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

Mining & the mines, 1906

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Cablegrams. Shocking Mining Disaster in France. Hundreds of Lives Lost. London

The Moree News · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 2

In France, through a fire and explosion in a French mine on Saturday, 1219 miners were either smothered or cru[?]bed to death, 591 miners were…

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Latest Cables. London, Monday. French Colliery Disaster

Manilla Express · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 2

The latest estimate of the deaths, in the French colliery disaster is upwards of 1100. The disaster has caused a…

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"Barbarous Coal Fires." How to Banish Fogs

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 4

The "Daily Mail" writes that the Duke of Fife was unable to take the chair, and Sir Oliver Lodge was too indisposed to deliver his address on the…

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Mining Mems

The Moree News · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 6

The return of gold won during Fehroary in Now Soath Wales was 30,[?], of five gold, vslesd at £729,437. Victorian gold yield in February was…

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Glasgow Fire Tragedy. Death-roll Thirty-mine. Lodging-house Panic. Firemen Beaten Back by Frantic Men. Blind Man's Gallant Rescue

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 4

The most disastrous fire experienced in Scotland for half a century occurred yesterday morning at a model lodging-house for men in Watson street. In the…

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Big Mining Venture

The Moree News · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 6

A party of gentlemen representing some of the most important mixes in A[?]sis are at present in this State with big schemes in preparation. They…

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A Mining Magnate

The Moree News · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 6

Mr George Lansell, the "Quarit King" of [?]endign, in drad. Born in Kent, England, in 1823, he was 83 years of age at the time of his death…

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Bonds That Arc Gold Mines

The Moree News · Tuesday 27 March 1906 · page 3

Tall about gold mines said a leading outer publisher: why, 1 Can assure you here are scores of gold miners floated to a capital running into six figures…

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Electioneering Gold

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 3

In America everything can be done by moans of money. In England nothing can be done without money. The two things are quite different…

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The Rand Mines. London

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 4

The Rev. Lander Smith, of Germiston, one of the largest mining centres of the Rand, declares that the demand for labor for the mines is far beyond…

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Miners' Strike. LONDON

Manilla Express · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 2

Over half a million of miners in the United States are on strike. The union printers, engineers, fireman, pumpmen…

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Potash Mine Bought by Prussian Government

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 3

The "Financial News" (London) says that the Prussian Government has made an offer, subject to the sanction of the Prussian Diet, of L1,500,000 for the…

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The First Canadian Minister of Mines

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 7

The Hon. William Templeman, who is to be the first Canadian Minister of Mines, was born in Ontario of Scottish parents sixty years ago, and entered the…

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Entombed in a Mine. Narrow Escape from Starvation. Excited Females. London

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 4

A miner named Burton, who was entombed in the Corrieres mine (France), lived on brandy, coffee, and water which he found on various dead…

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Electioneering Gold

The Moree News · Tuesday 10 April 1906 · page 3

In America everything can be don by means of money. In England no thing can be done without money The two things are quite different…

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Gold Ingots Mystery. Police Fail in a Charge

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 April 1906 · page 3

"Having in his possession and not giving a satisfactory account of the same, live ingots of cold and some scrap gold, valued at [?]."…

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Potash Mine, Bought by Prussian Government

The Moree News · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 4

The Finan[?] News London) say that the Prussian Government has made [?] offer subject in the san[?]tion of the Prussian [?] of £1,55,000 for the…

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French' Colliery Disaster Details of Awful Calamity

Manilla Express · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 5

Fuller particulars of the terrible catastrophe at the Courrieres Colliery are coming to hand by the papers. The full extent of the fire damp…

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Australian Gold in London

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 6

Tim Slate Premier made a statement on Tuesday afternoon in reference to the information published in a London financial newspaper last week, to the…

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Gold Scramble. a Mushroom City

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 3

From New York on 11th January the correspondent of the London "Express" wrote:— A phenomenal rush to the mining…

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