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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

325 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 17

Exceptionally Rich Gold Reef Near Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 June 1927 · page 5

An official statement of the Mines Department regarding the re-discovery of gold at Bolinda Yale, about 30 miles from Melbourne, says that, the stone is…

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Power Units Hydro-electricity and Coal America Plans Vast Trunk System. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 June 1927 · page 5

Mr. Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, is supervising the formulation of a super power plant whereby all power units throughout the country would be…

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Lionsville Gold Prospecting

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 6

Taylor Bros. have been doing some further prospecting and development work in their now gold leases, the Band of Tope and Solferino. They got a very…

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Gold Industry Application for Bounty Bruce Wants Report First. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 June 1927 · page 5

The Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce, said to-day that the Development and Migration Commission would make, a further, report regarding the Australian gold…

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BUTTER Better Than Gold Mine Queensland Conference Casino Wins Australian Championship. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 4

In opening the exhibition of butter and cheese products, under the auspices of the Queensland Factory Managers' Association to-day, the Governor, Sir…

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"Gold" "A Good Find" Reported

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 2

The principal topic of conversation amongst a large section of the community on Sunday and Monday last was the reported discovery of gold in…

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Gold Rush at Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 4

Reports indicate that the mine at Lower Beilsdown, 12 miles from Dorrigo, recently worked by T. Mahr, but later taken over by a syndicate, is carrying…

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Dorrigo Gold Find. Excitement on the Plateau

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 2

Dorrigo "Gazette" says the reported discovery of gold in a reef on the Lower Bleisdown has been the principal topic of conversation amongst…

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An Emmaville Silver Mine

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 June 1927 · page 3

The launching of Webb's Silver Mino Prospecting Company, (no liability) marks the inauguration of one of the mining schemes in the Emmaville district…

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Chaplin in "The Gold Rush."

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 7

A treat is in store for residents of towns at which Tilley's pictures from Melbourne, will screen Chaplin's best effort, "The Gold Rush." Mr. Wm. Legge,…

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'No Fags,' No Coal Convicts' Ultimatum Prison Strike in U.S.A. LANSING (Kansas)

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 5

Inmates of the Kansas State Penitentiary to the number of 328 began an unusual strike to obtain cigarettes, the use of which was once barred throughout…

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Mountain of Gold Mine That Made Millionaires New England Mailman Amasses Fortune

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 6

A local interest surrounds the Mt Morgan gold mine by reason of the fact that one of the Morgan brothers at one time ran the saddle-horse mail…

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Mining on Dorrigo the Lower Beilsdown Show Development Proceeding

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 6

A representative of the "Gazette," in company with another townsman and a photographer of a Sydney daily, visited the Lower Beilsdown reef one…

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Birth Stones Queensland Opal Miners Concerned. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 June 1927 · page 5

The decision in Great Britain to remove the opal from the recognised list of birth stones has caused some amount of trepidation in Queensland where the…

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Convict Miners Strike for Cigarette Rations. Lansing (Michigan)

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 June 1927 · page 5

The prisoners who, struck in a mine, here, refusing to come to the surface until they were supplied with cigarettes, have decided to surrender after three…

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Tin Mine Tragedy Young Man's Frightful Death. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 June 1927 · page 5

Michael Farrelly, 21, met his death in a shocking manner at the Mt. Michael tin mine yesterday. No one witnessed the accident, but it is apparent that he…

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Moonem Coal Deposits

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 June 1927 · page 4

A party of Ballina district residents and businessmen interested in the development of the Moonem coal deposits visited the area on Thursday with Mr. J. T. Hall,…

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More Gold From Edie Creek Field. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 June 1927 · page 5

The steamer Morinda, which arrived in Sydney yesterday from Rabaul, brought about 11,000 ounces of gold…

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Richmond Main Mine Mechanics v. Miners. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 June 1927 · page 5

Open warfare between the colliery mechanics and the miners, was declared to-day, when a member of the Mechanics Union refused to take the miners to…

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With Bag of Gold New Guinea Miner Returns. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 June 1927 · page 5

W. Lapthorne, of Adelaide, has arrived in Melbourne from the New Guinea goldfields with a bag filled with gold. He declares that Edic Creek goldfields…

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