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Mining & the mines, 1907

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Snowball Copper Mine

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 2

The prospectus of the Snowball Copper Mining Company has been issued. The Company is to be registered as a No Liability Company with a capital…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 12

A rich tin find is reported from Bundarra (N.S.W.) When the Celestial Mines and Options, Cloncurry (Q.), exercised its option over the…

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Colliery Disaster. 425 Miners Entombed. 125 Courses Recovered. London, Jan. 29

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 2

News of a terrible colliery disaster comes from Rhenish Prussia. A terrific explosion in the Redan pit entombed 425 of the men employed at…

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Successful Mining Student

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 2

Mr. Geo. Maurice McKeown, eldest son of the manager of the Wagga Experiment Farm, has scored some graticourses in metallurgy, and passed in…

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Terrible Mine Explosion Hundreds of Men Entombed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 2

A terrible explosion, resulting in great loss of life, has occurred at the Redan colliery, which is the property of the Prussian Government, in Rhinish…

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Explosions of Fire Damp. Mine on Fire. Rescue Work Hindered. London, Jan. 29

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 2

The latest reports in regard to the explosion of fire-damp in the Redan Colliery in Rhenish Prussia show that 39 more dead bodies have been…

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More Gold

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 2

A rich discovery of (fold is reported from Went Australia, 235 pounds of stone yielding 1181ozs. of gold…

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Correspondence How to Turn Paper Into Gold To the Editor

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 2

Sir,—Your leader on the Government Savings Bank was highly interesting, and your remark that "the word Government in the title of the bank has a…

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Mining. Mount Balowrie Mine

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 2

A correspondent writes:— The Mount Balowrie Mining Company was formed recently in Sydney, with five hundred £5 shares, with a board of…

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Entombed Miners. 80 Dead. London, Feb. 1

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 2

It is believed that 80 miners entombed at Virginia (U.S.A.), are dead…

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Gold Field in England Discovery of a "Reef Thlrty-one Miles Long."

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 6

For some time past rumours have been afloat as to the discovery of a gold field in England within 200 miles of London (says the "Daily Mail." It…

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The Colliery Disaster. Miners Still Entombed

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 February 1907 · page 3

Signals from the men entombed in the Reden mine are still heard. There is great excitement in the district, as the work of rescue is difficult…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 3

The December output of the Great Cobar was 11,820 terns treated, for 990 tons matte, estimated to contain 348 tons copper, 59oz. gold, and 6000oz. silver. A total of…

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Another Colliery Explosion. Thirty Miners Killed

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 2

An explosion has occurred in the Davis colliery, West Virginia. Thirty miners, mostly foreigners, were killed…

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Mine Explosion. Thirty Men Killed. London, Feb. 6

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 2

An explosion occurred in the Davis Colliery, West Virginia. Thirty miners, mostly foreigners, were killed…

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Unemployed on the Hand. Mining Magnate's Gift

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 2

Sir J. B. Robinson, the mining magnate of the Band, has informed a deputation representing nineteen thousand men employed at Johannesburg, that he is…

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A Drifting Mine

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 7

Owing to the use of mines in modern naval warfare, there is great danger to neutral shipping, as the mines are apt to break loose from their moorings and drift…

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England's Coal Business. Socialist Party Proposal

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 2

Mr. Keir Hardie, leader of the Independent Labor party in the House of Conurons, speaking at Llwydcoed, Wales, said the Labor party proposed to…

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Japanese Mining Dispute. LONDON, Feb. 8

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 2

In connection with the serious rioting which has taken place at Ashiwo, 68 miles distant from Tokio, it is reported that the rioters have plundered…

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TELEGRAMS. Colonial. Rich Gold at Kiandra. Kiandra

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 3

Mr. J. Pattinson, manager of the Township-hill mine, reports striking exceptionally rich gold in opening out a drive. The gold will average upon…

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