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Central Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

10 stories in Central Coast's papers

A Wonderful Mine of of Oak Forest

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 4

A Russian timber dealer hat discovered a valuable mine of oak. It exists in a river in South Russia, and has layers three or four feet deep, scattered over one hundred…

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Household Recipes Gold Meat Cookery. Savoury Cold Meat Mince

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 3

Ingredients:—1lb cooked meat, 1 thick slice of bread and sufficient milk to soak it in, 2 eggs, small onion, carrot and turnip, flour, salt and pepper, sauce to flavor it…

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Mining Fop Turquoise in Old Arabia

Gosford Times and Gosford and Wollombi Express · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 3

Prof. Petrie, in a recent address, told his story in reference to the Sinai district in Arabia which is so closely related to the Old Testament days. A short time ago…

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Poetry. [?] a Glint of Gold

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 4

UNMINDFUL of the wintry cold, The snowdrops peep above the mould, And show an inner glint of gold To eyes that care to see…

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Mine Own

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 4

I need not token flowers to ell How deeply dear thou art, still on mine eu thine accents dwell, Thy virtues in my heart…

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'King Solomon's Mines.'

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 3

These mines were not in Rhodesia—so, at last, apparently thinks Mr. D. R. Maclver, who opened a discussion on HTe Ruins of Rhodesia and the Probable Date of Outside…

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Short Story a Christmas Present for Mine Host

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 28 September 1906 · page 4

A CHRISTMAS which I shall never forget was that which I spent in Paris dating the siege. I do not intend, however, to narrow my…

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Gold

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 November 1906 · page 2

There is a charm and fascination about the magic word "gold" which enforces attention. Just now all the countries in the world, seem to be…

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Short Story Vengeance Is Mine

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 4

'S' that is your final answer, May?'The girl bit her underlikp, and answered with effort: 'I'm afraid you must take it as that.'…

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Steve Reddy's Wish, and How It Was Realised. How a Change of Luck Came to an Old Gold-digger in the Good Old Times. An Australian Christmas Story by Paul Twyford. Copyright. (Original.)

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 5

It was one of those old-fashioned winter nights, when, for weeks at a stretch, snow and rain followed each other…

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