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Southern Highlands · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1901

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Our Iron Deposits. Mittagong Coal Measures. No. 4

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 August 1901 · page 2

The coal measures of Mittagong and the surrounding districts are given considerable attention by Mr. Jaquet in his publication "The iron are…

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Our Iron Deposits. Mittagong Coal Measures.no. 4

The Mittagong Express · Friday 30 August 1901 · page 2

The coal measures of Mittagong and the surrounding districts are given considerable attention by Mr. Jaquet in his publication “The iron ore…

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Our Iron Deposits. Mittagong Coal Measures.no. 5

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 10 September 1901 · page 2

The copious quotations Mr. Jaquet makes in his “Iron Ores of New South Wales” from the report of the late Mr. C. 8. Wilkinson with reference to…

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Our Iron Deposits. Mittagong Coal Measures. No. 5

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 10 September 1901 · page 2

The copious quotations Mr. Jaquet makes in his "Iron Ores of New South Wales" from the report of the late Mr. C. S. Wilkinson with reference to…

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Our Iron Deposits. Mittagong Coal Measures No. 6

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 September 1901 · page 3
Also in The Mittagong Express

Half a mile to the north of the exposed coal seam mentioned in the last article, a tunnel has been driven into a tram of cool which crops out about…

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A Gold Find Near Yass

Bowral and Robertson Free Press · Wednesday 18 September 1901 · page 2

Yass, Friday.— Much excitement has been occasioned here over a reported rich find near Nanama. It is stated that a syndicate has struck the reef again, at a depth…

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Fatal Accident in a Mine

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 24 September 1901 · page 2
Also in The Mittagong Express

A dreadful accident occurred on Friday at the Horseshoe Mine, Kilgoorlie, whereby one man was killed and another permanently mained,…

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Our Iron Deposits. Mittagong Coal Measures.no. 7

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 24 September 1901 · page 2

One more article is necessary to deal adequately with Mr. Jaquet’s reference in his “ Iron Ores of New South Wales” to the Mittagong. Coal measures…

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Our Iron Opposite. Mittagong Coal Measures. No. 7

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 24 September 1901 · page 2

One more article is necessary to deal Adequately with Mr. Jaquet's reference in his "Iron Ores of New South Wales" to the Mittagong coal measures…

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Fatal Accident in a Mine

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 September 1901 · page 4

Kalgoorlie, Friday.—A dreadful accident occurred to-day at the Horseshoe Mine, whereby one man was killed and another permanently maimed,…

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Mine Own Work

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 28 September 1901 · page 3

I made the cross myself whose weight Was later laid on me; This thought is torture as I toll Up life's steep Calvary…

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The Colliery Subsidence

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 October 1901 · page 4

Newcastle, Saturday.—The falls and disturbances in the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery at Carrington appear to have pretty well con[?]ed now,…

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Berrima, Moss Vale, or-Bowral! Ald. Oxley "Springs a Mine."

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 2

At the Bowral Council meeting on Thursday night last commonwealths were received from the Department of Justice and Mr. M'Court regarding…

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Berrima, fMoss Vale, or — Bowral ? Ald. Oxley “Springs a Mine.”

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 2

At the Bowral Council. meeting on Thursday night last communications were received from the Department of Justice and Mc. M ‘Court regarding…

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Mover of the Miners’ Bill[?]

The Mittagong Express · Friday 1 November 1901 · page 6

Mr. [?] to be contributed on the success which attended his motion on the second [?]ending of the…

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The Balmain Coal Mine. Sydney Stock Journal. Chapter I.

Bowral and Robertson Free Press · Wednesday 13 November 1901 · page 4

The other day I had the privilege of going over the colliery at Balmain, and it was a great revelation. We talk about the "Balmain coal mine," but very few of us realise…

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Sketcher. Our Mediterranean Coal Trade

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 November 1901 · page 3

R. GURNEY, British Co[?]ui-general at Marseilles, is a firm believer in the reality of American competition in the coal trade…

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A Colliery Disaster

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 November 1901 · page 2

Newcastle, Wednesday.—A disastrous explosion, resulting in the death of two men and injuries to five others, occurred at about 8 o'clock this…

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