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

Mining & the mines, 1906

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Mining for Turquoise in Old Arabia

Manilla Express · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 7

Prof, Petrie, in a recent address, told his story in reference to the Sinai district in Arabia which is so closely related to the Old Testament days. A short time ago…

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The Coal-getters. Ivor's Vigil

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 7

Mr Joseph Keating--writes in the "Daily Mail" of 6th February:-- The boy knelt at his father's head crying helplessly, "Father, father!"…

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N.S.W. Gold Yield

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 2

The New South Wales gold yield for the month of April was 25,386oz. fine, valued at £107,831, na compared with 6882oz. fine, valued at £29,231, for…

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Swamp Oak Goldfield

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 15 May 1906 · page 3

FROM official correspondence, a portion of which we publish below, we gather that the old Swamp Oak goldfield is subject to revival. The old river bed…

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Progress in Mining

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 4

Perhaps in no line of human effort have modern developments brought more striking results than in mining. Lecturing the other day on modern…

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Rich Gold Find SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Wednesday 16 May 1906 · page 2

A very rich find of gold in reported from Drake…

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The Courrieres Mine. Causes of the Disaster

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 3

Pending the results of the judicial and the technical inquiries relative to the Courrieres colliery disaster, a great au thority, M. Couriot, Professor at the…

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Good as Gold

Manilla Express · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 4

MR. ROSE, of Scone, has succeeded in securing grass here for 100 dairy cows, and will…

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Poetry. a Glint of Gold

Manilla Express · Saturday 19 May 1906 · page 6

UNMINDFUL of the wintry cold, The snowdrops peep above the mould, And show an inner glint of gold To eyes that care to see…

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The World's Coal Deposits. Some Interesting Figures

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 7

The well-known journal "Stahl and Eisen" has recently published some figures, since quoted by "Engineering," bearing upon this question. A more…

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Gold From a Mud Lake. the Man of the Spot

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 3

Some comic letters, written on the banks of a lake of mud in the Republic of Colombia South America, by the managing director of a treasure-seeking…

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The Courrieres Mine. Causes of the Disaster

The Moree News · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 4

Writing from Paris on the night of 14th March the correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" reports:-- Pending the results of the judicial and…

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Amending Mining Regulations. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 4

Amending mining regulations have been gazetted which give the Minister power to issue special gold…

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Nundle Mining Items

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 5

MINING for scheelite is proceeding three miles north of Nundle. Antimony mining is brisk. Kelly and party are down 80ft on a 12 inch lode, and…

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Westphalian Miners. Honored by the Kaiser

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 3

The "Times" reports that on 2nd April the Emperor presented medals to the Westphalian miners who went to assist in the work of rescue in the Courrie[?]es…

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Seam of Coal

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 2

A valuable seam of coal has been discovered at Glenreagh, near Coffs Harbor…

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Luck in Mining

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 June 1906 · page 5

At Scabby Hill, near Apple Tree Flat, on Monday, Rochester, Sergeant and party have obtained 50oz. of coarse alluvial gold. Three buckets of dirt…

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The Lens Miners. a Minister's Knowledge

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 7

The revolutionary miners of Lens -- for the Lens miner calls "Socialist" and "bourgeois" pseudonyms -- have cheered a Minister of the Republic to…

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Modulated Musings. Gold In Whiskers!

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 4

A DICKENS' hair sold for £8 the other day. Some day a lock of Editor Cheesbrough's whiskers may be of priceless value…

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Mine Own

Manilla Express · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 2

I need not taken-flowers to ell How deeply dear thou art, Still on mine ear thine accents dwell, Thy virtues in my heart…

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