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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

329 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 17

Mining Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 2

A SAD fatal accident occurred at one of the Cope's Creek tin dredges (near the junction of Sutherland's Water) at about noon on Wednesday, the victim being Mr. G. A. Wilberforce, on the…

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Closer Settlement. Castlerag Gold Field

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 2

AT the Land Court on Saturday, the Land Board held an inquiry under reference from the Minister as to a proposal to make part of Deepwater Gold Field,…

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Mining Accidents

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 2

The fatal accident which last week deprived a leading local mining man of his life calls attention to the dangers associated with the mining…

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The Luck of Mining. an Emmaville Experience

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 4

As an example of miner's luck-- and the game, like gambling, is [?]othing without it--and also to show what handsome retu[?] a very small area of…

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Mining

Guyra Argus · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 6
Also in Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser

There will shortly be a revival in mining out at Backwater, A company has been formed in Newcastle to work Gibson's lease, and preparation is…

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Mining Notes. V.C. Deep Lead Tin Mining Co

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 4

THIS company, under the management of Mr. A. G. Hamilton, is vigorously battling with the enormous body of accumulated water in the old Albion claim at Rose Valley,…

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Mining Notes

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 2

Another waggon load of copper ore has been sent from the Europambela copper mine. Mining generally is quiet locally…

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Mine Romances

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 1

EVERY State and territory in which gold and silver has been found in any quantity has its stories of discoveries which, while they seem like, romances when told, are…

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Drake Gold. the Pioneer Flourishing

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 2

WE are informed on reliable authority that the tributers on the Pioneer mine, Mount Carrington, are now turning out a fair quantity of the yellow metal…

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Gold Discovery at Drake

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 4

A very rich find of gold is reported from Drake…

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Mining Notes

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 2

Mining affairs generally are brisk, all hands generally trying to take full advantage of the high price of tin, and many patches of surface and other top stuff are…

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Poetry. a Glint of Gold

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 6

UNMINDFUL of the wintry cold, The snowdrops peep above the mould, And show an inner glint of gold To eyes that care to see…

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Mining on the Mann

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 2

At last systematic efforts are to be made to properly test the Mann Valley, by dredging the river banks and sinking on the fiats, in the hope of winning the payable tin deposits which there is every…

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Mining Notes

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 2

Mr. Andrews,geologist, visited Glen morrison on Thursday. We had the pleasure of inspecting a nice little nugget from a Branga Park…

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Mining Items

The Inverell Times · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 2

The M'Tatyre Slucing Company, Elsmore, is making good progress with the erection of the large compound pumping plant, to give an adequate water supply to three plants to…

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Richmond River Beach Mining

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 5

A BRISBANE COURIER correspondent States that Mr. G. B. B. Elliott, M. E., who represents a big Melbourne syndicate, has been interesting…

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Mining

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 23 May 1906 · page 2

During the week (says the Uralla TIMES) the Grade Mine, Balala, closed down temporarily, owing we believe to the management not being able to…

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An Ancient Mine

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 5

THE announcement has been officially made that the Lake View Consols, Ltd., London, the West Australian Exploration Company, and the Share Guarantee Trust…

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Mining

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 3

Mining at Wilson's Downfall is in the ascendant. The Dredge on Wylie Creek has worked up to China Town, and is being raised, by…

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