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

Mining & the mines, 1921

238 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 9 of 12

Cable News Irish Truce. Turkish Trouble. Cost of Coal Strike. German Demonstration

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 3

General Smuts is visiting Ireland for the purpose of interviewing the Sinn Fein and Ulster leaders. The question of a truce is actively debated…

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A Mountain of Gold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 July 1921 · page 1

Giving evidence before the Commonwealth Public Works Committee at Alice Springs, South Australia, James Woolford, prospector, said that…

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Suggested Coal Strike

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 July 1921 · page 3

According to a Melbourne telegram the present is regarded as an opportune time by union officials for a strike of coal miners…

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Old Carrington Mine. Prospecting Authority Granted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 July 1921 · page 4

James R. Mulligan and Terence O'Brien were granted an authority on Saturday at the Goulburn Mining Warden's Court, before Mr. G. R…

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Railway Co operative Activities. Wood, Coal, and Meat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 July 1921 · page 2

Officials of the Goulburn branch of the Railway and Tramway Co-operative Society are now turning their attention to the question of supplying members…

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Coal Contract Lost. Order Goes to Japan. Sydney

Young Witness · Thursday 14 July 1921 · page 1

News was received in Sydney today that a contract for 100,000 tons of coal for Bombay has gone to Japan. This contract would certainly have…

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Coal Tribunal. End in Sight. Uneasiness Among Miners. Sydney

Young Witness · Saturday 16 July 1921 · page 1

The official organ of the miners stated to-day that uneasiness exists amongst the coal miners owing to the failure of the Commonwealth to keep…

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Important Coal Discovery

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 July 1921 · page 1

Extensive deposits of coal have been discovered in Kent, and £7,000,000 is to be laid out for Working the field. The coal is described as…

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General News Gold Rush

Young Witness · Tuesday 26 July 1921 · page 4

The chief item of public interest at Grenfell just now is the gold find recently reported at Bumbaldry…

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Bags of Gold. "Left at the Wharf." Sydney

Young Witness · Thursday 28 July 1921 · page 1

A quied little man called at the Sydney Police Station to-day and complained that he had left fire chaff bags full of gold on the wharf at…

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Mining Authority Granted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 July 1921 · page 2

At tile Goulburn Mining Warden's Court on Friday, before Mr. G. R. Williams. Emma Parnell, Goulburn, was granted an authority to prospect…

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Stealing Russian Gold. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 August 1921 · page 4

The Now York World reports the [?]rrest there of Jacques Roberto Gibario, aged 32, charged with the theft of 136,000 dollars belonging to Russian…

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Coal Glut Predicted. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 August 1921 · page 1

A coal glut in Britain In the near future is predicted by the London Coal Exporters" Association…

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Gold at Bumbaldry. Good Reef Discovered. Rich Assays

Young Witness · Tuesday 16 August 1921 · page 2

A party of prospectors, including Mr J. Davis, of Crowther, have oppened up a gold recf at Bumbaldry. about 40 miles form Young, which has the…

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Goodradigbee Gold

The Yass Courier · Thursday 18 August 1921 · page 4

Mr William Reid, of Brindabella, has hopes that at last something definite will be done towards straightening out the tangle which…

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Christmas Gift Gold Mine

Young Witness · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 4

The manager of the Christmas Gift Goldmine Cullings, reports: "The mill ran 174 hours to fortnight ending 13th August. Good ore is being broken…

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British Miners Subdued

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 4

The annual conference of the British Miners' Federation opened in an unusually subdued atmosphere. Mr. H. Smith presided. He said the war had…

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Bumbaldry Gold. Eager Gold Seekers. Excitement at Greenethorpe

Young Witness · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 2

Lively interest is being takeon in the most recent gold finds in this district (writes our Greenethorpe correspondent. Situated near Bumbaldry, about…

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Floating Mine. Three Lives Lost. (Published in "The Times.")

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 August 1921 · page 4

The sea has not yet been cleared of floating mines. A shipping vessel near Bergen struck one and was blown to pieces. The crew of three perished…

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Miners Utopia. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 August 1921 · page 4

A sort of miners utopia is recommended in the ministry, for health's committee report with regard to housing in South Wales. The discontent…

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