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

Mining & the mines, 1907

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A Glint of Gold

Manilla Express · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 2

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

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How Gold Is Won

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 5

THE methods that are being used at Poseidon, Vic., the newest Australian goldfield, and the gold getting methods described in the book of Genesis are…

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The Poseidon Gold Field

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 5

ANOTHER nice nugget, weighing 25oz, was discovered at the Poseidon rush by Messrs. Newitt and Cox, in the Little Wonder claim. This party offered…

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Gold Ingots. African Exhibition Robbed. a Daring Affair

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 7

A skilfully planned and daringly executed robbery has been perpetrated at the South African Exhibition, at the Horticultural Society's Hall, Vincent…

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Gold Made Like Steel. Surgical Instruments Made of Hardened Precious Metal

Manilla Express · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 6

A source of future great demand for told in the arts and sciences is divulged in Leslie's Weekly, in which Henry Schedd Beardsley relates how…

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Coal Lumpers' Trouble

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 25 June 1907 · page 2

ALTHOUGH nothing in the shape of an organised disturbance or outbreak in connection with the coal-lumpers' trouble was reported on Saturday an…

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Gold Made Lire Steel. Burgical Instruments Made of Hardened Procious Metal

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 June 1907 · page 4

A source of future great demand for told in the arts and sciences is d[?] in Leslie's Weekly, in which Lienry Schedd Beardsley relates how…

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Coal in an Ice-cliff

Manilla Express · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 9

It can scarcely be said that there has ever been a " favoured nation" in the matter of coal for of all nature's distributed materials coal is…

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Coal-Lumpers Strike. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 4

An acute stage has been A reached in the dispute between the coal lumpers and Stevedores Association. A grave…

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Reported New Goldfield

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 4

Warden Troy, of Cue, telegraphed to the Minister for Mines, Perth, on Monday, aa follows:—"With regard to the gold find 24 miles from Yalgoo…

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Wingen Colliery

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 4

NOW that there is every probability of the Murrurundi kerosene shale deposits being worked on an extensive scale, people are asking if there is any chance…

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A Gold Mine Waiting for Somebody

Manilla Express · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 9

The most crying need of to-day is a substitute for Para rubber. It is certain to be discovered sooner or later. Celluloid and oxidised linseed oil are…

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Coal-lumpers Strike

Manilla Express · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 7

At the coal-lumpers' conference this morning the employers' reply was to the effect that all foremen must be…

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All for Gold a Story of Alaska

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 7

Business men closed their offices, clerks gave up their positions, parents, wives, sweethearts, were, in a measure, secondary considerations…

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Sydney Harbor Collieries. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 July 1907 · page 2

The success of the harbor colleries at Balmain is now practically assured. The tunnel is over three quarters of a mile in length, and the workings will extend in…

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Coal Lumpers' Strike. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Wednesday 17 July 1907 · page 2

Opinions differ in Labor circles whether the other unions would respond to coal lumpers' call to stand by them…

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Gold in Asparagus

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 19 July 1907 · page 2

A sensation was created at Convent Garden market during the week by the sale of some giant asparagus from Paris, which realised no less than 30s a…

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All for Gold. a Story of Alaska

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 3

[?]siness men closed their offices, a gave up their positions, parents, [?] , sweethearts, were, in a measure, [?]ndary considerations. Klondike…

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Trial of Haywood. Governor's Murderer in Court. Sensational Evidence. Charges Against the Miners' Secretary. Planning the Crimes

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 2

To-day Harry Orchard, the informer in the Idaho mining murder trial, took the witness-stand at Boise City, and the ease against William D. Haywood, of…

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Gold in Horses

Manilla Express · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 5

Opinions probably differ very considerably regarding whether a cold c[?]tutes temporary unsoundness in bath horse. No doubt so-called colds…

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