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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1920

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

Gold

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 10 November 1920 · page 2

Gold is quieted at £5 19s on the London market, and 1s expected to reach £6 10s before long. A Young message states that reports are…

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Government Assistance in Mining

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 10 November 1920 · page 2

The extension of State assistance to the mining industry was advocated by Mr. Richard Cambage, Under Secretary for Mines, before the Select Committee on the…

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Miners' Wages. Brown Coal Industry. General Strike Threat

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 November 1920 · page 5

The Victorian Cabinet has decided not to pay the wages granted by the Coal Tribunal in Sydney to men employed in the brown coal industry at Morwell…

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German Mines. Nationalisation Proposed

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 November 1920 · page 5

According to a Berlin telegram the "Lokal Anzeiger" states that the Economic Commission has formulated proposals for the nationalisation of coal…

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The Long Strike. Declared Off. Barrier Mines to Re-start

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 November 1920 · page 5

The A.M.A. held a meeting at Broken Hill on Wednesday morning and declared the strike off. This decision was announced by the…

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Approval of Gold Mining Leases

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 13 November 1920 · page 2

The following gold mining leases have been approved of ans published in the "Government Gazette":— Philip Isaac Langworthy. Parish Rindera…

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Warrell Creek Mine

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 16 November 1920 · page 2

Mr. T. H. Fegan, of Kempsey, has secured an option over McLeod and party's 60-acre lease at Warrell Creek. This mine has produced what are…

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Bandits Rob Train. Big Haul of Jewels and Gold. London

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 16 November 1920 · page 3

The "New York Times" reports that bandits robbed a train from San Francisco to New York and escaped with between a million and two million…

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Victoria Denied Coal. Trouble Over Wages at Morwell. Federation's Drastic Action. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 5

The Council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation decided to take immediate steps to prevent any coal entering Victoria owing…

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Why Italy Grew Gold to the Allies

The Northern Champion · Saturday 20 November 1920 · page 7

ITALY'S changed attitude to the Allies since 1918 in the subject of frequent discussion in the British and French press, and her lack of…

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Victorian Coal Strike. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 23 November 1920 · page 3

The Melbourne Coal Board are now rationing out supplies to essential industries. There is hardly enough coal at the brickworks to burn in the kilns…

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Coal Deposits. Developing Gloucsester District

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 26 November 1920 · page 6

The development of the coal deposits in the Gloucester district vill probably be undertaken shortly by one of the colliery companies, which has…

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Stumbling Over Gold Mines

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1920 · page 7

All is not gold that glitters, but the "rusty spur of quartz" over which Jacob Cook stumbled recently turned up trumps…

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Gold Mining Lease

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1920 · page 2

The undermentioned application for gold mining lease has been granted:—Copeland: Adam John Johnston 12 acres parish Craven county Cloucester…

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Nothing Serious. the Gold Shoulder

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 December 1920 · page 2

"Steaks and joints to suit all pockets." So declared the printed notice in the butcher's shop. The hungry tramp passing by observed it…

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Old Time and Modern Gold-hunters

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 December 1920 · page 7

The old prospectors or "metal hunters" of America, armed with pick [?] and pan, are now succeeded by regular parties with packs mules, a geologist, a chemist,…

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Fioating Mine. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 December 1920 · page 3

The third officer of the steamer Wyandra reports that he sighted a floating mine off Montague Island…

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Mining

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 December 1920 · page 4

At the Warden's Court, before Mr. Fletcher, P.M., Warden, on Monday, Randolph James Nott, of Kempsey, applied for authority to enter under the…

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New South Wales Gold Yield

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 December 1920 · page 5

The Under Secretary For Mines, Mr. Cambage, has furnished a return showing that the gold yield for November amounted to 4447 oz crude,…

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