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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1917

47 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 3

Mines off Gabo

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 9 November 1917 · page 8

It has now been ascertained that the mine-sweepers off Gabs dragee of the sea mines of the most modern type, and…

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A Creat Cold Mine

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 November 1917 · page 4

THE Waihi Gold Mining Company, Ltd., New Zealand, lias declared a dividend of Is per share, absorbing £24,795, malting the total dividends and bonuses [?]4,979,932…

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Coal Beneath the Waves

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 November 1917 · page 7

There is a certain fascination surrounding buried cities, but there is a sense of loss, too, in the knowledge that some of our richest products lie…

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Enemy Mines

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1917 · page 3

THE origin of the minefield which was discovered off the Australian coast still remains a mystery. No doubt exists, however, in the minds of those competent to…

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Mining Warden's Court

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1917 · page 4

Richard Arthur Bones applied for M.L. No. 22 for tin-mining purposes. J. Platt lodged an objection on the ground of having taken possession of 4 acres prior…

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Harnessing the Sun. Machinery Gobs Without Coal

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 December 1917 · page 7

If a boy can burn his name on a wooden bench with nothing but the aid of a convex lens and the sun's rays, why is it not possible to make…

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Children's Corner. the Straw, the Coal, and the Bean

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 December 1917 · page 7

[?] dwelt in woman who had pic[?] to[?] a dish of beens and wanted to cook them. So [?]made a fire on her hearth, and, to make it…

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