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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

333 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 17

Good Gold Yield. Rich Quartz Crushing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 December 1924 · page 5

A battery return from Bribbarce gold mine. near Stockinbingal, of 359 ounces of gold from 180 tons of quartz crushed, was announced yesterday. This is the…

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Mining Fatality. Caught in Belting. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 3 December 1924 · page 3

Arthur Fox, 49, a maraud man, was killed at the Central mine, Broken Hill, through being caught in the belting…

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State Parliament. New Bills Introduced Amendment of Mining Act. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 December 1924 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Bruntnell, on behalf of the Minister for Labor, gave notice of his intention to move for leave to bring in a Bill to…

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Gold at Tooloom

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 December 1924 · page 3

Tenterfield "Star" reports that for some months Mr. T. Weir, of Tenterfield on behalf of a Tenterfield syndicate, has been prospecting the well-known river flats…

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Nine Killed Explosion in Coal Mine. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 December 1924 · page 3

Nine miners were killed and a number are missing as the result of an explosion in the Llay mine colliery at Wrexham. The explosion occurred at 1.30 in the…

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Sapphire Miners Active

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 December 1924 · page 4

Sapphire mining is gradually increasing in the Nullamanna district, near, Inverell and miners are to be found up and down the watercourses, where till…

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Gold Shipment. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 December 1924 · page 3

The first evidence of the return flow of gold to Europe after four years heavy importations, was seen to-day when two shipments, aggregating twelve million…

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Bellbird Mine Underground Manager's Feat. Cessnock

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 December 1924 · page 3

Exploration work at Bellbird colliery was carried to-day to the inntermost depths of the mine, where a party discovered the hat, coat and vest of George Noble,…

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Colliery Workers Dismissed. Lithgow

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 December 1924 · page 7

Thirty-five miners at Lithgow Valley colliery have received notice of dismissal. The management assert that the [?] have been issued in consequence of loss…

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Gold at Tooloom

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 December 1924 · page 7

Tenterfield "Star" reports that for some months. Mr. T. Weir, of Tenterfield, on behalf of a Tenterfield syndicate, has been prospecting the well-known rivers flats…

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News of the World. Coal Mining Industry. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 11 December 1924 · page 5

The Mine Owners' Association has forwarded a letter to the Miners' Federation proposing the appointment of a joint committee to investigate the…

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Record Coal Output. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 December 1924 · page 4

The output of coal from Richmond Main colliery yesterday was 3097 tons, which is claimed as a world 's record for one day's output from a single shaft…

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Broken Hill. Mine Trouble Threatened. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 December 1924 · page 5

At a meeting of the Iron Trades Council at Broken Hill, it was decided that the Moulders' Union, Boilermakers' Union, and Amalgamated Engineering…

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Kembla Miners Alleged Illegal Strike. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 December 1924 · page 5

In the Sydney Arbitration Court to-day twenty Mount Kembla miners appeared to show cause why they should not be deemed guilty of default of public duty…

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Tingha Tin Mine. New Issue of Shares. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 December 1924 · page 5

The Tingha (New South Wales) Hydraulic Tin Mine Company, with a capital of £290,000, is issuing 109,500 one pound shares next week…

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Echo of First Gold Discovery

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 4

The death has occurred at Forest road. Orange, of Mrs. J. H. Lister, aged 88, widow of John Hardman Alexander Lister, who, with William and James Tom…

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Gold Bars. Removed Before Shipment. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 December 1924 · page 5

In connection with the thefts of several bars of gold from a shipment from South Africa to England, there is reason to believe the police theory is that the bars of…

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Coal Lumpers' Award. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 December 1924 · page 5

During the hearing of the appeals of the Sydney Steam Collier Owners and Coal Stevedores' Association, the Port Jackson Coal Workers' Workers Union,…

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Wrecked Seamen. Story of Rich Gold Find. Darwin

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 December 1924 · page 5

Ivor Hall, who recently was wrecked on the east coast of Wyndham, returned to Darwin yesterday. He states that after his boat was…

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Another Rejection Legislative Council Action Ministerial Circles Seething Gold Passes Wanted. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 December 1924 · page 5

The Legislative Council again came into the limelight to-night by Meeting another measure submitted by the Legislative Assembly…

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