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

Mining & the mines, 1905

38 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 2 of 2

Why Coal is a Luxury

Manilla Express · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 7

About a year ago a North of England daily announced that the search for the lost Cheadle- coal- seam, had at last been abandoned after £70,000 had been spent in vain…

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Mining in Central Africa

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 26 August 1905 · page 4

Mr. Tom. Redpath, formerly of Harriet Ville, who is under engagement to London capitalists to prospect in Central Africa, near the Congo Free…

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The Stockton Mine

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1905 · page 4

The Under Secretary for Mines and Government Geologist Mr, Pittman, received a report with reference to the serious situation at the Stockton mine…

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An Oak Mine

Manilla Express · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 3

A Russian timber dealer has discovered a valuable mine of oak. It is in a river of South Russia, in layers three or four feet deep, scattered over 150 square miles, and…

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Colour of Gold

Manilla Express · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 3

Few people know the real colour of gold, because it is seldom seen except when heavily alloyed, which makes it touch redder than when it is pure. The purest…

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Gold in the Cow

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 October 1905 · page 2

"WITHOUT any doubt there is no industry that the 'man on the…

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Making Gold from Silver

The Moree News · Tuesday 10 October 1905 · page 3

The electric theory of matter has received a strong impetus at the hands of Lodge, Thomson, Cr[?], and others, aspecially since the discovery of the radio…

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Stanford- Merthyr Mine Disaster. Great Loss of Life

The Moree News · Tuesday 31 October 1905 · page 2

Before daylight on Saturday morning smoke was [?] i[?]ing from the principal tunnels in the [?]in On the[?] being given [?] m[?]…

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Colliery Disaster

Manilla Express · Wednesday 1 November 1905 · page 2

ON Monday morning we received a wire stating that a disaster had occurred at the Standford-Methye Colliery, Maitland district, on Sunday, killing…

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The Colliery Disaster

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 4

As mentioned yesterday, says Wednesday's "Star" the injured men are progressing as satisfactorily as could be expected and their condition is still…

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Mining Fatality

Manilla Express · Saturday 18 November 1905 · page 2

John Sheehy was killed and two companions injured by a fall of earth at the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine last night…

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Imitation Gold

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 5

Very often the painter is called upon' to imitate gold ornaments when painting ornamental ironwork or shop fronts, iron palings, etc, partly, of course, to secure…

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Coal Lumpers Dispute

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 3

While delivering judgment in the Arbitration Court on Tuesday on the Coal Lumpers' dispute, Judge Heydon said: - "The view that the manual laborers create…

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Wonderful Coal Cutting Machine

Manilla Express · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 5

A new coal-cutting machine is creating much interest among miners. It weighs 150 pounds, is worked by compressed air, and is said to be wonderfully successful in…

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A Novel Persuader. Moving Picture used by Mining Promoter to Help Sell Stock

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 December 1905 · page 6

Just as the photograph , beginning as an entertainment toy, has become an Important factor in business, the moving picture Is now being adapted to…

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The Rose of Touloume. (Original.) a Story of Coincidences Or, Christmas Happenings on a Gold-field. an Australian Story

Manilla Express · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 6

THE house yonder? Aye, it be a purty place. sure; and purty be they as lives there. Be thee gwine up alongs, now?"…

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We Wish our Farming, Grazing, Mining, and all other Kindred Industries a Prosperous New Year. His First Christmas Tree

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 9

I dess 'ey's not a boy in town 'At's luckier an me. Tause mamma she jus' let me have My [?] Trismus tree…

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We Wish our Farming, Grazing, Mining, and all other Kindred Industries a Prosperous New Year. Roman Christmas. a Season of Jot and Merrymaking In the eternal City

Manilla Express · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 7

Although the picturesque scenes and grand functions which formerly attracted visitors to Rome at this time of the year are in a great measure tilings of the past,…

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