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Mining & the mines, 1903

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Mining

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 4

At Cherry Hill, Messrs. Breadhurst and Party, T. Bell and Party, Tonkin, Kellam and Party, Shaw and Party, C. Wood and Lucas, and Party and Jackson's…

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Mining. the Long Flat Field. Robinson and Rice's, and Kenny & Party's Mines

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 2

Robinson and Rice are confining their attention to virgin country, as in accordance with the terms of the pending sale of the property they…

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The British Coal Export Tax

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 2

The British Chancellor of the Exchequer is engaged in devising means to prevent evasions of the export on coal tax. It is estimated that by these…

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Broken Hill. Failure of the Water Supply. Five Thousand Miners Idle

The Worker · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 4

The complete failure of the water supply at Broken Hill has immediately converted that busy city into a scene of hopeless desolation. For some time past the steady…

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Mining

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 30 June 1903 · page 3

The escort which left Adelong on Friday took away 935oz. of gold. Negotiations are proceeding apace for the sale of the Prince of Wales…

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Mining. Cullinga Mines. Wallendbeen

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 July 1903 · page 2

To the casual reader of mining matter, it would appear easy enough to compile the particulars furnished, and so it is, but the difficulty one has in reaching…

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Mine Accident

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1903 · page 2

An explosion set fire to .the Union Pacific mine at Hamna (Wyoming, U.S.A.). One hundred and seventy five minors were killed. Twenty-one…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 3 July 1903 · page 2

The high average yields obtained from C. Purcell and party's mine at Wondalga should go a long way to convince the incredulous prospector…

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Rich Gold Find

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1903 · page 2

The rich gold find at Pratten, near Warwick (Q.), where stone met with at 2ft. from the surface showed 9oz. of gold to the bucket,…

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Mining

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 2

The Union jack Gold Mine is going splendidly. The manager, Mr. G. T. Heinecke, informs me that 300 acres have been stopped in three weeks, and…

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The Mine Is So Healthy!

The Worker · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 3

This, says the "Labor Leader," is how Horace Traubel satirised the evidence given before the Coal Commission in America:—The doctor is called to the…

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A Rich Gold Find

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 3

In connection with the rich find on the Pratten Warwick goldfield, (Queensland) reliable information shows that the mine promises to develop into…

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Northern Coal Trouble. Cut-throat Competition. Suggested Agreement

The Worker · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 3

Last week a conference was held between the executive officers and delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation and some of the proprietors of the Newcastle…

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Mt. Adrah. Mining

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 7 July 1903 · page 2

Hassett and Cadzou are sending in a parcel of their stone, about 20 tons, to the Reefer Battery. The teams start carting this week,and crushing is…

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New South Wales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Shipment of Gold

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 July 1903 · page 2

The American mail boat Ventura left Sydney to-day en route for San Francisco, with £300,000 in gold on board. PROBATE DUTY…

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MINING. Mount Felstead

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 July 1903 · page 2

The Department of Mines, at the request of the Mount Felstead proprietary and on the requisition of holders of permits along the line, sent an officer here…

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Mining

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 11 July 1903 · page 2

At Spring Flat (alluvial,) prospects are not very bright with the majority of the claimholders. Dempsey and party got on a little gold last week,…

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Gold in North Queensland

The Temora Star · Saturday 11 July 1903 · page 2

SENSATIONAL reports come from the new gold find in the far north of Queensland, but a rush 'is strongly depreciated, for rations are scarce and…

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Mining. Silver and Copper Specimens

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 11 July 1903 · page 2

What will be particularly interesting just now will be found in Mr. R. Burgess's window—rich specimens of silver, galena, copper, and zinc in all its forms,…

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Rich Gold Discovery. Twelve Ounces to the Dish. Tuena

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 July 1903 · page 4

An extraordinary rich discovery of gold has been made by Blay and party, at the Nuggety Gully rush, four miles from Tuena. During the past three days…

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