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South Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

55 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 3

In Grip Of Death Miner’s Narrow Escape From Being Ground Into Powder. How Henry Petersen Was Rescued In the Nick of Time From Feed Bin of a Stamp Mill

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 4

Henry Peterson, who works in the stamp mill of the Union blue gravel mine at North Bloomfield. Cat., had an experience so harrowing the other day…

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A Mine Manager [?]

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 4

The Maritsburg correspondent of the Johannesburg “Daily Mail”, South Africa, writing on December 14 says Mr Pitcairn, manager of the [?]…

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Mining at Yalwal

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 4

Anderson and party, who recently took over the "Poor Man" and the "Reward" claims at Yalwal, have had a first clean up with satisfactory results,…

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Braidwood District Mining

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 4

The continued dry weather is becoming very prejudicial to mining operations in all parts of the Braidwood district (the " Dispatch" states.) Both…

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"Barbarous Coal Fires." How to Banish Fogs

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 6

The "Daily Mail" writes that the Duke of Fife was unable to take the chair, and Sir Oliver Lodge was too indisposed to deliver his address on the…

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The Madagascar Goldfields

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 5

A Reuter telegram from Paris, dated 24th November, states that the decree making further regulations with regard the gold mines in…

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“Barbarous Coal Fires.” How to Banish Fogs

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 4

The “Daily Mail” writes that the Duke of Fife was unable to lake the chair, and Sir Oliver Lodge was too Indisposed to deliver his address on the…

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Gold Saving on the Shellharbor Beach

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 2

At Shellharbor a number of "sea miners" are working constantly by extracting gold from the sand. The method of working is primitive, indeed; and there are as many…

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Mine That Never Was. "Band of the Baker" Swindlers

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 2

On 26th December, the Paris correspondent of the "London Express" wrote:— Another exploit of the "Band of the…

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Mine That Never Was. “Band of the Baker” Swindlers

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 6

On 26th December, the Paris correspondent of the “London Express'” wrote :— Another exploit of the “Band of the…

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Gold Ingots Mystery. Police Fail in a Charge

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 7

"Having in his possession and not giving a satisfactory account of the same, five ingots of sold and some scrap Bold, valued at L6OO."…

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Gold Scramble. a Mushroom City

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 2

A phenomenal rush to the mining camp at Manhattan, eighty miles to the north-east of the Nevada goldfield, is taking place…

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Electioneering Gold

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 2

In America everything can be done by means of money. In England nothing can be done without money. The two things are quite different…

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Gold Ingots Mystery. Police Fail in a Charge

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 7

“Having in his possession and not giving a satisfactory account of the same, five ingots of gold and some scrap gold, valued at 1,[?]60.”…

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Potash Mine Bought by Prussian Government

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 April 1906 · page 11

The "Financial News" (London) says that the Prussian Government has made an offer, subject to the sanction of the Prussian Diet, of L1,500,000 for the…

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Gold Scramble. a Mushroom City

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 6

From New York on 11th January the correspondent of the London “Express” wrote— A [?]nonten[?] push to the mining…

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Gold Fillings

The Bega Budget · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 3

Hippopotamus ivory, though still in demand, is by no means so valuable as it was a century ago, when it was used largely by…

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Gold Hidden in India

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 6

It would be an immense benefit to all mankind if the stores of gold now held by individuals in India could be made available for general use. Ever…

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Progress in Mining

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 6

Perhaps in no line of human effort have modern developments brought more striking results than in mining. Lecturing the other day on modern…

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Cold-Mining Applications

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 3 May 1906 · page 2

Richard Kelly has applied for a storm water rush of 1¼ [?] to be conveyed to his claim at Native Dog Cr[?]k Mongarlowe; J. T. Maguire…

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