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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

8 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers

Items of Interest. Boring for Coal

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 2

A diamond drilling plant has been operating for some months in the Vicinity of Douglas Park to ascertain the depth at which the coal measures…

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Menangle News. [Unavoidably held over from last issue.] Boring for Coal

The Campbelltown News · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 6

A diamond, drilling plant has recently commenced operations on Mr. Hiekey’s farm, about a. mile south of the village, in search of coal. The plant…

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Menangle News. Boring for Coal

Camden News · Thursday 31 May 1923 · page 1

The diamond drilling plant which has been operating here for the past three or four months in search for coal, has concluded its contract and has been…

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Mining at Yerranderie. Valuable Developments

Camden News · Thursday 9 August 1923 · page 1

The Metropolitan Mining Warden, Mr. G. James, paid a visit to the mining fields at Terranderie during the week. He expressed himself as very pleased…

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New Coal Mine. Start at Berrima

The Picton Post · Wednesday 15 August 1923 · page 4

Operations at the new coal mine at Berrima, Known as the Loch Catherine coalfields, commenced last week, and it is expected to have coal…

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New Mines Inspector. Mr. J. R. Lewis. Youngest in State

The Picton Post · Wednesday 29 August 1923 · page 2

Mr. Joseph Richard Lewis, who has been appointed Coal Mines Inspector at Cessnock is said to be the youngest man, so far as N.S.W. is concerned,…

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Why "Synthetic Gold" Is Unlikely

The Picton Post · Wednesday 19 September 1923 · page 4

Sporadic reference in newspapers to the possibility of manufacturing "synthetic" gold occasions alarm among gold-miners. Such a careless…

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Yerranderie. A.w.u. and Miners

The Picton Post · Wednesday 14 November 1923 · page 2

A.W.U. central, branch officials are not confining their activities to the shearing industry. The president (Mr. J. Bailey) and…

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