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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

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Coal for the East

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 4

IT is manifest from tho letters received by the Minister for Mines from Mr. J. B. Suttor, commercial agent in the East, that the excellent quality of the…

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Mining at Drake

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 6

ON Tuesday the first parcel of returns from the tailings at the old Adeline Mine at Drake were brought to Tenterfield. Some time ago representatives of…

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Mining

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 4

We learn from an authoritative source that mining matters in the Drake dis trict are rather dull at the present…

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Mining

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 3

THESE a mining expert:—The North Coast from the Tweed Heads down to Chariotle Bay, near Seal Recks, is teeming with possibilities for a…

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What a Lump of Coal can do

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 7

A single pound of coal is capable of producing 236 horse-power, and could do the work of an express locomotive for one-fifth of a minute. In other words, it is enough to…

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Mining Industry

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 6

THE annual report of Mr. Pittmann, the Under-Secretary of mining operations in this State for 1904 show considerable improvement. The value of…

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Gold from Sea Water

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 8

Sir William Ramsay, one of the most eminent British scientists, has been retained by a syndicate to work solely for them in connection with the process of…

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Beach Mining

Northern Star · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 5

'Miner' writes to the 'S.M. Herald':—Re prospecting for gold on Richmond Beach, referred to in the 'Herald' the writer deals with what he calls the probable matrix of gold…

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Gold from Sea Water. a Scientific Experiment

Northern Star · Monday 3 April 1905 · page 2

The old scheme for extracting gold from sea water dies hard. It is put forward from time to time, and credulous people, who have no notion how much sea water has to…

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A Millionaire's Dinner. a £2400 Meal. Solid Gold Plate

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 10

According to the "Daily Mail' correspondent at New York, at the St. Regis Hotel, the most palatial building of its kind in America, a gorgeous scene was…

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What Getting Gold Costs

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1905 · page 10

The latest estimate of the gold resources of the Witwatersrand is, remarks a writer in "Chambers's Journal," that, if mining can be prosecuted…

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Drake Gold

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 2

MR. GUNDLACH, manager of the Adeline Gold Mine, brought to Tenterfield and deposited at the A.J.S. Bank another cake of gold and silver bullion weighing…

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Gold in Seawater

Northern Star · Monday 1 May 1905 · page 2

Some twelve years ago, says "Science Siftings," we told our readers there was gold in seawater. Sonstadt has estimated the quantity in solution and suspension at…

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Coal at £125,000 a Ton

Northern Star · Monday 1 May 1905 · page 3

Under teo shadow of Shakespeare Cliffs, Dover, 15 amateur mineralogists, mostly from the neighbourhood of Fleetstreet, stood with knitted brows gazing…

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The Secret of the Silver Mine. a Story of the Peruvian War. Chapter I.

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1905 · page 9

"You refuse to give the two men up?" I spoke sternly in a tone indicating that entreaties were at an end, and that other means would be adopted to…

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The Norther Coal Measures a Chat with Mr. J. E. Carne, F.g.s

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 June 1905 · page 4

As mentioned in Monday's issue of the 'Northern Star.' Mr. J. E. Carne, F.G.S., the Assistant Government Geologist for the De— partment of Mines and Agriculture, is at…

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London's Coal-hole. What It Is Like

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 9 June 1905 · page 9

Before the advent of railways nearly all the coal of London came up the Thames. "Sea-coal" was the name of it, and oven now thirteen…

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Colliery Disaster. Great Loss of Life

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 21 June 1905 · page 3

The South Wales coalfield was, on the 16th ult., the scene of another terrible colliery disaster, this time at the Cambrian Colliery. Clydach vale, near…

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Colliery Disaster. Great Loss of Life

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 21 June 1905 · page 4

The South wales coalfield was, on the 16th ult the scene of another terrible colliery disaster, this time at the Cambrian Colliery, Clydach Vale near…

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Selling Gold Bricks

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1905 · page 11

to young follows who can't afford to be buncoed. It would be a mighty good thing if we could put a lot of the professors at work in the offices…

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