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Mining & the mines, 1902

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Science. a Substitute for Coal

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 5

PROFESSOR William Hallock, of Columbia university, is pursuing investigations along the lines recently suggested by the British…

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Shipping Bags of Gold as Luggage

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 4

Wilks Jacob Wilkens, master of the s.s. Batavia, was, in London recently, fined £5 and £3 3s. costs for contravening the Revenue Act by not…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 16 September 1902 · page 3

Leases approved under the Mining on Private Lands Act of 1894.—S. Winslett, senr., PGL 5, part of 149, county Wynyard, parish Gilmore, 3a…

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Mining

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 2

THE final parcel taken from the George Reid mine has been treated at Reno, 7 tons yielding nearly 2 oz. per ton. The party have now abandoned…

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Mining. Grenfell

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 2

Extravagant reports are current about Bumbaldry Reefs, but the true facts are that, after some lesser offers, £8,000 is now offered for nine-teuths of the…

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Telegrams. Where Our Gold Goes. Sydney

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 2

The mail steamer Sonoma left for San Francisco yesterday with a gold shipment valued at three quarters of a million sterling…

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Mining Township Blocks. Complications at Gundagai

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 September 1902 · page 3

Last week a number of persons in occupation of town and suburban blocks at Gundagai under the miners' rights were served with notice to quit. The…

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Jumping a Gold Lease. Strong Remarks by the Wyalong Warden. Alleged Attempts at Intimidation. Wyalong

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 September 1902 · page 2

At the Wardens court to-day a lively scene took place between a solicitor and the Walden which ended in the former with his client denning to have their…

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Siberian Goldfields

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 September 1902 · page 2

M. Harry De Windt, the explorer and traveller, in the course of an interview in England, said that he had travelled 11,263 miles through Siberia. Gold was…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 3

The Westralia Mount Morgan for the four weeks ended July 16th treated 3600 tons for 403oz. of gold. The Fish River Dredge, which has been…

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The Coal Strike

The Worker · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 3

The greatest American industrial contest of the twentieth century has commenced. The strike affects directly nearly 150,000 and indirectly many thousands more. The…

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Wyalong Mining

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 2

Howard and party, [?] at the western reef, Golden Fleece, received £28[?] for 250 tons of tailings, also £120 for 3 tons of concentrates. Ma[?]…

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Mining. Cooiac

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 2

Reports from Coolac show chat the mining industry is likely to revive very much in that locality. In both alluvial and reefing matters are becoming much…

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Bags of Gold Shipped as Personal Luggage

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 18

Wilks Jacob Wilkins, master of the s.s. Batavia, was in London recently fined £5 and £3 3s costs for contravening…

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The Rand Goldfield. Great Extension Reported. London, Sept. 17

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 2

Mr. Rathbone, the Government inspector of the Rand gold mines, has reported that he has discovered a new main reef in the Witwatersrand basin, extending 20…

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A Colliery on Fire. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 September 1902 · page 2

A fire broke out yesterday morning in Corrmal colliery four miles north of Wollongong. Owing to the early hour of the outbreak very few men were at…

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Mount Kembla Mine. Operations to Be Resumed

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 September 1902 · page 2

Coal getting will be resumed in one section of the Mount Kembla mine tomorrow. Work will thus be provided for over 100 men if they are available…

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New South Wales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday. Fire in a Colliery

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1902 · page 2

The fire in the Corrimal colliery is still burning. The outbreak is more serious than was at first suppose. NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY…

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Mining. Adelong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 September 1902 · page 2

The monthly gold escort left to-day with 1,123¼oz. gold from Adelong. The tributing parties at the Gibraltar Consolidated finished their crushing for…

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Mount Kembla Mine. Work Partially Resumed

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 September 1902 · page 3

Work at the Mount Kembla Colliery was resumed in the shaft section this morning. Nearly seventy of the old hands resumed work. Scores of miners…

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