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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

329 stories in New England's papers · page 11 of 17

EMMAVILLE. Mining Notes

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 5

CONSEQUENT. upon the recent rainfall of nearly two inches the, strained position is relaxed, the sluicing plants will be set going, and the mineral won from the thousands of…

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The Vast Future for Gold Dredging

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 3

Like most other inventions, the gold dredge is a development. A gold dredge was used on the Magdalena River twenty years ago; the device was further…

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Five Millions in Gold

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1906 · page 2

THE Waihi (N.Z) mine has now produced bullion worth upwards of £5,000,000. This enormous amount has been practically all won in the last 16 years, from the middle of 1890 to the present time…

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EMMAVILLE. Mining Notes. Graveyard Lead

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 4

THE old Graveyard still keeps a fow parties in profitable employment fossicking out pillars in the worked portion, and with a little expenditure of capital in prospecting…

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Deepest Gold Mine

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 4

Australia now possesses the deepest gold mine in the world. Within the last few weeks the shaft at the New…

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Mining Notes

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 2

A rich find of gold is reported at Baker's Creek. A dying sailor revealed a secret as to diamonds on an island off the coast of…

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An American Mine

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 4

THE record of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company is calculated to encourage investment in mines. Up to the end of 1905 it has produced 1,811,400,000 lbs., or about 800,000 long tons, of…

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£60,000,000 in Gold !

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 4

Jewish bankers are negotiating to pay Russia £60,000,000 in gold for a charter of the Russian State Bank. The bankers will convert the institution into a limited liability…

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Mining on Private Property

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 4

IN the Warden's Court on Tuesday, J. H. Perkins, by his agents, John Sullings, P. P. Abbott, and Frank O'Donnell, applied severally for permission to enter portions…

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Mining Notes

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 2

Mr. A. J. Brown and his brothers, late of Swamp Oak, are doing well with tin at Cope's Crock…

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Tableland Mining

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 3

THE dredging boom in the vicinity of Stannum and Torrirgton still continues. The representatives of Mr. Havelock Smith have been busy during the week…

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Miners' Strike in Spain. LONDON

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

STRIKE disturbances have occurred in the district of Bilbao, Spain where 30,000 miners have ceased work, demanding a nine hours day instead of ten hours. In…

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Mining Legislation. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 5

IN the Assembly, last night, the debate on the second reading of the new Mining Bill was adjourned. The Minister for Mines said that the crux of the Bill was the…

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EMMAVILLE. Mining Notes. Mahood Bros Surface Area

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 5

THIS party possess a very promising area of surface country in their mineral lease of 20 acres, between the main road to Inverell and the Graveyard. The depth of ground…

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Gold Robbery

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 4

A daring robbery is reported of two specimens of New South Wales gold, valued at £1400, from the Orient Pacific Coy…

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Mining Notes

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 4

A local resident, talking of mining at Limbri and Stockyard Creek, says he has seen some beautiful coarse gold taken from the latter place…

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Worn Gold Coin

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 7

In Melbourne, it has been discovered that two thirds of the half-sovereigns which are current are under legal weight, having been worn so thin…

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Tin Mining

The Uralla News · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 4

Concerning the Stannum (N.S.W.) field, the correspondent of Sydney 'Daily Telegraph' reports as follows: The Stannum Vale Deep Lead Co…

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Money Queens. Feminine Plutocrats Who Own Mines and Run Vast Businesses

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 3

The truism that untold riches cannot purchase happiness or peace of mind finds an apt illustration in the life stories of the world's millionaire women Incessantly…

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Mining Notices

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1906 · page 2

APPROVAL has been gazetted in respect to the application of J. T. Mahood for M.L. of 20 acres, in the parish of Strathbogie North, for 10 years, and to that of E. Sturtridge for…

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