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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

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Mining Lease Available

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 4

The [?] mining lease in be [?]by Gazette [?] january 6th and the land will [?] open to be taken up under the…

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A District Whose Glories Have Gone. On an Old Goldfield. Windeyer and its Surroundings

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

The silent warder of the brain Unlocks its hidden places, And from the past brings back' again Long vanished forms and faces…

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Famous Polish Salt Mines Near Cracow

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 4

NINE miles southeast of Cracow the great Austrian-Polish fortress town, upon which the Russians are now closing, are the remarkable salt mines…

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Glove Buttons of Gold

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 7

Glove buttons made of gold are being introduced by a jewellery house. They bear an engraved monogram and may be changed from one pair of…

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Italian Ship Strikes a Mine Off Pola

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 9

An Italian ship struck an Austrian mine off Pola, and the whole crew were lost…

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Surrender of Germans at Rabaul. Colonel Holmes Replies to Critics Re Terms. Account of Mines Laid to Destroy Troops

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 12

Colonel Holmes referred last night to the criticism levelled against him with regard to the terms of surrender of the Germans at Rabaul…

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Science Notes. Electric Power From Mines

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 5

At a mine in South Africa, the water supply has to be drawn from a considerable distance, and must, on its way, cross a ridge of some 600ft. high. The…

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Australian Gold Production

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 5

The gold production of the Commonwealth as supplied by the Mines departments of the various States, shows a contraction of 156, 159oz fine,…

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Colliery Accident. Brisbane

Macleay Argus · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 11

A number of trucks broke away in Noble's Valley colliery, Ipswich, injuring 15 men…

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Science Notes. Electric Power From Mines

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 17

At a mine in South Africa, the water supply has to be drawn from a considerable distance, and must, on its way, cross a ridge of some 600ft. high. The…

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Gold Yield

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 17 February 1915 · page 2

For the first time, I believe, for many years, the yield of gold in this State shows signs of expansion. The yield reported in January last,…

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Struck a Mine

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 24 February 1915 · page 2

London Monday.—The American steamer Evelyn, 3141 tons, laden with cotton, struck a mine and sank off Berkom, a Prussian island in the…

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Miners Demand Increase

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 11

The Miners' Federation have convened a conference to discuss the industrial position as it is affected by the war. It has been decided to demand an…

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The War. From Day to Day. Saturday Lost Battleships Sunk by Mines

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 2

It transpires that the British battle ships Irresistible and Ocean, and the French battleship Bouvet were sunk by mines in the Dardanelles…

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Coal From England. London, March 23

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 2

Italy has chartered twenty colliers from Cardiff, with coal for the navy and railways…

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Turkish Fleet in a Fix. No Coal, No Torpedoes

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 8

Advices from Constantinople state that the Turkish fleet cannot be mobilised owing to the shortage of coal, and that torpedoes are lacking for the…

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Further War News. Mine Sweeping in the Dardanelles. London, Monday afternoon

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 8

Mine sweeping continues in the Dardanelles. Turks at Kihd Bahr fired on the warships but were promptly silenced The Allies' fire from the warships is…

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Gold Medal for Krupps

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 1

At the annual meeting of the [?] for the promotion or Industry. which every five year give a gold metal fur the most important service…

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Austrian Steamer Strikes a Mine

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 7

Au Austrian steamer, loaded with arms and ammunition, struck a mine on the Danube and a terrific explosion occurred…

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German Mines Sink Two German Vessels

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 7

The steamer Grete Hemsoth struck a German mine in the Baltic and sank, 26 of the crew being drowned. Another steamer met a similar fate…

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