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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

529 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 27

Buried Incas' Gold. Excavations in Lost City

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 4

Four hundred years and more it has remained hidden, the famous lost City of the Incas, which, until some time ago, no man had seen for 16…

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Alleged Mining Scandal. New Trial of Men. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 2

The new trial of Henry Scarborough, Alfred Clarke, and Thomas Orton for alleged conspiracy to defraud shareholders in the Badok Bux…

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A Mining Revival. Move by Copper Smelters. Charges Largely Reduced

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 3

A sincere attempt to effect a revival in the copper mining industry of this State is being made by the Electrolytic Refining…

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Redbank Colliery Dispute an Abortive Conference. Control of Employment in Mines. Ipswich

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 2

The conference ordered by Mr. Justice McCawley regarding the dispute at the Redbank colliery, which occurred in respect to the question of the employment…

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Using Land Mines

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 3

A new weapon was employed at Armagh, near the border. It consists, of a land mine with a fuse. The police are searching for others…

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Lithgow Coal Dispute

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 April 1922 · page 4

Two English coal miners who recently arrived at Lithgow were given work on a mine connected with the Lithgow ironworks. The other miners objected and…

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Chrome Mine

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 April 1922 · page 4

What is considered to be the best chrome mine yet found in the Barrabra district is being opened up by Mr. J. R. Gardiner, of Inverell. Some hundreds…

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Coal Conference. Longer Hours and Bower Wages

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 April 1922 · page 5

A reduction of 33 1-3 per cent, in the wages of contract miners, machiners. shooters. wheelers and various other employees, eight hour shifts, and many…

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Coal Owners' Proposals Rejected Miners Stand Behind Claims Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 2

The proposals of the coal owners of the Commonwealth to reduce wages all round in the industry by thirty five and one-third per cent. were…

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Coal Miners Concerned. Another Proposed Cut in Wages. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 5

The proposal of the coal owners of the Commonwealth to reduce wages all round in the industry by thirty-three and one-third per cent. was rejected at…

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Queensland Grounding of the Cooma. Coal Mining Industry. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 4

The Marine Board to-day held, an inquiry into the grounding of the steamer Cooma at Bulimba Reach on April 1. The master of the Cooma, Captain John…

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Under-mining the Country Party. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 5

The Federal lobbyist, wiring to the "Daily Telegraph" on the political situation, says it is possible after another general election it will be more certain…

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Nero's House. 0Wall of Gold and Gems. Remains Recently Unearthed

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 4

The wicked Roman Emperor Nero, notable for his extravagance, his cruel treatment of the early Christians, and, among other things, the…

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News of the World. Mine Explosion. 160 Dead and Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 5

Reuter's Bucharest correspondent says there were 160 casualties, including 82 dead, who were incinerated or terribly mutilated in an explosion caused by fire…

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£20,000 Fraud. Non-existent Gold Mine. Two Men Arrested in Paris. Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 May 1922 · page 3

The two men from London and Melbourne respectively, who were arrested in Paris, were lodged in Sante Prison, Paris, at the request of the American…

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Queensland Vacancy in the Senate. Increased Gold Yield. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 May 1922 · page 5

The President of the Senate, Senator Givens, arrived in Brisbane to-night and to-morrow will make arrangements to facilitate the choice of a successor to…

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The Mining Industry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 May 1922 · page 5

The serious position existing in the metaliforous industry was disclosed yesterday by the Minister for Mines and the representative of the industry…

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Attitude of the Miners. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 5

No official reply has been received from the Miners' Organisation to the proposal of the coal owners for a reduction of wages. The owners' claims were…

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Declining Gold Yield. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 2

The State gold yield continues to show a serious decline…

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Germany Pays. Gold for Destroyed Zeppelins. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 5

Reuter's Paris correspondent says the Ambassadors' Council decided that Germany should pay nine million gold marks as compensation for the Zeppelins…

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