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South Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

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Mining Labour at Yalwal the Day Dawn on Tribute a Fresh Discovery

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 20 April 1905 · page 2

At the Warden’s Court in Nowra yesterday an application for a further suspension of labour conditions for for three months on the Yalwal lenses…

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Distress Among Miners

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 1

A largely attended public meeting was held on Friday night at Bulli to consider the best means of relieving the great distress amongst 100…

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Lost the Coal-posts

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 3

In those football grounds which lie in the shadow of the great metropolis, it is not an uncommon thing for the referee to be compelled to sound a premature “no-side”…

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The World’s Gold Supply

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 4

We are always getting [?] as to the probable duration of the [?]measures, but what of the [?] deposits? What shall we do what [?] is…

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Accident on a Gold Dredge

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 4

An accident happened on Monday to Mr Edward Hush on one of the Araluen dredges, upon which he was working (states the " Braidwood…

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Mining Warden's Court. Tuesday, May 2. (Before Lieut.—Colonel Chisholm, District Warden)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 May 1905 · page 7

D. L. Willis applied for suspension of labor conditions on the Homeward Bound mine, Yalwal. Herbert Edward Stephens, mining…

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Gold in Sea Water

Southern Star · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 4

A LOT of people are [?]ptical shout the possibility of getting gold out of sea-water, but the sceptics may be all wrong. There were sceptics about the…

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Mining a Nerriga Mine Closed Down

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 18 May 1905 · page 2

The boiler and engine and other machinery of the Phoenix mine at Nerriga, which has closed down after working some years, were brought to…

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Various Topics. Mining by Electricity

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 6

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Struggle Over a Coffin. a Fight for Gold

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 2

A dramatic story was listened to on March 1st at the Edgware Potty Session. It concerned a will, and the alleged struggles of a sister to…

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Day Dawn Mine

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 25 May 1905 · page 2

Messrs Nicholson and Fullon have great difficulty in unwatering the Day Dawn mine at Little River, Braidwood district (states the “Express”). They…

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Gold Mining at Nerrigundah

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 8

A message from Mornya states that at Nerrigandah, Walter Malby crushed 12½ tons of stone for a yield of 87oz.; Bremer and Koerber, 12 tons giving…

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Suicides. a Mining Engineer

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 4

On Tuesday last Mr Vernon Petherick mining engineer, late of Yalwal, was found dangerously ill at a Sydney hotel. In his room was found a note…

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Presence of Mine

Southern Star · Saturday 10 June 1905 · page 2

A good story is told of a man and his wife who were in a railway accident. She was telling the incident later in to a friend and this is her version of [?] were…

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Colliery Disaster. Great Loss of Life

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1905 · page 2

The South Wales coalfield was on the 16th alt, the scene of another terrible colliery disaster, this time at the Cambrian Colliery, Clydach Vale, near…

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Dining off Gold Plate

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 7

"So you are going to St. Petersburg, are you?" said Rabinski, a Russian jeweller, who has his principal place of business in Berlin. He made…

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Far East Situation. What Are Togo's Tactics? Great Rotting-up Project Possible. the Coal Question. Policy of Waiting. Some Probabilities Discussed

Southern Star · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 2

The naval position in the Far East is one of intense interest, and of the highest importance, not only to the immediate protagonists, but to the whole…

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Bell's Creek Mining

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 28 June 1905 · page 3

Everyone interested in the development and progress of the mining industry in the district (says the Braidwood Express) will be pleased to learn that another attempt—and…

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Coal Supplies

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 29 June 1905 · page 2

The Illawarra and South Coast Steam Navigation Company has arranged with the Mount Pleasant Company to supply their boats with…

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Selling Gold Bricks

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1905 · page 3

to young fellows who can't afford to bo buncoed. It would be a mighty good thing if we could put a lot of the professors at work in the offices…

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