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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1886

5 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

Curious Properties of Coal-Gas

Macleay Argus · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 6

MR. Thomas Fletcher, Warrington, in speaking of "Some Curious Properties of Coal-gas," said that until lately people had been under the impression that gas was merely a means…

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An Old Sweetheart of Mine

Macleay Argus · Saturday 25 September 1886 · page 4

As one who cons at evening o'er an album all alone, And muses on the faces of the friends that he has known,…

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An Historical Gold Cup

Macleay Argus · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 6

A CURIOUS law suit over a gold cup, which, though no larger than a good-sized cream pitcher, is worth $10,000, is now pending in Paris. The treasure was presented by Jamas…

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Australian Tales and Adventures. No. 2. GOLD

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 November 1886 · page 3

"What, me! me go to these ere new diggin's? Well, if I was as young as I was once, maybe I might, but not at my time o' life; oh, no. Besides, I've had enough o'…

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The Teetulpa Goldfields

The Manning River Chronicle · Monday 6 December 1886 · page 2

Adelaide, Wednesday.—The Register’s special correspondent at Teetulpa telegraphs that the Commissioner for Crown Lands and several members of Parliament have visited…

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