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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1920

179 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 9

Telegrams. Coal Commission. Decreased Hours Means Increased Cost. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 3

Mr. J. S. Rowe, at the Coal Commission to-day, said any reduction in the number of hours worked would cause at least a 30 per cent. increase in the…

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Gold Snap

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1920 · page 2

A cold snap was experienced during the week-end. the first frost of the mason at Gloucester being experienced on Monda last…

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Yarras Mining Venture SILVER—LEAD—COPPER

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1920 · page 2

It is now about six months since Mr. E. J. Pepper, mineologist, visited this district (says the "Wauchope Gazette") to inspect some mining…

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Enormous Coal Deposits

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 4

Some idea of the inexhaustible character of the brown coal deposits of Victoria may be gleaned from the fact that a drill now boring in Upper…

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Gold-leaf Complexions

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 4

A CABLE states that two girls at the Auteuil races, France, caused a sensation with goldleaf complexions, kohl-treated eyes, and scarleted lips. It was like a peacock…

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America's £437,000,000 in Gold. Living Will Be Cheaper When We Get Some of It Back

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1920 · page 8

SIR AUCKLAND GEDDES, President of the British Board of Trade, speaking at a meeting of his constituents at Andover recently, said that the main…

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Coal in Ireland

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 3

A REPORT from Belfast states that an immense deposit, of bituminous coal has been discovered near Lough Neagh, on the south-west border of…

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Picking Up Fortunes. Fabulous Finds in Diamond Mine

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 7

There is scarcely a page of the history of the diamond industry that is not full of romance, as strange as any you will find in books of fiction…

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Gold on North Coast

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 May 1920 · page 4

It is reported that Mr. Moffitt, who is uncharge of operations at Mount Owen gold mine, on the Mu[?]mel, has discovered a very promising reef in…

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Countries Without Coal

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 7

Nearly every express train in Italy was cut off on August 1919. The reason is that the country is almost without coal…

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Miser Hoards £8000 in Gold

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 3

An inquest was held at the London Hospital recently on Asher Levy, aged 56, formerly a fruit merchant. The evidence showed that the old man went out to…

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Gold for Notes. Confidence Trick Succeeds

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 4

Discovering too late that he and his brother Frederick had been entertaining a magsman unawares, Percy Sayers, builder, of Sydney, complained at the detect've…

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First Exhibit of Coal Bathurst Fifty Years Ago

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 6

The annual Bathurst Show, which has just attracted visitors from all parts of the State, as celebrated its diamond jubilee, the first carnival…

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Miners Making Big Money. Lack of Shipping Prevents Greater Trade

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 2

The miners on the Newcastle and Maltland fields are at present making more money than has been the case for many a long day. During the past fortnight no…

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Telegrams. Broken Hill Mines. Proposed Action. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 3

According to Mr. Willis, Secretary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, they are considering the advisability of formulating a…

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Gold on North Coast

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 4

It is reported that Mr. Mof[?]t, who is in charge of operations at Mount Owen gold mine, on the Mummel, has discovered a very promising reef is…

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City Lighting. Proposed Purchase of Coal Mine. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 5

The City Council Electric Lighting Committee decided to recommend the purchase of the Awaba coalmine for providing electricity to the city…

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Gold Galore

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 4

"Dungog Chronicle": A 'phone message, from Gloucester states that the last assay of he Mount Owen mine went 1100 ounces, and since then the…

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The New Gold Field

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 2

Practlcally nothing on the market today is creating as much interest at the Federation and Mount Owen Gold Mining shares, but, to the outside public,…

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Gold Find near Bathurst Similar to Famous Nugget

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 6

A Bathurst correspondent writes:— A rich gold find in Marshall's Hill End Mine shows promising developments. The tributors at the…

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