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

Mining & the mines, 1927

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The Mining Slump

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 11 July 1927 · page 2

One of the awkward phases of a Prime Minister's tour around the Commonwealth is that he has so frequently to say no to requests…

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Stolen Explosives Used to Blow up Mine Building MELBOURNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 18 July 1927 · page 4

Explosives stolen from a mine magazine were used to below up a large lion building at the Sunbeam coal mine, at Korrumbrra, early…

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"Gathered Gold" Trotting Sensation Alleged "Ringing In" SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 20 July 1927 · page 6

A remarkable story of an alleged "ringing-in" of a New Zealand trotting mare in three Australian States was told at the Central Police Court…

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Mine Phantoms Some Foretell Disaster Cornishmen's Susperstitions

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 22 July 1927 · page 11

Some of the best authenticated cases of hautings are those in connection with tin and coal mines. Many of them come from…

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Mine Disappears London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 July 1927 · page 2

A Cologne message states that the whole of the Aguste basin mine in the Rubr district disappeared in a crater 220 yards deep following an…

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To Close Down Mt. Morgan Mine Losses £557,617 in Six Years SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 3

Shareholders in the Mount Morgan Gold-mining Company Ltd., yesterday decided that the company should wind up voluntarily…

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New Guinea Goldfield

The Yass Courier · Monday 1 August 1927 · page 6

Two new finds are reported. One group, known as Kaindar Syndicate, first discovered a leader at the head waters of the Merri Creek, and it is…

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Gold Inside Fowl

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 August 1927 · page 4

Mr. Jim Harris on Thursday killed and dressed a [?]owl for the table (says the "Argyle Liberal," Crookwell), During the process he found a little…

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Mt. Morgan Mine Co-operative Working Scheme SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 August 1927 · page 4

Mr. Kelso King, who, in his capacity as director, attended in Melbourne the special meeting of shareholders of the Mount Morgan Gold-mining…

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Lithgow Coal May Go To Broken Hill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 6

LITHGOW,. Wednesday.—It is considered here that the opening of the railway line between Sydney and Broken Hill next month will mean…

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Australian Mining Effort to Rehabilitate Scientific Prospecting LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 2

Hopes for the rehabilitation of Australian mining by means of improved prospecting and more accurate examination, of lodes lie., behind the…

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Hope for Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 August 1927 · page 2

Old miners have a saying that "You can't see past the point of the pick." This is generally intended to be the practical man's…

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Gold Yield Queensland's Increase BRISBANE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 8

The gold yield of Queensland during the past seven months shows an increase of 8048 fine, ounces. compared with the first seven months of…

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Pellet of Gold Rich Food for Hen

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 4

When dressing a fowl for the table recently, Mr. Jim Harris, of Crookwell, discovered a entail pellet of pare gold- in the hen's gizzard, which…

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To Cook His Goose Miners Reorganising LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 15 August 1927 · page 2

The "Daily Express" says that important plans for the re-organisation of the Miners' Federation are being completed for submission to the…

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Co-operative Colliery

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 August 1927 · page 6

The directors of the Katoomba collery have introduced a system whereby the employees are encouraged to shareholders and a…

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Trotting Sensation "Gathered Gold" Case SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 24 August 1927 · page 2

The hearing of the charge against William Matterson (60), retired, and Waller M'Carthy (36), electrician, at Darlinghurst Sessions, before Judge…

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White Labour For South African Mines CAPETOWN

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 September 1927 · page 2

The old controversy as to whether South Africa should follow Australia's white labour example has been renewed here by the suggestion of…

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Gold at Canberra Need of a Missing Law CANBERRA

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 September 1927 · page 6

Reported discoverios of gold in small quantities ill the Federal capital territory have led to the disclosure that there is no provision under which…

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Grabben Gullen Mine Service

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 12 September 1927 · page 2

Mr. J. A. Perkins, M.H.R., has been informed that it has been decided to establish a thrice weekly mail service between Biala School and Grabben…

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