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Mining & the mines, 1908

261 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 14

More Precious Than Gold

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 4

Snake venom is found useful in medicine, and has a valued place in several departments of the mechanical arts and sciences…

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Emmmaville. Mining News

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 2

Heath and party cleaned up from their claim on Nine-Mile Creek, for a return of scwt. of tin. J. Hinder and party cleaned up…

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Mining Breaches

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 August 1908 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Twenty-two wheelers in the South Bulli colliery were on Saturday fined £2 each, with costs, for a breach of the coal mines'…

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Emmaville. [By the 'Examiner's' Local Exporter.] Mining Notes

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 5

Pumping operations are being successfully carried on at the old Albion mine, Rose Valley. The water has been greatly reduced, and it is…

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Miners Suffocated

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 4

Thirty miners were suffocated by fire in a colliery at Oklahama Twenty-six of the bodies were recovered…

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Coal Lumpers

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 4

The Coal Lumpers Union refused to coal the United States hospital ship, Relief, at present lying in Port Jackson, the reason being that the…

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An Important Point in Mining Law

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

MR. WARDEN ALLNUTT at Drake on Thursday found himself confronted with a difficult problem as to costs in Mining ceases, the point apparently not having…

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EMMAVILLE. Mining Notes

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 7

The manager of Bourke's Hill Tin Sluicing [?] reports:—Sluicing operations have been commenced at No. 2 plant, only one shift has been…

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The West's Gold Yield

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 4

The West Australian, gold output for the past eight months is valued at £4,600,000…

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Mining Guide

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 11 September 1908 · page 4

From the Under-Secretary for Mines we have received a copy of The Guide to Mining Laws of New South Wales, issued under the…

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[?]Miscellaneous articles. [?] GOLD

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 11 September 1908 · page 7

[?] articles [?] that an [?]…

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EMMAVILLE. Mining Notes

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 11 September 1908 · page 7

The heavy rain experienced on Friday night and Saturday will have a stimulating effect on the mining industry throughout this district, for…

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Coal Tar the Most Protean Substance in the World

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 11 September 1908 · page 3

Speaking recently before the Secrets of Chemical Industry. Mr. H. Stephen [?] summarised a nominal of the products of the coal tar industry. Since…

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Buried in a Mine

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 15 September 1908 · page 4

A very serious accident befal a young man named Turner whilst working at the Elsie dredge on Thursday night. It appears that…

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More Precious Than Gold

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 15 September 1908 · page 6

Snake venom is found useful in medicine, and has a valued place in several departments of the mechanical arts and sciences…

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A Note for Educational China's Large Coal Fields

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 15 September 1908 · page 6

Mr. Bailey Wills has just described the geological traverse of about 2000 miles of country in north and central China. He says that China's…

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EMMAVILLE. Mining Notes

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 2

After remaining stationery for some time the yin market receded £2 per ton on Saturday, the top price offering locally for best ore being…

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Disappearance of Gold

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 4

A letter-carrier has been suspended in connection with the mytterious disappearance from the Melbourne G.P.O. of a registered parcel…

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Poisoned Coal Fumes

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 4

Recently Fedrick O'Loghils, aged 18 years, and Leo O'Loghils, aged 16, the sons of Mr. P. O'Loghils, [?] on the railways, were found…

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Mining Notes

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 25 September 1908 · page 2

The machinery at Lloyd's dredre has been repaired, and sluicing resumed The ground is improving and jumps of pure tin, ranging up…

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