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Mining & the mines, 1898

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Mining. Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1898 · page 6

The United Exploration Company is making extensive arrangements for working its mine. Operations will be commenced on Monday, and will consist of sinking the…

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The Bush Fires in Tasmania. Details of the Devastation. Narrow Escape of Madame Sherwin. Fire at the Hercules Mine

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 January 1898 · page 4

On Friday Madame Sherwin narrowly escaped being caught in the fire. She left Fernrtee that morning for the Huon, and had only just passed Longley when the…

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THE [?] GOLDFIELD. [?] Dawson City. [?]

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 January 1898 · page 3

[?] from the [?] the capital [?] at when they [?]cient food to…

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Mining. West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 5

Tuesday: The yields of the various mines on the field during the past 12 mouths were in most in tances satisfactory. The Golden Fleece Company made a net profit of £2,056…

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The Miners' Association. Eight Hours System Demanded

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 1

The annual conference of the British Millets' Association representing a membership of 407,500, now sitting at Bristol, under the Presidency of Mr Pickard, M.P…

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The Gold Yield for the Year

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 2

During last year the colony produced 292,217 ozs. of gold, valued at £1,088,412, an increase over the preceding year of £15,053. The…

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The Premier at Gulgo the Ministry and the Miners. Gulgong, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 2

The Ministerial party arrived h[?] from Mudgee to-day, and were [?] corded a reception in the Town H[?] Mr. G. H. Reid, the Premier,…

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Germany and China. Exploiting for Coal at Shang-tung. the Lease of Kiao-chou. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 1

The Berlin banks will exploit the province of Shang-tung, China, for coal. Operations will commence forthwith…

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Miners' Contribution to the Strike Fund

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 2

The annual conference of the British Miners' Association, sitting in Bristol, has decided to contribute £300 per week to the engineers' strike fund…

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Adelong Day by Day. MINING

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 2

THE amount of gold forwarded from this field by escort during the past year amount to 21,327 ounces equal to over £80,000. At the Gibraltar Coy's mine work has been…

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The Klondyke Goldfields. Another Rich Lode Discovered. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 January 1898 · page 2

Reports have been received from the Klondyke goldfield, Canada, to the effect that another lode has been discovered, and that it is immensely rich…

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"King Solomon's Mines." Dr. Peter's New Expedition

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 1

When the announcement was mode that Dr. Carl Peters, the well-known African explorer, was on the point of leading a new expedition into…

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Coal Lumpers Strike. Unionists V. Non-unionists

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 2

The old trouble of unionists working alongside of non-unionists cropped up this afternoon, when tho coal lumpers refused to work aboard…

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A Countryman in Sydney. the Sydney Mint. How Gold Is Coined—the Government Printer—the Training Ship Sobraon—the Polytechnic

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 2

It is by no means an easy matter to see the inside of the Sydney Mint You must be armed with a special order for a stated time and to last half an hour…

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The Yukon Goldfields. the Right of Administration. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 2

The Premier of the North-West Province of Canada asserts that his Government has the right to the administration of the Yukon goldfields…

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The Klondyke Gold Fields. an Aggressive American Action. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 3

An American telegram states that the United States flag was recently hoisted at the extremity of Lake Bennet, which is in the north-west province of Canada, in the…

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Colliery Accident. [?]Ture of the Winding Cable. [?]Urteen Men Killed. London, Sunday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 3

terrible accident has occurred at [?]iery at Wasmes, Belgium, [?]rough the breaking of the [?]cable the cage in which the…

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Mining. West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 4

Friday: The Ready Money claim has treated a trial parcel of 1 ton of crude ore at Dapto for 7oz. 8dwt. gold. The Great Britain has crushed 12 tons of mineralised…

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A Mine Flotation. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 3

The Mount Lyell Proprietary Mines has been registered. The capital of the company is to be 500,000 shares of £1 each, of which 400,000 shares are to be issued to the public…

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Queensland. Tee New Guinea Goldfields. Scarcity of Food. Cooktown, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 3

Work at the Mambare goldfield, New Guinea, is at a standstill, owing to the scarcity of food. The miners are eking out an existence with birds…

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