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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

261 stories in New England's papers · page 13 of 14

Ants Steal Gold

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 8

"A very queer thing happened on July 15." writes a mining manager in Nicaragua to a relative in Ballarat, "which shows how dangerous…

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New Mining Company

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 4

Attention is directed to an abridged prospectus of the [?] Mineral Prospecting Co., No Liability, Grafton, appearing in this issue…

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EMMAVILLE. Mining Notes

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 7

Two shifts are now engaged [?] at the Y. Water dredge, and good tin is being obtained from the tailings. The boxes were down on…

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Yarrow Creek. Mining

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 1

I hear that the success [?] at [?] Swamp is to start [?] as nearly all the machinery has [?]…

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Angora Coal Industry

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 4

Following on the suggestion made by the "Examiner" that some Angora goats should be placed at the Experiment Farm, Mr. F. J. Thomas…

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Mining Explosion

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.—An explosion occurred in the Pittsburg, Buffalo coalmine, Mariams, 275 miners were entombed, and it is feared that all have been suffocated…

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A Frightful Explosion, 275 Miners Entombed. London

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 2

AN explosion occurred in a coal mine at Marrianna in America, with the result that it 275 miners are imprisoned. It is feared all have suffocated…

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A Mining Message. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 4

[?] in the Pitt[?]ne, Marialma. The [?]ve [?]…

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Colliery Disaster

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 December 1908 · page 4

The majority of the victims of the American colliery disaster were Englishmen and Americans. About 188 persons perished. It is supposed…

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Gold Guns "Melted" Those of Baroda

Guyra Argus · Thursday 3 December 1908 · page 8

I learn with profound regret (writes a correspondent of the "Westminster Gazette") that H.H. the Maharajah-Gaekwar of Baroda has melted down…

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Gold-stealing Arts

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 6

"A VERY queer thing happened on July 15," writes a mining manager in Nicaragua to a relative in Ballarat, "which shows how dangerous…

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EMMAVILLE. Mining Notes

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 3

Satisfactory work is now going on at the Bismuth mine, Torrington, nod some very good ore is being raised. If the price of bismuth would…

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Mystery of a Mine Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 5

Yesterday's inquiries into the stories purporting to relate to the identity of the man and woman whose bodice were discovered in a…

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The Gold of the Armada

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 8

When the great Armada was driven Like chaff before the gale round about the English coasts, it left behind it many legends of vast treasures…

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Mining

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1908 · page 4

Reports to hand state that the [?]luicing operations at the Stannum King mine are penning out satisfactorily. It is intended to have a…

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Mining Revival

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1908 · page 4

There is[?] prospect of a revival in mining during the coming year. The[?] of the [?]ad is assured when [?] to…

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EMMAVILLE. Mining Notes

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 7

A parcel of seven tons of tin, from Carr's mine, at the Gulf, has been purchased by a local buyer. Sluicing orations are going on…

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Records in Million-making. Exciting Contests in the Arena of Gold-winning

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 7

There is a whole world of records which are not to be found in any Athletic Calendar, and few. if any, of them are more interesting than…

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EMMAVILLE. Mining Notes

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 6

The big drop in the price, of tin lost week is anything but reassuring news for the miners on this field, some of whom were holding on in…

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The Loss of Energy in Burning Coal

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 7

With the coal consumption of many countries in the last ten years having been more than in the preceding century, it is humiliating and appalling…

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