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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1978

2 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

An Example of Early Development with Gold and Pioneer Buildings

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 11 January 1978 · page 21

George’s Place is a microcosm of Australia’s development from virgin scrub to timber-getting, bullock team’s: gold mining, claim-jumping, dairying and beef-growing telescoped into a historic parcel of just 241 acres. Today there’s still gold to be taken from the rugged grandeur of the country west of Coffs…

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Miners Used in Carpet Test

The Bananacoast Opinion · Wednesday 5 April 1978 · page 34

A unique carpet experiment recently took place at West Germany’s Pulsum Coal Mine in the Ruhr. One miner after another, their faces,…

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