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Southern Highlands · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1902

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Naturalist About Leaf Miners

The Mittagong Argus · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 3

While the glory of autumn colors gratifies our sense of the beautiful, another aspect of the leaves appeals to our interest and curiosity. The great army of Leaf-miners which…

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Mittagong’s Coal and Iron

The Mittagong Argus · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 4

It is a matter of very great concern as affecting the welfare of the town to know how much longer the coal and iron with which the locality…

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Mittagong's Coal and Iron

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 4

It is a matler fo very great concern, as affecting the welfare of Mittagong (says the Argus) to know how much longer the coal and iron with which the locality abounds is…

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Australian Coal. a Mountain of Wealth Near Sydney

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 3

Thirty-five miles from Sydney is a picturesquely situated township whose history is closely identified with that of the coal-mining…

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Hort Story Deadly Gold

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 5 March 1902 · page 5

Miriam Gomes was the daughter of old Gabriel Gomes, 'the Portuguese Banker', as he styled himself on his business cards…

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A Mine Manager Stuck-Up

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 1

Melbourne, Friday.—An audacious daylight robbery was committed at Eaglehawk, near Bendigo, this afternoon. Mr. John Pryor, manager of the…

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Terrible Mining Disaster

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 2

Melbourne, Wednesday.—as the result of a sudden rush of water into one of the trunk lead mines near Ballarat at an early hour this morning, what is…

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The Ballarat Mining Disaster

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 26 March 1902 · page 1

Melbourne, Friday.—News has been received that two truckers, George Simpson and William King, have been got out of the Cardigan mine alive…

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The Gold of Ophir

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 9 April 1902 · page 4

Professor Keane, in recent numbers of "Rhodesia," brings forward evidence to prove that Ophir was a port on the South Arabian coast, now…

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Trial of Smokeless Coal

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 May 1902 · page 1

The Mayor of Sydney and other officials were invited od saturday to the Palace Theatre electric lighting station to witness a trial of the product…

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Trail of Smokeless Coal

Robertson Advocate · Friday 23 May 1902 · page 1

The Mayor of Sydney and other officials were invited on Saturday to the Palace Theatre electric lighting station to witness a trial of the product…

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Robbery of Concealed Gold

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 June 1902 · page 6

Melbourne, Sunday.—A robbery of 890 sovereigns under extraordinary circumstances was reported on Friday to the police at Ballarat as having been…

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Mining on Mount Sinai

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 18 June 1902 · page 4

Report credits Mr. Alfred Morning, a miner, who has had a successful career in South Africa, With the purchase of Mount Sinai, on which the…

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Mines Under the Ocean

Robertson Advocate · Friday 4 July 1902 · page 5

The Chilian coal mines, opened in 183[?], seem to be quite pleasant places to work in. The team of coal runs from the coast line under the waters of the Pacific Ocean, and…

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Shocking Mining Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 23 July 1902 · page 6

Emmaville, Saturday.—A terrible mining accident happened at Torrington yesterday afternoon to a miner named Alfred Randle. He charged a…

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Australian Opal and Opal Mining

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 30 July 1902 · page 4

Considerable quantities of opal are found in Queensland and New South Wales. In the latter State the commoner kinds are found in many…

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The Colliery Disaster. Sydney

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 August 1902 · page 2

Sixty bodies have been recovered from the Mount Komble mine. Business in all the southern collieries has…

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Terrible Explosion at Mount Kembla Colliery Great Loss of Life

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 5 August 1902 · page 3

A terri[?] explosion took place at Mount Kembla Colliery, near Wollongong, about 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon. The report was distinctly…

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Terrible Explosion at Mount Eombla Colliery Great Loss of Life

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 5 August 1902 · page 3

A terrific explosion took place at Mount Kembla Colliery, near Wollongong, about 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon. The report ni distinctly…

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A New Goldfield

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 August 1902 · page 6

Grenfell, Saturday,—Satisfactory accounts have been received from a new reefing locality at Bumbaldry, 17 miles from Grenfell. About 15 parties…

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