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

Mining & the mines, 1920

253 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 13

The Coal Stage Accident. Limb Amputated

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 July 1920 · page 2

The accident to Mr. Owen Martyn on the coal stage recently, when he was caught by a grabber and brought into contact with a furnace, being…

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Gold at Breakfast Creek

Young Witness · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 6

"Mr. R. Campbell has struck what promises to be a first class gold mine at Breakfast Creek. Stone taken from the 60ft. level, when assayed…

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Industrial Unrest. Coal Miners' Claims. Serious Upheaval Threat. Ened. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 2

Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary of the Coal Miners' Federation, foreshadows a serious upheaval on the. coalfields owing to the miners being dissatisfied…

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Gold at Little Plain

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 4

Bombala, Friday.—Further progress has been made in Little Plain gold-fields. The main prospecting shaft is down 40 feet. showing stringers…

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Britain's Coal Crisis. Government's Reply Awaited. LONDON

Young Witness · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 2

The British government replies to the Welsh miners' demands to-day. In the event of the reply being unfavorable, a serious situation will…

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The Latest SYDNEY, Tuesday. Coal Trouble Threatened Men May Cease Work

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 2

Mr. Willis, secretary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, stated this morning that the miners were determined to gain their…

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Gold at Breakfast Creek

The Burrowa News · Friday 30 July 1920 · page 4

Mr R. Campbell has struck what promises to be a first class gold mine at Breakfast Creek. Stone taken from the…

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The Great Cobar Mines. Why They Cannot Be Profitadly Worked

Young Witness · Friday 30 July 1920 · page 5

SYDNEY.—A report from the Mines department has been received by the Government in regard to the proposed reopening of the Great Cobar and…

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A Brick Wall Collapses Four Men Killed. Buried Under Tons of Coal

Young Witness · Friday 30 July 1920 · page 1

SYDNEY.—Through the collapsing of a brick wall and about 30 tons of coal at the city council power house in Prymont street, Prymont, on…

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Gold on Rocky Hill! Search to Be Made

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 August 1920 · page 2

At the Goulburn Mining Warden's Court this (Tuesday) morning, before Mr. Williams, Mining Warden, Selb Charles Cowling was granted an…

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Coal Trouble Threatened

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 2

The unsettled state of the coal industry, together with the probability of an early increase in the price of coal, is causing concern. In…

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Binda. Prospecting for Gold and Diamonds

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 2

In the Mining Warden's Court, held at Goulburn on Tuesday, before the Mining Warden (Mr. G. R. Williams) authority was granted to Josfph…

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Boom in Mining. Authorities Granted at Bungendore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 August 1920 · page 4

There is a boom in mining in the district administered by the Goulburn Mining Warden, Mr. G. R. Williams Judging by the number of…

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Young Gold Club. the Season's Fixtures

Young Witness · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 2

The following fixtures have been arranged for the remainder of the Golf Season on the Young links:—August 21st: Club Captaincy: First…

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Our Sydney Letter. Back From Long Bay.-- the Domain's Faded Glory. Japland Uber Allies.--the Tice Question.-- the Coming Coal Famine. Taxing the Foreigner. Back from Long Bay

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 3

Tha I.W.W. " welcome home " in the Town Hall was a curiosity gathering, that is, the great bulk of the audience came only to see what…

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Mining at Bungendore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 4

Our Bungendore correspondent writes:—The Mulloon Copper Mine promises to be a great success, and will very shortly be placed on the…

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Mining Authority Granted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 2

Before Mr. G. r. Williams at the Goulburn Mining Warden's Court Basil L. Staniforth was on Tuesday morning granted an authority to search for gold, arsenic…

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Coal Trade. Alarmist Reports Deprecated

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 2

Despite the gloomy forecasts the western miners do not consider that there will be an upheaval in the coal mining industry At a recent delegate board…

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The Coal Mining Industry

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 20 August 1920 · page 2

The coal miners and owners have agreed to submit their claims to a special tribunal for final adjustment under a Bill introduced in the Senate…

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Report of Coal Commission

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 August 1920 · page 1

Whilst a number of suggestions for the more harmonious working of the coal-mining industry are made in the final report of the Royal…

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