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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1891

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Local Coal Measures

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1891 · page 4

ABOUT a third of a mile north—casterly from the Moonembar tunnel another tunnel has been driven on Mr. P. Roslin's selection, and the outcrops of several seams have been…

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The Coal Mines Regulation Bill

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 October 1891 · page 6

ON the third reading of this Bill, which brought about the present c[?]isis, the Premier spoke as follows: This bill has an issue very peculiar as far as I am concerned. Although I am head of…

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Aberdare Coal Company. Assay of Coal

Northern Star · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 3

THE subjoined assay, from in the Mines Department, is for coal from the above mine at Swan Bay, owned by Messrs. Nicola, M'Lean, and Fischer Bros.:—…

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Colliery Explosion and Loss of Life

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 6 November 1891 · page 4

A SERIOUS colliery explosion, the first which has happened for several years in the Bristol district, occurred on August 31 at Malago Vale, Bedminster, in which…

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Death of Australia's Gold Discoverer

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 6 November 1891 · page 4

MR. REWARD HYMMOND HARGRAVES died at his residence, Forest Lodge, sydney, last week, at the ripe age of 75 years. Mr. Hargraves was the…

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Our Coal Seams

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1891 · page 2

LAST Saturday, we understand, the District Warden (E. Jones, Esq., P.M.), in company with Mr. Kecle, of the Harbors and Rivers Department, and other gentlemen, paid a…

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The Moonembar and Swan Bay Coal Seams

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 December 1891 · page 5

NEW SOUTH WALES is always breaking out in some fresh place, and giving a new intimation of the vast and rich mineral wealth sleeping under her matted crust, and nestling in and…

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