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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

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A Miser's Million. Copyright. A Great North Country Mill and Mine Romance. PART 13

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 October 1913 · page 7

"An' it's mesilf may take it sir But that other man? Was it even found out who he was?" "Not so far as I am aware. In…

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Illawarra Miners' Secretary

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 11

Peter Bowling has been defeated for the position of Secretary to the Illawarra Miners' Union. Another prominent miner named Willis was…

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Appalling Colliery Disaster. 370 Miners Entombed. Heartrending Scenes

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 October 1913 · page 11

An appalling explosion occurred in the Universal Colliery at Cardiff. Of 935 miners who descended 532 were rescued. Thirty one bodies…

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Colliery Disaster. OVER 400 Miners Entombed Heartrneding Scenes No Hope of Recue London, October 14

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 2

An explosion occurred at the Universal Colliery, Senghenydd, near Cardiff in Wales, last night. The whole of the machinery at…

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Gold in Manitoba

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 5

There' are great deposits of gold-bearing ore around Lake Winnipeg and from there up the Winnipeg River and through the Lake of the Woods…

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Miser's Million Copyright. A Great Worth Country Mill and Mine Romance. [?]

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 7

"I have a thousand pounds here," tapping his breast pocket, "which I am prepared to hand over to you now, provided you promise one…

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Entombed. 275 U.S.A. Miners Another Colliery Explosion Possibility of Escape

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 2

Denver. Colorado, Wednesday evening.—A terrific explosion wrecked the stag Canon Fuel Company's mine at Dawson, New Mexico, entombing 280 miners…

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Miser's Million. Copyright. A Great North Country Mill and Mine Romance. PART 17

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 7

"Jealous of her!" he gioed, facing Nancy with blazing eyes. "My God, no! for she wasn't worth it With her it wasn't love at all, but…

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Gold Medals

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 November 1913 · page 4

The colony gold medals awarded by the Royal Academy and Royal College of Music, London, to the most distinguished candidate in New…

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Miser's Million. Copyright. A Great North Country Mill and Mine Romance. PART 18

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 7

"Well, Marsden, what is it!" "New!--great news!--the news, Mr. Catherwood! Half an hour since a telegram came to the club…

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Miser's Million. Copyright. A Great North Country Mill and Mine Romance. PART 19. Chapter Xxi. the New Member for Occlesford

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 7

Nancy Pemberton, Hugh Standish and the solicitor had all stared when Catherwood had darted from the room, though none of them had…

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A Previous Huge Gold Robbery

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 2

The story of the recent great robbery of bullion in the course of transit to Alexandria recalls a similar crime which took place…

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Germany's Tower of Gold. No Burglars Need Apply

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 2

Even the modern burglar, with his oxy- acetylene gas. Would find soma difficulty in getting at the Franco- German War indemnity stored up in…

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Miser's Million. Copyright. A Great North Country Mill and Mine Romance. PART 20

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 November 1913 · page 7

"Then that sett[?]s it, sir. Nat's a goner, and you, his successor here must be his successor in the pending fight -- if fight there be. That's what…

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Miser's Million. Copyright. A Great North Country Mill and Mine Romance. PART 21

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 7

"Perhaps you are right, Nancy," he admitted moodily, surprised to find such strong fibres of independence of character in one who had…

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Carral Gold

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 3 December 1913 · page 12

WE do not yet know if payable gold has been found on Carrai, but certainly rumors of the precious metal must have got about, for a sturdy gold…

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India Is Burial Ground for the World's Gold

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 17

A royal commission has been appointed by Great Britain to discover what India does with all the gold it takes away from the rest of the world…

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A Miser's Million. Copyright. A Great North Country Mill and Mine Romance. PART 22

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 7

In five minutes [?] cousin was back at his side, and the changes she had made in her attire showed that Nancy was at home again. Her…

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A Miser's Million. a Great North Country Mill and Mine Romance. PART 23

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 12 December 1913 · page 7

" An' it's me ye'd be after setting the blame on for that?" Sloan cried his hard, shrewd countenance wearing an amusing aspect of injured…

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What Coal Can Do

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 17

Does anyone realize the power of coal as a worker? A man was set to work to pump as hard as he could all day, and at the end of ten hours it…

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