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Mining & the mines, 1905

273 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 14

Kalgoorlie Mines. Perth (W.A.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1905 · page 5

EVIDENCE was given below the A[?] tration Court at Kalgoorlie to the effect that unless miners' wage were reduced some of the mines on the field…

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Mining Revival

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 4

THERE appears to be a fair prospect of mining reviving in this district, and from the mineralised tract on…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 4
Also in The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record

A correspondent of the Dungog Chronicle writes:—The Bowman Geld is slowly developing, and the mines are all raising payable stone…

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Mining Fatality

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 4

At Broken Hill on Saturday morning, two miners, James Ferguson and Thomas PoPock, were blown to pieces…

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Gold from the Sea

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 May 1905 · page 3

FOR many years attempts have been made to extract gold which is known to exist in the sea in a state of solution, but, thongh gold has…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 May 1905 · page 5

The Werris Creek correspondent of of the Tamworth NEWS writes:—During the past week the chief topic here has been gold mining, and all…

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Mining. Jasper Copper Lode

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 2

It appears there is a copper deposit to the east of Walcha, not a great way from Port Macquarie. Mr. T. Edwards, of this town, has a block…

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Why Coal is a Luxury

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1905 · page 8

About a year ago a North of England dally announced that the search for the lost Cheadle coal-seam, bad at last been abandoned after £70,000 had been spent in vain…

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Terrible Mining Fatality

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1905 · page 2

A TERRIBLE fatality occurred at the Virginia mine, Eaglehawk, on Thursday. Two miners named Peter Johnson and John Mayberry went to work in the north…

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Mining. a Local Man at Lighting Ridge

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 June 1905 · page 5

Mr. K Reynolds, well known in mining circles in the Inverell district, writes as follows from Lightning Ridge opal field:—At present Lightning Bidge is not a poor…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 4
Also in The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record

The Severn River tin mining property exchanged hands on Tuesday last (says the Stanthorpe CLARION.) Mrs. Lane, widow of the late Dr. Lane, disposed of 2500 acres to…

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Colliery Disaster. Great Loss of Life

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 6

The South Wales coalfield was, on the 16th ult., the scene of another terrible colliery disaster, this time at the Cambrain Colliery, Clydach Vale, near Cardiff…

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South African Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 8

The aggregate gold yield for the Transvaal for March last amounted to 399,823 ozs, showing a large increase. In regard…

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Hillgrove Mining

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 June 1905 · page 3

New Hillgrove Proprietary Mines report for week ended June 9th —The shaft has been sunk a farther depth of 17¼ft., making a total of…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 4
Also in The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record

Mining people are glad to learn of a change for the better in the fortunes of one of their associates, who in the meantime hud fallen upon bard [?]…

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Dining off Gold Plate

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 4

" So you are going to St. Petersburg, are you ?" said Rabinski, a Russian jeweller, who has his principal place of business in Berlin. He made…

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A Hint to Gold Seekers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1905 · page 7

MR ANGUS M'KENZIE, an old miner, well known art a prospector in Northern Queensland, recently arrived from New Guinea with a…

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