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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

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Gold in Bunny

Manilla Express · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 5

SPEAKING at the Junee branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association Mr. Siddall, of the Government Tool stores, said he ehad calculated that…

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Mine Thieves Cornered. Desperate Underground Battle

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 5

I Probably the most extraordinary battle ever fought underground took place on the 400ft, level of the great Independence Mine at Victor,…

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Gulf Creek Copper Mine

Manilla Express · Saturday 12 September 1903 · page 2

THE Gulf Creek Mining Company, Ltd., are about to inaugurate an improved carrying service of ore from the mines to Manilla railway station. Hitherto the…

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A Mountain of Gold

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1903 · page 6

A correspondent of "Chamber's Journal" writes :—Travelling in central Queensland a few months ago curiosity induced me to visit Mount…

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An Extraordinary Dog Story. Six Months in a Disused Mine

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 October 1903 · page 3

A good deal of talk has been caused among the people of Shotts district regarding an extraordinary story about the imprisonment of a…

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A Hydraulic Mining Cartridge

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1903 · page 5

A now introduction has been made into the ola-mining industry in the form of a hydraulic mining cartridge. The present mode of…

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Pure Gold

Manilla Express · Saturday 5 December 1903 · page 2

Several nuggets of pure gold, one weighing 67 ounces, have been unearthed at Peters's Rush, Rockhampton…

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Mining Fatality

Manilla Express · Wednesday 9 December 1903 · page 2

William Adams and Benjamin Sullivan, miners, were killed by a fall of earth at the Great Boulder Perservance Mine, Kalgoorlie…

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