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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

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Sensational Gold Finds, Very Rich Stone. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 5

Sensational gold finds are reported from tho South Coast. Two pound weight of stone from the Bumbo mine contained Soz. of gold, and a vein on the same property…

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Mining Litiuation

Northern Star · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 2

In the Byron Bay mining case which was before the Equity Court in Sydney on Friday the plaintiffs were kichard. Leonard Norman and Arthur Clifford Norman, and…

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Withdrawal of Light Weicht Gold

Northern Star · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 2

The Bank of "Saw South Wales has been appointed by the Royal Mint authorities the intermediary as between that institution and the other banks in the matter of…

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Gold on the Dorrigo

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

No little excitement and interest were manifested recently when a gold escort passed through Coramba on its way to Cuff's Harbour. This was…

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Rich Gold Find. Melbourne

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 3

Rich gold returns are reported from the Mysterious: Claim on the Bendigo field. Ten loads of quartz when smelted yielded 78 ounces of gold…

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Special Mining Court. Judge Heydon Resigns. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 3

Judge Heydon has resigned the Presidentship of the Special Mining Court at Newcastle. Mr. P. Bowling, the miners…

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Mining at Drake

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 3

THE mining outlook of the field is a little brighter, and there are indications of a better time coming for the mining industry. Baker's Mining and…

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Wheelers' Strike. Miners Refuse to Do Strikers' Work. Newcastle, Wednsday

Northern Star · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 3

The wheelers' strike at the Burwood colliery is still in progress. The miners hold a large mass meeting, at which Mr.P. Bowling, President of the…

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Minnie Copper Mine

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 7

AT a general meeting of shareholders in this mine, held at Woodburn on 21st April, the following wore present:—Messrs. W. Elliott (in the chair), W. Davis, P. Bale. R. Tyler, W. Fletcher,…

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A Two Years' Fire in a Mine

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1908 · page 5

A REPORT from Brokon Hill states that a little inconvenience is being experienced on the Proprietary Mine in connection with tho Block 12 fire, which has…

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Drake Mining Notes

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 6

THE Bakers' Mining and Ore Treatment Company, Ltd., has just completed the erection of reduction works at Drake, for the purpose of treating…

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Where the Gold Goes

Northern Star · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 2

The world is producing four times the volume of gold she put out nquite a few years ago. Still of late there has been a notuble scarcity. The last returns of the…

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Gold Mine Closed Down. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 5

The Bodangora gold mine, Geurie, closed down yesterday. Between 200 and 300 men are affected. Much consternation has been created throughout the district owing…

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Coal Trade Troubles. Traffic Congestion. Loss of £20,000 a Day. Newcastle

Northern Star · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 3

Fourteen collieries are now idle around Newcastle district as the result of the congestion in the coal and shipping truffic. Everything is in a muddle, and about 20…

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Mining Retrenchment Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 3

The Proprietary Mine (Broken Hill) this week dispensed with the services of 200 hands…

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The Gold Yield. Big Decreases. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 3

The N.S.W. gold yield for April shows a comparative increase in value of £5665, and for the past four months a decrease of £36,462…

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Special Mining Court. May Reassemble. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 7

Six thousund out of eight thousand miners in the Newcastle district voted on the question of enforcing discipline in the ranks [?]509 for and 2504 against…

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Alleged Gold Stealing, an Arrest Made. Launceston

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 3

The Police arrested a man named Arthur Long on the arrival of the steamer Loongana from Melbourne, and charged him with stealing and receiving an ingot of…

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Scotch Miners Join the Labour Party. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 5

The Scottish Miners Federation, numbering 80,000, have decided to join the Labour party. The Premier, Mr. Asquith, states that…

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Gold Mine Dividends. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 3

Dividends amounting to £640,065 have been paid by the West Australian gold mining companies during the four months of the present year…

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