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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1914

297 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 15

Gold!

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 2

The field at Little Nymb[?]ds is coming into prominence. The gold bearing quartz is showing better as the [?] deepen, and it is…

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From All Sources. Coal Near Kyogle

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 3

An exhibit which attracted considerable interest at the Kyogle show was one of a block of coal about two feet square which, it was…

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500,000 Miners to Be Called Out

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 3

DESMOINES (Iowa), Tuesday. Unless the strike conditions improve in Colorado, 500,000 coal miners will be called out next…

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Federated Miners' New Log

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 30 April 1914 · page 2

In connection with the plaint of the Federated Miners' Association of Australia, a new log has been drafted, which includes mining companies in Victoria…

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Mining Review

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 30 April 1914 · page 2

In their monthly report, Messrs, Palmer and Sons state:—It appears by the press that the miners of Cobar, notwithstanding the high wages they have been…

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Beach Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 30 April 1914 · page 2

Mr. John Martin writes:—"During the past 60 years the rich sands of the northern beaches and terraces have offered a field of more or less profitable enterprise…

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Pulganbar Copper Mining Co

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 30 April 1914 · page 2

The secretary of the Pulganbar Quicl silver and Copper Mining Co. reports that the reducing plant has been kept going on the ore at grass since last report, and…

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Questions of the Hour. (By our Sydney Representative.) Our Coal Trade

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 30 April 1914 · page 4

Mr. John Brown, the well-known colliery proprietor, gave evidence before the Wages Board at Newcastle the other day, picturing in the darkest colours the outlook for the…

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District Mining. Little Nymboida Gold

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 8

Indications are that the Little Nymboida gold field is likely to become a good deal more prolific than was at first thought to be the case. The…

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Cangai Copper Mine

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 8

The manager of the Grafton C.M Co's. Cangai mine reports for the fortnight ended 25th April:--"E level Winze has been sunk a further 13ft…

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Pulganbar and Quicksilver Copper Mining Co., Ltd

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 8

The reducing plant at the above mine has been kept going on ore at grass recently and it is reported that it is treating the ore in a…

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Mine Explosion. NEARLY 250 Men Entombed Hopeless Rescue Work. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 5

A terrific explosion occurred at the New River Colliery Company's mine, Beckley (West Virginia), with appalling consequences. Two hundred…

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The Cocoanut Gold Mine. the Era of Vegetable Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 7

The development of the cocoanut industry is not o[?] any very direct importance to our agriculturists, but in several respects it has strong indirect interest to…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 9

Mr. Clive Cooper, secretary of the Ballina Gold and Mineral Company, Ltd., writes: "Premit me to correct the report in to-day's (Tuesday's) issue by…

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Terrific Mine Explosion. Seven Men Killed. Melbourne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 May 1914 · page 3

A terrible mining disaster occurred on Saturday night at the Great Extended Hustlers Mine, Bendigo. Twelve men were working at the…

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Another Coal Strike. Wallarah Men Out. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 May 1914 · page 3

A telegram from Catherine Hill Bay, received yesterday by the secretary of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association, stated…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1914 · page 4

The gold-mining lease of J. J. Barnett and others, 25 acres Moonee, will be declared void on 13th inst. The mining purchase lease of T. B. Bassetti, 2 acres, parish Churchill,…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 9

Two dredging leases of £50 acres each have been applied for on the sand beaches in the parish of Scope, south of the Clarence Heads, for gold and platinum. The…

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Eastern Dorrigo Gold

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 2

Before long we are likely to bear big things of the new discovery at Eastern Dorrigo. It is now only two months since the reef was discovered…

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Gold in China

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 9

It is stated that after five years of continuous work, during which a large amount of money was expended, a Sydney syndicate has secured a mining…

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