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Mining & the mines, 1910

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Coal at Katoomba

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 9

Twenty years ago, coal was extensively and profitably worked in Katoomba under Mr. J. B. North, and recent developments indicate that the mines will, in the very near future, be again an…

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Katoombn's Coal

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 9

Nearly 3,000 tons of coal slack have now been removed from Katoomba, and the "industry" is "petering" out. For over 20 years the slack was snugly…

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Mines Report

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 8

In acknowledging with thanks the receipt of the Annual Report of the Department of Mines for 1909, we note that the decrease in the output of minerals…

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Storyette. a Tale of the Goldfields. a Digger's Romance

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 14

It was too hot for work in "Sleepy Camp," so nearly all the men had given it up for the day and lounged in Zeb's saloon to have a| smoke and a drink…

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A Decadent Goldfield

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 9

After battling for nigh on fifty years, during which time many plucky pressmen held the helm, the Ravenswood Mining Journal has breathed its last—a…

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Cleaning Gold

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 2

There is no. better treatment than soap and water for either plain gold or silver jewellery, unless it be very much tarnished. Warm water, a little soapy lather, and a…

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Paved with Gold

The Blue Mountain Echo · Saturday 3 September 1910 · page 9

Yesterday's Herald is responsible for the following:—"W. R. Buchan, blacksmith, was walking along Daylesford road, Ballarat, on Thursday morning,…

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