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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1914

38 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 2

Beach Mining

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 3

THE "Sunday Times," in recent issues, has had several articles on the revival of beach mining on the North Coast, and sought the opinion of Mr. Carne, F.G.S., as to whence…

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Mouth Peerless Gold Mining Company

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1914 · page 2

Mr. F. M. Brown, local manager of this company says that he has struck a good shute of gold in the north funnel and has ten ton of stone…

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Wereless for Miners

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 August 1914 · page 2

An invention has been brought to light which will serve to considerably minimise the dangers to which every day the large number of…

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A Million Gold Watches

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 2

Switzerland's export ef watches in 1912 reached a total of just upon £7,000,000—a record figure for the Republic, although its trade in…

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German Gold Captured. Paris, Monday night

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 2

A truck laden with £800,000 in gold, and a similar amount in silver belonging to a German concern has been seized outside Paris on route…

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Advocate War Special. Great Battle Impending. English at Seat of War. Battle front of 200 Miles. North Sea, and Mediteranean Open for Coal Ships Press Telegram Association Sydney. Thursday 3 p.m

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 2

There is a consensus of opinion that a great battle is pending between the Germans and the English-French-Belgium allies, the total forces…

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Gold

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1914 · page 2

A decent cake of gold was brought into town by Mr. Lester, as the result of recent crushing at Aubrey and Moflits Mine, at the Bowman,…

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Mining Interests

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 2

The mining interests of the State are feeling the pinch very severely. Germany, aided by a cheap labour, and by who wonderful skill [?]…

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"Man Engine" Used in Cornish Mine

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1914 · page 9

In one of the mines of Cornwall, England, a curious device, known as a "man engine," is in use for conveying the miners to and from…

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Mount Peerless Gold Mining Company. Upper Bowman

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 2

The manager reports:—This company was formed about nine months ago and work was started in the mine by driving the tunnel…

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Mine Layer Captured

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 2

London Monday.—The central News agency states that a British warship and two destroyers have captured a German mine-layer disguised as a…

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On the Belgian Coast Floating Mines Cause Casualties

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 2

Flushing Wednesday.—Floating mines from the North Sea have been washed up at Blackenberghe, on the Belgian Coast. There exploded, as…

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Colliery Explosion. 250 Men Entombed

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 7

Two hundred and fifty coal miners have been entombed by an explosion at the Royalston, colliery, in the State of illinois…

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Gundle Tin Mines

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 7

AT various intervals daring the part twenty-five years the Gundle tin mines have come under the notice of speculators and mining syndicates, many of whom have done a little in unearthing and…

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The Sunken Mine Layer Accuracy of British Fire

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 1

A boatswain of the Grimsby steamer City of Bradford, Mr. William C[?]way, formerly a gunner in the navy tells on interesting story of the…

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Mining Lase Cancelled

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 2

The undermentioned gold mining leaf will be cancelled on the 25th November 1914 and will be available for occupation in the terms of the…

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Mining

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 2

The Gloucester Federation Gold Mining Co are putting through a crushing at the Bowman. The Peerless Gold Mining Co. despatched 10 tons of ore…

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Beach Mining

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 30 December 1914 · page 4

Ballina Gold Mining Company up north has had its first clean up and, according to the Beacon, the position is satisfactory, for the plates yielded…

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