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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1917

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Norway. Britain Prohibits Export of Coal. Copenhagen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 2

Great Britain has prohibited the export of coal to Norway. The British Legation at Christiania states that the action is due to the unsatisfactory manner in which Norway has…

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More Trouble, the Mortlake Coal-lumpers. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 2

A number of colliers are at anchor in the harbour waiting to put out gas coal from Newcastle, put no coalers have put in an appearance at Mortlake since Monday. It is stated…

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No Coal for Norway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 4

Christiania, Jan. 3.—Referring to Britain's action in stopping the export of coal to Norway the "Aftenposten" states that Britain are uses Norway of failure to fulfil her…

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Gold Discovery. 100 Ounces to the Ton. Alluvial Also Found

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 2

A sensation was caused in Sunny Corner to-day by the arrival of a prospector with a rich bunch of quartz which was more than half gold. The discovery was made by Alexander…

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Rich Gold Discovery. Stated to Be 100 Ounces to the Ton. Lucky Prospectors. Sunny Corner

Young Witness · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 1

A sensation was caused here to-day by the arrival of a prospector with a rich bunch of quartz which was more than half gold…

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The Gold Find

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

Lithgow, Monday.—Private advices from Sunny Corner and of local residents who have visited the scene of the gold find near Dark Corner are to the effect that the magnitude of…

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Revival in Mining

Young Witness · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 3

Efforts are being put forth, (says the Cowra Free Press), to create a mining revival in Grenfell. There is not a nold time goldfield in the West…

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The New Gold Find. Pegging Out Claims

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 4

Bathurst, Saturday—Mr. A. B. C. Burke, mining warden, visited the scene of the gold discovery at Dark Corner, eight miles from Sunny Corner, on Friday. The mine, which in future will be…

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Rich Gold Discovery. How Field Was Found. Horse As Prospector

Young Witness · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 1

A message from Bathurst states:—An interesting story attaches to the gold discovery at Sunny; Corner. One of the prospectors, Mr. Alex…

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Long Tunnel Mine

Young Witness · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

It is reported that the Long Tunnel Gold Mine near Gundagal is changing hands to a Sydney syndicate for £23,000—the sum of £5500 to be paid in…

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Gold in India

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

Reuter's Delhi correspondent says that the Government announces that it will sell £500,000 of gold bullion weekly through the Bank of Bombay…

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Gold From India. (Reuter's Message). LONDON

Young Witness · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Delhi states that the Indian Government announce that it will sell hair a million sterling of gold and bullion weekly…

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Merrilla Copper Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 2

On the 26th instant a party of friends from Parkesbourne district went on a trip to, the Merrilla copper mines. The day was fine and warm and the drive around the hills was very…

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Illegal Sale of Gold. Six Months Gaol. (Country Press Telegram). SYDNEY

Young Witness · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 2

Hans Olsen was sentenced to six months at Dunedin for illegal sale of gold to a man named Pollett, who was also fined £100 Olsen was…

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Old Copper Mine. Off Bungonia Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 4

An old and abandoned copper-mine off the Bungonia-road, about 12 miles on the Braidwood side of Tarago, was pegged recently by Messrs. Pat. Madden and Thos. Barlow. The show was…

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Pressure on Norway. the Coal Restriction. (Published in "The Times.")

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 4

The British insistance regarding the more rigorous control of Norwegian exports to Germany has caused a deadlock. The restriction of the export of coal to Norway has resulted…

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Germany's InternalC ondition No Coal for Berlin. Copenhagen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 4

The "Lokal Anzeiger" states that Berlin and other German towns are without coal…

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Mines Idle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 4

The Scarborough colliery was idle to-day owing to the dismissal of an employee with whom the management had found fault. The South Bulli Mine is also idle to-day to enable the…

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Coal Famine in Denmark. (Published in "The Times.") LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 2

There is a coal famine in Denmark. Six o'clock closing has been established, and the streets are unlit. The butter factories are continuing operations in expectation of the…

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Coal Miners Earn 32/ Per Day. (Country Press Telegram). SYDNEY

Young Witness · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 2

During the hearing of an application before the Coal Board at Newcastle yesterday for a ten per cent allowance above the ordinary rates for shiftmen…

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