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Mining & the mines, 1922

14 stories in Central Coast's papers

Drowned Gold. Sunken Treasure Ship. Gambling on Recovery

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 17

It is reported from Johannesburg that another attempt is to be made to recover the vast treasure that was carried in the East Company's ship…

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Diamonds and Gold. South African Stories

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 14

A representative of the Ryde "Leader" met with a traveller recently, a man who has spent many years and undergone many experiences…

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Accident at Wallarah Colliery

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 17

A miner named Alfred Ham, aged 42, living at Swansea, was injured by a fall of coal at the Wallarah Colliery, on Tuesday morning. The coal came…

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Dublin Brothers' Luck. How They Discovered a Gold Mine. Claim Sold for a Fortune

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 14

Particulars have reached Dublin of a remarkable discovery of gold in Canada by two brothers named Murray, who are natives of Dublin city, says…

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Gold Nuggets. Famous Australian Finds

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1922 · page 18

A telegram from Kalgoorlie announces the discovery, at Black Flag, about 20 miles north of Kalgoorlie, of two gold nuggets, weighing in all about…

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Rise of the West. the Discovery of Gold

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 15

Among those that were attracted from Australia to California by the report of the gold discovery there was Edward Hargraves, but fortune did not…

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Hlll End Gold. Results Fifty Years Ago

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 19

The once famous Hill End diggings was at the zenith of its fame in 1872. Many a romantic story of these "get rich quickly" days have been told and…

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A Gold Mine for Gosford District. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 May 1922 · page 12

Sir,—According to the Sydney daily papers, the State Government is offering loans to any Municipality or Shire that thinks fit to ask for money on…

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Colliery Worker for 71 Years

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1922 · page 9

Mr. Edward Davies, a South Maitland coalfield pioneer, has died, at the age of 86. He became a colliery employee at Dudley (England) at the age of seven…

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Meteoric Mine. Romance of the Great Cobar. Fortunes Won and Lost

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1922 · page 18

No mining meteor ever made a [?] brilliant display, or a more tragic collapse, than the Great Cobar, where fortune has silenced industry and…

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In The Old Days. Goldfield Jugginses

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 27 July 1922 · page 2

One of the most remarkable facts in connection with the gold-mining industry—characteristic of every era alike—was that many of the men who…

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What Coal Miners Earn

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 17 August 1922 · page 12

The coalies, who are always spoiling for a fight on any old pretext, have, at least in many cases, very little to complain about, according to Mr Scott Fell,…

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Gold Find

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 November 1922 · page 6

A rich patch of gold has been discovered at Lionsville, on the Upper Clarence, at depth of 80ft. The discovery was made on Tuesday afternoon by…

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Coal Mine Fatality. Inquest Adjourned

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 December 1922 · page 8

An inquest was held at Greta on Wednesday, December 13, into the death of Alfred E. Briscoe, who was killed in New Greta mine. (Deceased was a…

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