide in the side of the falls. The slate for a depth of…

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Deepest Mine in the World

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1905 · page 7

THE deepest mine in the world is the Calumet and Hecla Copper Mine, on the shores of Lake Superior, U.S.A., beneath which it reaches…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 3

Charters Towers advises that there is quite an exodus to the New Carrington Golnfield. There are are about 100 tents. A butcher went out on…

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Hillgrove Mining

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 3

Baker's Creek G. M. Co. report for week ended March 17:—The battery of 30 head of stampers has been crushing full time. On Smith's reef, at No…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 4

An Inverell mining man paid a visit last week to the new gold find between Texas and Warroo. There are two prospecting claims held by Lambert Bros, and Muggleton…

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Jasper Peak Copper Mine

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 2

"Port Macquarie News" says, During the past week there has been some execi[?]ement here in connection with the local mines. Numerous blocks…

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Local Mining

The Uralla News · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 3

Mining matters are about the same as usual. Clendinning, Nolan and Corcoran are still on good wash. These men have done a good deal of…

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Gold at 4162 Feet

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 4

Quartz carrying payable gold has been struck at a depth of 4162 feet at Bendigo. It is believed that this is the deepest point yet reached in the…

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Capitalists and Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 4

FOR some years past capitalists have been very cautious as regards investing in tin properties in this State. The principal reason assigned was the…

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