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Mining & the mines, 1906

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Hill End Gold Field

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 17

The New South Wales Department of Mines has for some time past held out every possible encouragement to capitalists to undertake the work of putting In a low-level tunnel at Hill…

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Gold From Sea Water

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 17

From time to time we have published information on the extraction of gold from sea water, giving the opinions of scientific men in England for and against the possibility of such…

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Southern Coal Trade. Wollongong

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 145

The following is a record of the coal shipped at Wollongong for the past week:—The steamer Wallsend loaded 460 tons, the Pahnerston 500 tons, Mount Kembla 1300 tons, Malachite 600 tons, Herga 250 tons…

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A Mine Superintendent's Difficulties in Niearagua

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 23

An impending sense of coming trouble forced itself on my just-awakened susceptibilities one morning early in the first month of last year…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 11

The management of the Golden Pole report that the three samples of ore taken from the face of No. 4 north level respectively assayed 2oz, 32dwt, and 7dwt per ton, for a width…

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Excitement in Mining Circles at Colbar

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 16

Our Cobar correspondent telegraphed on Saturday:—"Great excitement prevails here in consequence of a rich silver lode being struck in Gardiner's shaft—…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 23

Messrs. Gunter and party obtained 29oz gold from the Baffler Reef at Wood's Reef, Barraba. The gold was obtained as a result of three days' work…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 17

The Clive Tin Dredging Company, Inverell, for 11 shifts, cleaned up 32cwt tin ore on Saturday. The Rylstone "Express" reports that an old…

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Capertee and Wolgan Valley Shale Deposits. Great Mining Undertaking

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 11

Our cable messages a few days ago contained the announcement of the flotation in London of the Commonwealth Oil Corporation, formed with a capital of £800,000, to…

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The Hill End Goldfield

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 145

The Department of Mines has for some time past held out every possible encouragement to capitalists to undertake the work of putting in a low level tunnel at Hill End, starting from the base of Hawkin's…

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Transvaal Gold Mines. Development and Output

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr, Felix Schuster, the Liberal candidate, who has been defeated at the polls, stated, in reply to a City voter, that it was of the utmost…

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Miners Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--At the Glenfine South mine, Pitield Plains, to-day, two men, Robert Wood and Andrew Andreasen, were erecting puddlers, and while placing the spur…

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Accident in a Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 4

WEST MAITLAND. Wednesday. -- Walter O'Hearn, a wheeler at East Greta Colliery, sustained serious injuries yesterday afternoon. While attempting to sprag a loaded skip, the…

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Coal Deposits

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 4

The geological director, in a report on the Coal Crook mine, Korumburra, states that it appeared highly probable that the coal scams might be far more extensive than had yet been…

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Mining

Evening News · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 7

CARCOAR, Thursday.—Mining operations throughout Carcoar district are fairly brisk. At Rockley a number of miners have resumed work on the basalt lead main ridge…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 9

At the north mine, the work of raising the collar of the new main shaft is nearing completion. The diamond drill, at the 869ft level, was taken 60ft last week, but only met…

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Burst at a Mine. Hillgrove

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 8

A burst occurred yesterday in No. 14 lovel of the Baker's Creek mine. Samuel Prisk was buried in the debris, but was extricated without having suffered serious injury. George…

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Accident at a Mine. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 8

Walter O'Hearn, a young man, received serious injuries at the East Greta colliery screens last evening. He pulled the sprag from a truck, which immediately started down…

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Mining in the State. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 9

Twelve applications for permission to mine on the Goulburn racecourse have been lodged. Some years ago gold was found on the spot by a man who was sinking a well. The…

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Question for Mr. Schuster the Output of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 7

Mr. Felix Schuster, a Liberal candidate for the City of London, in reply to a voter, said he agreed it was of the utmost importance to avoid any check on the…

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