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Mining & the mines, 1904

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Mining. Adelong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 September 1904 · page 3

The montly gold convoy left to-day, with 1080oz. of gold…

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Loss of the Lucia. Drifted on to a Mine. London, Sept. 20

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1904 · page 2

Details which have been received with respect to the destruction by a mine near Port Arthur of the sailing ship Lucia, belonging to Messrs. Moller Bros., of…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 23 September 1904 · page 2

M. O'Dwyer's application for PGL 6, part of 3 and 36, ph. Yaven, co. Wynyard, has been approved. Mr. J. Morrison, an expert in…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Saturday 24 September 1904 · page 8

Several parties are consigning are from the Cargo goldfield, Molong, to Cockle Creek. The new battery on the New Caledonian…

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Price of Coal. Reitration Court Decision. Adverse to Colliery Owners

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 September 1904 · page 2

The Arbitration Court to-day decided that the resolution passed by the Northern Colliery owners, notifying a reduction in the present price of coal was in…

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LONDON, Sept. 23. the Gold Coast

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1904 · page 2

A strong party of New Zealand and Queensland mining surveyors has started for the Gold Coast, West Africa to complete the demarcation of mi[?]es and make a…

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The Volunteer Cruisers. Refused Coal and Provisions

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 September 1904 · page 2

The Russian volunteer cruisers Petersburg and Smolensk are at Past Said where they are awaiting permission to take sufficient coal and provisions to…

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Russian Coal Supplies. Help From Germans. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 September 1904 · page 2

Russian agents in Liverpool are offering shipowners great inducements to carry coal to Vladivostock, and also to ship cargoes to an uninhabited island in…

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The Gold Medal Fire Extinguisher

The Temora Star · Wednesday 28 September 1904 · page 2

THE sense of security from fire is always greater when ho[?]scholders, or those engaged in the workroom or warehouse, know that a ready means…

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The War. Port Arthur Siege. a Furious Assault. Japanese Successes. Deadly Russian Mines. Outbreak of Cholera London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 September 1904 · page 2

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Paris newspaper 'Le Matin' states that the Japanese are now furiously assaulting Port Arthur on…

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Sensational Gold Find Ore Pocket at Southern Cross. Luck of a Workless Man. Southern Cross (W.a.) Tues

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 29 September 1904 · page 2

Messrs. J. Richards, W. H. Stephens and T. Armstrong, tributing on the Reward Extended leases, Southern Cross, have struck a, reef at a depth…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 30 September 1904 · page 5

M. O'Dwyer cleaned up a crushing of 10 tons of stone from his mine at Mt. Adrah at the Reefer Battery Adelong, for a better return than last…

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The Latest by Telegraph. Sydney, Thursday. Rich Gold Find

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1904 · page 2

There are sensational rumors at Hughendon (Qld.), in regard to a big find of gold in the Mackinley range. Assays from a small parcel yielded 245…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Saturday 1 October 1904 · page 3

The number of men getting scheelite near Hillgrove is steadily increasing, and new finds are reported almost daily. The Stony Creek reservoir, Beechworth…

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Mining. Gundagai

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 1 October 1904 · page 2

Kenny and party are raising good stone at Long Flat mine. All machinery for Reno mine has arrived from Victoria this week, and as soon as erected the mine…

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Northern Collieries Case. Heads I Win; Tails You Lose. a Played-out Game

The Worker · Saturday 1 October 1904 · page 4

The employers' view of the decision of the Arbitration Court having had great prominence in the daily newspapers to the discredit of the Arbitration Act, and to the…

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Kimo Gold Robbery. A. Fogarty Found Guilty. He Gets Three Years

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 1 October 1904 · page 2

Before his Honor, the Chief Justice, at Wagga Circuit Court on Tuesday, Andrew Fogarty was indicted for that he did, on tho l9th August, at…

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Mining

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 4 October 1904 · page 3

Two extended alluvial claims of 25 acres each have been token up on Pound Creek by Mr. C. B. Heinecke, and are to be worked by an alluvial jet. An…

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Mining News

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 4 October 1904 · page 3

T. Elliott and party have secured some excellent smapl[?]s of stone, taken from a claim at Bark Hot. The stone shows gold to the naked eye…

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Warden's Court. (Before Mr. Jas. D. Walker, J.P., Mining Warden)

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 4 October 1904 · page 3

APPLICATION by James Paul for authority to enter portion 24, co. Buccleuch, ph. Baloo; area of land required, 10 acres; owner, David…

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