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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

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Tom Mann's' Trial. Maitland Miners Protest. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 3

At a large meeting of miners at Maitland Mr. Bowling, president of the Miners' Federation, made a strong speech in regard to the proposal to try Tom…

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The World's Gold This Year's Output

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1909 · page 6

How much gold the world will produce in the year which is close upon us (said the "Daily Mail" on December 31.) and how far the demand for the metal…

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Claim for Damages. Action Against Coal Company. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 7

In the Supreme Court to-day Patrick Murray commenced action against the Belambi Coal Company, cliaming £1000 compensation for injuries alleged to have…

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Fifty Million in Gold

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1909 · page 6

The forty-fifth number of the "Statistical Abstract for the British Colonies Possessions and Protectorates" was published on December 29. It gives a…

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Drowned Gold. Search for Sunken Treasure. Myth of Kruger's Gold

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1909 · page 7

The first full and complete story of the gold that was smuggled out of the Transvaal just before the Boer war is forthcoming this week from the diary…

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North Coast Beach Mining

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1909 · page 9

BETWEEN Woolgoolga, the Sandon River and the Clarence Heads are several portion engaged in gold saving from the sands of the sea shore. Some of these…

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Search for Sunken Gold

Northern Star · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 2

A London, syndicate has been formed with a view of searching for the wreck of a large Spanish galleon which wits simk about 150 years ago in the bay which…

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Four Tons of Coal Per Head

Northern Star · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 2

Britain produced in 1907, according to official figures issued recently, 268,000,000 tons of coal, an increase of 17,000,000 tons over 1906, while America, produced…

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The Price of Heat: Coal. Gas, Electricity

Northern Star · Saturday 10 April 1909 · page 6

The price of heat per thousand calories has just been calculated by a French, authority. M. Le Chatelier, from various sources. A caloris is the metric unit of…

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Canadian Coal Fields. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 5

Recent surveys show there are 40,000000,000 tons of marketable coal on the Canadian north-western coalfields…

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Mining in Tenterfield District

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 4

Away back in the '80's, considerable excitement was caused throughout New England and Southern Queensland by the discovery of an apparently…

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Fire at a Mine. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 3

The engine-room and machinary at the Mount Drysdale gold mine were destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £800…

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£50,000,000 In Gold

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 2

THE forty-fifth number of the "Statistical Abstract for the British Colonies, Possessions, and Protectorates" gives a vast mass of figures illustrating the…

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The Lust of Gold

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1909 · page 4

The Rev. Robert Williams, of Hamilton, Victoria, caused a sensation amongst his audience by describing one of the homesteads which he had…

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Mining Camp Riot. Military Shoot Down, Crowd. London, Friday Afternoon

Northern Star · Monday 19 April 1909 · page 3

A riot occurred in a mining comp at Velardona, Cowhuila, Mexico, owing to the Mayor suppressing a religious procession. The military had to he summoned and 32…

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Mining at Cordon Stook

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1909 · page 4

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Tyalgum Coal Deposits

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 5

WE notice that the Queensland Government has granted a sura of £200 to assist in proviug certain coal seams in the Beaudesert district. Why should…

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Beach Mining

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 8

Between Woolgoolga, the Sandon River, and the Clarence Heads, are several parties engaged in gold saving from the sands of the sea shore. Some of these parties are…

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Broken Hill Trouble. the High Court Decision. Two Objections Upheld. Miners' Wages Claims Granted. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 24 April 1909 · page 7

Judgment was delivered to-day by the High Court in Broken Hill case. All that the claimant miners asked for and were awarded in the Arbitration…

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Precious Metals. Can Gold Be Made From Silver?

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 April 1909 · page 6

Sir Wm. Ramsay, the celebrated savant, has given to a correspondent of the "Matin" an interesting account of the experiments he is now engaged on. "You know…

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