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Mining & the mines, 1903

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Gold in the Streets. Pugging a Business Site

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 August 1903 · page 6

There were many visitors on Monday to the piece of land at the corner Mitchell and Hargreaves streets, Bendigo, which was pegged out by William Fornley as an…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 21 August 1903 · page 3

ADELONG, like many of this States mining centres, suffers periodically from lapses of inactivity in the development of its wealth. Now, as…

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Safety for Miners

The Worker · Saturday 22 August 1903 · page 5

The Mount Kembla disaster raised the question whether mine managers should not be required to hold certificate by examination. instead of by length of service and…

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Northern Miners Draft Agreement

The Worker · Saturday 22 August 1903 · page 7

The Northern district miners' delegates have submitted a draft agreement to the colliery proprietors, the chief points of which are as follows:—…

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Mining News. Reported Finds

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 25 August 1903 · page 2

A FURTHER discovery, and one that is likely to be of some value, has been made in the neighbourhood of the Bark Hut field. On Friday Robert Field,…

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A Goldfield

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 26 August 1903 · page 2

The following has been proclaimed a gold field:-County of Wynyard, parish of Bangus, area 63/4 acres. The Crown lands within the…

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Mining News

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1903 · page 2

McGREOON, True and party's crashing of 16 tons of stone from the De Wet mine, Bark Hut, yielded the very satisfactory return of 88 ounces, or…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 7

The Cinnabar mine at Solferino has closed down. Sully's works, al Wyalong, last month treated 81 tons for 444oz. gold…

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Mining

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 2

At Long Flat the usual development work is in progress, and a fair quantity of are is a waiting treatment but owing to the terms of option being still in existence, the…

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Grains of Gold

The Worker · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 8

Perseverance is irresistible.—Sentorious. To net is so easy; to think is so hard.—Goethe. This life is not for complaint, but for…

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A Plea for the Miners

The Worker · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 4

Speaking on the Crown Lands Act Amendment Bill. Labor Member G. A. Jones, after a few prefatory remarks, said: should like to say that I regret very much…

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Mining

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 1 September 1903 · page 2

Mr. Wellman, the new manager of the Argalong gold dredging venture, has arrived at the scene of operations and. is pushing ahead with the…

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Mining. Adelong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 September 1903 · page 2

Cadrou and party, Mount Adrah, crushed at the Reefer battery 17¼ tons for 25¼oz gold Dean, Roe, and party, from the new…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 4 September 1903 · page 2

In our report of Dean, Roe and party's crushing from their reef at W[?]ndalga the yield shoud have read 17 [?]dwt, per ton, not 17[?]oz, from…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 7

At Wyalong, the Ryebuck has had three tons treated for 18 1/2oz, gold. Kershaw's battery at Dairy Creek, Gundaroo, is again in full swing…

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Western Miners' Claim

The Worker · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 8

The Court sat at Lithgow to hear the claim of the Western Miners' Association for an increased hewing rate against the Western Coal Association. In opening the…

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Mining

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 2
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

WYALONG, Tuesday.—The True Blue is still crosscutting to the eastern reef at a depth of 666ft., and expect to cut it within a few feet. They have crushed…

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Grains of Gold

The Worker · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 2

The same devotion unites men far more than the same thought and knowledge.—Joubert. Every man has a lurking wish to appear…

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Mining. the Bark Hut Field

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 2

Mining matters at Bark Hut gold field are becoming brisk, and much interest is centred in the field. The purchase of the De Wet Mine…

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