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Mining & the mines, 1907

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A Story of Gold

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 3

Twenty-two years ago a traveller over the bare uplands which stretch between Potchefstroom, tho old capital of the South African republic, and…

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New Mining Act

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 4

The Minister for Mines is anxious to give the State the benefit of the Mining Act recently passed as speedily as possible, but the task involved is a…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 15

Mr. W. H. Corbould has been appointed managing director of the Nymagee Copper Company, of London, which, recently purchased the Nymagee mine…

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Fatal Fall in a Mine

The Worker · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 11

Mr. Henry Rowse, manager of Bennion's Block, Croydon (Q.), was engaged fitting in a fresh column in the pump on Christmas Eve when the ladder gave way, and he fell…

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The New Mining Act

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 4

The Minister for Mines is anxious to give the State the benefit of the Mining Act recently passed as speedily as possible, but the task involved is a…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 15

Mount Boppy Blocks shaft is clown a total of 220ft., and tenders are being called for sinking another 10ft. The Wallaroo and Moonta Co., the…

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N..z Gold and Silver

The Worker · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 11

During the past fifty years New Zealand has exported nearly £70,000,000 worth of gold and £791,000 worth of silver. The export for the year just closed was…

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Miners Entombed

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

One hundred miners have been entombed by a landslip in Alabama (U.S.A.)…

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Mining

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 3

Mr. A. Reeckmann, owner and manager of the Lobb's Hole copper mine, reports that since the first of the month 27 tons first grade sulphide…

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The Band Mines

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

The value of the gold output from the Transvaal for the year 1906 roached the total of £24,579,987. The sum represents an increase of…

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A Mining Case

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

Mr. Wilkinson, sitting' as Mining Warden Yesterday granted four months suspension from labor conditions to date from January 14th., to…

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Mining Catastrophe. Convicts Entombed

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

Landslips have entombed 100 miners, chiefly State convicts, in the Schloss mine, Alabama. Faint tappings from the inside have been heard and…

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Suspension of Mining Lease

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Benjamin Murray applied to the District Mining Warden (Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M.) for the suspension of the labour…

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A Landslip. 100 Miners Entombed. London, Jan. 14

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1907 · page 2

A landslip entombed 100 miners in the Schloas Mine in Alabama, U.S.A. A faint tapping is heard, and workmen are now blasting an entrance. The…

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The Oaks Mining Field

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 2

On Friday some excitement was shown on this field by a strike of ore rich in cooper, silver, gold, and sine, at the 25 feet level, in the Rallowra mine…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 15

The Star mine, Copeton (N.S.W.), resumed work with 30 hands. A Ballina (N.S.W.) syndicate has started beach mining near the Lighthouse…

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Mining

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 2

Mr. J. Thomas has shown us a sample of copper ore obtained from a new discovery he recently made on the Tumut River. The ore is sulphide…

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News From the Capital. Sydney, Monday, 8 p.m. Gold in Victoria

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 2

Last week nuggets up to thirty-five o[?]s were discovered at the Tarnsguila gold rush, Victorie. In one claim 200 ozs were won…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 3

Some prospectors on the Williewa River, Portland (N.S.W.) are averaging about a weight a day. The old workings of the Copper Hill,…

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Realms of Gold. Three Great Questions. the Monahch's Search

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 5

It once occurred to a certain King that if he always knew the right time to begin everything; if he knew who were the right people to listen…

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