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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Gold Mining at Tabulam

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 4

The Yellow Creek gold raiding syndicate at Tabulam is hopeful of opening up a big alluvial field. The quality of the gold being washed out is of the highest…

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Miners Entombed Man Killed by Fall of Earth. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 5

Two employees of the Dunollie (N.Z.) State coal mine, Denis Hughes and John Knox wore entombed as the result of the roof collapsing while they were taking…

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Gold From America Large Shipment Arrives. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 5

The mail steamer Sonoma, which arrived from San Francisco to-day, brought thirteen and a half million in gold dollars, or approximately £2,750,000…

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Manning River Gold Mine

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 4

An official report has been issued concerning the recent gold discovery at Mount Kiwarick, near Wingham. The effect of the report is that the result of the…

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Forty-two Miners 14 Days Goal for Striking. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 5

Forty-two miners were each sentenced to 14 days imprisonment at the Industrial Court to-day by Judge Rolin for taking part in a strike at Mount Kembla…

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Struck It Rich Gold Prospector's Luck £910 Worth in Few Weeks Find Near Charters Towers. Charters Towers

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 3

Tom Hoy, one of a party of prospectors, who found the Prince of Wales' nugget, weighing 143 ozs., at the time the Prince of Wales was in Brisbane,…

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Manning River Gold Mine

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 2

An official, report baa been issued concerning the recent gold discovery at Mount Kirwarick, near Wingham. The effect of the report…

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Telegrams “Doing Time.” Miners Indignant. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 3

Popular resentment is felt among the miners with regard to the sentence of 14 days’ jail passed on the Mount Kembla strikers. A…

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South Coast Miners Court Sentence Resented. Wollongong

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 3

The sentence of a fortnight's imprisonment imposed by Judge Rolin on 42 miners at Mount Kembla has come a[?] a bombshell to the miners in the South…

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Charges Against 106 Miners. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 5

Following on the sentence of a fortnight's imprisonment on 42 employees of the Mount Kembla mine for indulging in an illegal strike, 106 other employees…

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Gaoled Miners Resentment at Newcastle. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 5

A meeting of lodge und group delegates from the whole of the Newcastle mining fields carried a resolution, "viewing with contempt the class biased action…

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Raging Inferno Broken Hill Mine Fire Must Burn Itself Out. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 5

The Silver Peak mine at Round Hill, four miles from Broken Hill, was destroyed by fire yesterday in mysterious circumstances…

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Gold Exchange Sovereigns for Bullion Statement by Mr. Bruce. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 5

Mr. Bruce said to-day that the regulations governing the mints in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth provide that gold bullion shall be paid for by cheque, but…

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Mining at Hillgrove

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 2

The many erstwhile residents of Hill-grove who are now living on the Dorrigo, may be interested to learn that at last there appears to be a prospect…

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State Coal Mines. Trouble in New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 5

A sudden crisis has arisen at the State d coal mines on the west coast of New Zealand. The union has informed the Minister for Mines that all work had…

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Gold From Africa £1,750,000 for Melbourne Banks. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 March 1925 · page 3

Gold amounting to £1,750,000 has been purchased in South Africa for banks whose head offices are in Melbourne. The Consignees are the Bank of Australasia,…

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Kembla Miners. to Resume Work. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 March 1925 · page 5

A meeting of Mount Kembla miners decided to accept the conditions submitted by the federation to the owners. Work will be resumed, in about a week's…

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National Insurance Coal Mining Industry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 5

Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary of the Coal Miners Association, told the Federal Insurance Commission to-day that he did not believe in any system of doles, "but"…

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33 Killed Mine Explosion Buildings Rooked 20 Miles Away. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 5

A message from Fairmont (West Virginia) states that between 40 and 50 miners were entombed following an explosion in a mine of the Bethlehem…

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Gold for Australia £3,773,816 Since January 1. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 5

Between January 1 and March 15, £3.773,816 worth of gold was imported into Australia. The figures for last week show the total of imported gold was worth…

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