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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

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Mr. Burns to Wear Gold Lace

Northern Star · Monday 26 March 1906 · page 3

Mr. John Buros, M.P. for [?]attersea. now one of the Cabinet, did not leuve it to any "go between" as to what he must wear when in the prescnce of the King, says the…

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Gold Ingots Mystery. Police Fail in a Charge

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 11

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

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Gold Fillings

Northern Star · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 10

Hippopotamus ivory, though still in deinand, is by no means so valuabke as it was a century ago, when it was used largely by dentists as a material for false teeth…

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False Gold Bars

Northern Star · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 7

At the Kalgoorlie Criminal Court on Friday the trial of Benj[?] Evans and William Sherwin on a charge of obtaining £250 by means of a false pretence, that is…

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Gold Scramble. a Mushroom City

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 12

From New York on 11th January the correspondent [?] the London "Express" wrote. A phenomenal rush to the mining…

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A Rope Coal Conveyor on the High Seas

Northern Star · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 7

Some successful experiments have been carried out at Kiel in coaling ships at sea by means of a stretched wire pope extending from the coaling hulk to the steamer…

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Western Australian Mines March Gold Yields at Kalgoorlie

Northern Star · Monday 16 April 1906 · page 2

The following March outputs have been reported:—Associated Northern Blocks treated 3370 tons of ore and 468 tons of stimes for bullion valued at £15,303:…

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A Gold Record

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 April 1906 · page 5

A specimen of gold-bearing quartz mined from the lowest depth on record is to be seen at the Mines Department. It was obtained from the New Chum Railway Mine at…

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French Colliery Disaster. Story of a Boy

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 2

RESCUED miners had terrible tales to tell. Maurice, a study little fellow of 14, escaped after an imprisonment of 24 hours. He had been working in No. 3…

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Sunken Treasure Ship. Another Effort to Recover Spanish Gold

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 8

Another court is to be made early this summer to recover the Spanish gold lying in the galleon Florentia at the botton of Tobermory Bay…

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Gold Hidden in India

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 10

It would be an immense benefit to all mankind if the stores of gold now held by individuals in India could be made available for general use. Ever…

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Progress in Mining

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 10

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

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Woman and Gold

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 3

The god of modern London is money, not merely. In the City buts also in the Church. The worst offenders are women, whose ostentatious display of wealth is the…

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Miss Roosevelt. the U.s. Army's Present. a Rifle Made of Gold

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 9

From Washington on 5th February, the correspondent of the London "Dally Mail" wrote:— It Is announced today that Dr…

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Gold Yield

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 8

The usual return furninshed by the UnderSecretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for the month of April is 30,592[?] cr[?]de, [?]ual to 25,386oz, fine,…

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Mining Mana er Blown to Pieces

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 5

Mr. Thomas Weatherall, acting manager of Green's Freehold mine, at Gordon, was at the 200ft level in the mine last Thursday morning, and is supposed to have…

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End of the Old Tercanora. to Be Used As a Coal Hulk

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 7

The old paddle steamer Terranora has ended her career as a trader, and is now to be used as a coal hulk (says a New Zealand paper). The Terranora was built…

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Why not a Gold Watch

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 6

YOU will agree with us that it would be a difficult matter to find a man or woman who dislikes the idea of wearing gold watch. Many never expect to be able to…

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Richmond River Beach Mining

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 4

A BRISBANE " Courier " correspondent states that Mr. G. B. B. Elliott, M.E., who represents a big Melbourne syndicate, hits been interesting himself in the…

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Opal Mining at White Cliffs

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 3

At White Cliffs there is a possibility of a nice little squabble. The district is devoted to opal mining, and as usual tho Chinese are following closely on the…

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