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Riverina · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 26 October 1905 · page 6

The ne Zapopan mine in the Northern Territory is reported to have cleaned up [?] retorted gold from 580 tons. All parties on Tingha (N.S.W.) are busy…

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United States Gold

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 October 1905 · page 2

The United States Treasury contains the sum of 149,685,000 dollars worth of gold…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 27 October 1905 · page 3

On Tuesday Mr. Webb delivered at the Reefer Battery a waggon load of bagged quartz from Laffin and party's mine at Argalong…

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Warden's Court. Tumut, October 25, 1905, (Before Mr. James D. Walker, J.P. Mining Warden.)

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 27 October 1905 · page 3

David Palton jr. made two applications for authority to enter portion 24, co. Buccleuch, ph. Baloo; area of land required, 20 and 10 acres; period for…

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Gold Stopping an Elephant's Tooth

The Temora Star · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 4

A big elephant, appearing at a place of entertainment in New York, was lately put under chloroform and had her teeth inspected by a…

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Mining

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 31 October 1905 · page 4

It is proposed to remove the smelting works from Dapto and reerect them at Newcastle on a larger scale…

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Colliery Disaster. Five Lives Lost. Effects of an Explosion. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1905 · page 2

Stanford Merthyr, one of the finest collieries in Australia, has met with sudden destruction. On Saturday 400 men were at work, and the place was a…

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The Latest by Telegraph. Sydney, Monday, 8 p.m. a Colliery Disaster

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1905 · page 2

An outbreak of fire was discovered at Sandford colliery, Maitland, at 2 o' clock yesterday morning. The flames and smoke belched fifty feet…

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Colliery Disaster Explosion at Maitland. Six Men Killed, Eight Injured Men Blown to Atoms. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 October 1905 · page 2

One of the most awful of the many colliery dis[?]ters that have happened in New South Wales occurred at the Stanford Mert[?], one of the finest collieries…

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Mining. Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 November 1905 · page 3

The Barrier Company is meeting with excellent mineral ore at 300ft., and a parcel of 9 tons is being forwarded to Cockle Creek. If is intended to put down…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 2 November 1905 · page 8

Condobolin (N.S.W.) reports are to the effect that e galena shows are still returning good dividends. Prospectors report having struck promising country near…

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Death in the Mine

The Worker · Thursday 2 November 1905 · page 4

The Stanford Merthyr disaster has once again served to illustrate the risks of the underground worker. Had the explosion occurred at a time when the subterran[?]…

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The Workless Miners. Available Relief Funds

The Worker · Thursday 2 November 1905 · page 4

Although over 400 men are thrown out of employment, the East Greta Company hope to make arrangements to absorb as many as possible at their East Greta pit, and Mr…

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Amending the Mining Act

The Worker · Thursday 2 November 1905 · page 8

The following comments by Michael Cartland, Broken Hill, on the Mines Act Amendment Bill now before the N.S.W. Parliament will be of interest to all those who…

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Awful Colliery Explosion. At the Stanford Merthyr, N.S.W. Six Men Killed. Ten Badly Injured. Terrible Sunday Morning Scenes. Bereaved Families and Four Hundred Workless

The Worker · Thursday 2 November 1905 · page 4

A terrible explosion of fire-damp occurred at the Stanford Merthyr Colliery mine, nine miles from West Maitland, N.S.W., between 11 a.m. and 12 noon last…

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The Colliery Disaster

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1905 · page 2

The manager of the Stanford-Merthyr Colliery is strongly of opinion that the mine was deliberately fired, and he offers a reward of £300 for…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 3 November 1905 · page 3

The Adelong Creek for miles down from the "Freehold" has been pegged out for dredging purposes. We understand that there…

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Dreadful Explosion. Stanford-merthyr Colliery in Flames. Five Persons Killed, Nine Injured. Kurri Kurri

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 3 November 1905 · page 4

About two o'clook this morning the Stanford Merthyr Colliery was discovered to be on fire. Yesterday being pay Saturday, the mine was…

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The Colliery Fire. SYDNEY

The Temora Star · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 4

A laborer has been arrested on suspicion of having caused the recent colliery explosion. Accused denies the charge…

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The Mining Bill of 1905

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 November 1905 · page 2

Some of the provisions the Amending Mining Bill (1905), which is shortly to be considered by Parliament, are as under:—…

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