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Mining & the mines, 1907

5 stories in Central Coast's papers

A Glint of Gold

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 3

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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Coal in an Ice-cliff

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 4

It can scarcely be said that there has ever been a "favoured nation" in the matter of coal; for of all nature's distributed materials coal is…

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A Cold Mine Waiting for Somebody

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 July 1907 · page 4

The most crying need of to-day is a substitute for Para rubber. It is certain to be discovered sooner or later. Celluloid and oxidised linseed oil are…

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Current Topics. COAL

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 2

THE coalowners of Newcastle, by virture of their combination known as "the vend," have resolved to raise the selling price of coal to 11s per ton…

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Little Bill's Great White Star. A Gold-Field's Story of Long Ago. [Copyright.]

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 20 December 1907 · page 2

It was Christmas Eve when I made the Old Flat where I had successfully worked years before, and the sun was getting low…

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