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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

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More Gold £38,000 Worth From New Guinea. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 4

The steamer Montoro from New Guinea brought 15,000 ounces of gold valued at about £38,000, being the heaviest shipment for 13 months…

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Junction Mine. Closing Down Next Week. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 September 1927 · page 8

Gibbs, Bright and Company, managing agents for the Sulphide Corporation, Broken Hill, announced to-day that ore extraction from the Junction mine will…

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Coal Mines Baddeley's Long Report Handed to the Premier. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 September 1927 · page 5

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Baddeley returned to Sydney to-day after a long tour abroad. He has prepared a report which occupies 200 tyewritten pages, and…

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The Riverina Still Waiting for Coal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 5

A report which appeared in a morning paper to the effect that the steamer Riverina had been refloated, proved to be incorrect…

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Goldfields Excitement Rich Stone From 700 Feet Bore. Perth

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 4

Excitement has been caused on the Eastern Goldfields, by information to the effect, that portion of the cere from the bottom of a bore at Tindal's, averaged…

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Synthetic Petrol Production of Brown Coal Possibilities in Australia. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 September 1927 · page 5

The Imperial Fuel Research Board is investigating the German reports of the successful production of synthetic petrol from brown coal…

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Broken Hill Mines Pinnacles to Close Down. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 September 1927 · page 5

Junction North Company, Broken" Hill, in the Warden's Court yesterday, applied for six months suspension of labor conditions at the Pinnacles mine owing to…

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Moonem Coal

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 4

At the last meeting of, the Lismore Municipal Council the question of signing an agreement with the company developing the Moonem coal field to take…

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"Paved with Gold" Mudgee

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 5

A nugget of gold, weighing five ounces, was unearthed in the roadway in the roadway in towns by the hoof of a horse…

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Broken Hill Mining Operations to Continue. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 September 1927 · page 5

The Superintendent of the Junction North Mine, Broken Hill, has announced that milling operations will be continued. The manager of the Broken Hill South…

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Gold Find?

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 5

A resident of Greensborough called at the Mines Department to-day and asked for information as to the method of staking gold claim. He would not disclose…

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Closed Down Two Broken Hill Mines' Agitation Against Foreigners. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 5

According to arrangements, work ceased at the Broken Hill Proprietary Block 14 and Junction mines, with the closing of the mines on Saturday…

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Like Movie Thriller Miners Fight Underground. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 September 1927 · page 5

A story sounding like a movie thriller, was told at the Bendigo court ta-day, when Edward Thomas Yates, 21, miner, was charged with having assaulted his…

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Record Coal Output. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 September 1927 · page 2

A record was established at the State coal mine, Lithgow, by the output of 2029 tons in one day. The coal was hauled in six and three-quarter hours…

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A Rich Mine Should Have Been Tin, But

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 30 September 1927 · page 3

Quite a number of people have persistently been asking the question, "What is Jimmy Joyce after over there?" pointing to Jim's workings…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 October 1927 · page 5

The Under-Secretary for Public Works. Mr. Tye, who was sent to Broken Hill to report on the conditions prevailing there, said that a proposal had been…

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Miners Idle Result of Victorian Flood. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 October 1927 · page 5

Four hundred miners have been thro[?]idle as the result of a flood at Yallow[?] Numcrous washaways have been ported on the Prince's Highway, betw[?]…

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American Coal Strike. Chicago

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 October 1927 · page 5

Coal operators and miners both believe that the coal strike settlement, which is effective throughout Illinois, is likely to influence a settlement in other centres…

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Coal Working Electricity Supply Scheme. Mr. Baddeley's Recommendations. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 October 1927 · page 5

Hydraulic stowing, such as is practising in many parts of Europe, in order to cover a high percentage of coal, prevesical spontaneous combustion and make it…

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Coal Miner Killed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 October 1927 · page 4

When por[?] of [?] roof collapsed in the [?] Wollongong, David [?] was killed instantly. In addition to other injuries his neck was…

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