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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1921

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British Coal Dispute. Situation Improved. London

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 4

The coal position has decidedly improved and strong hopes are entertained of a settlement. It is understood that coalowners…

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News of the World. the British Miners' Strike. Conference Concludes. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 June 1921 · page 5

The British miners and coal owners have concluded their conference, and a complete explanation was obtained on all points of mining. A ballot will now…

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Nambucca's Gold and Arsenic Mine

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 5

SOME of the old hands who sank and lost so much in what is now the Valla gold and arsenic mine, when it was worked years ago, are rather…

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Hidden Gold

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 7

It is exactly four centuries since Cortez and his handful of Spaniards destroyed the Aztec civilization in their mad last for gold. To-day a…

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Colliery Strike. Bellbird Colliery Idle. 44-Hour Dispute. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 3

Bellbird colliery was idle yesterday owing to a strike. The owners say this is another case of deliberate striking without reason, which is becoming…

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Mining

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 2

Opala from the Titenber and Teven fields are bringing big prices in Sydney. We (Ballina "Beacon") understand that one…

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South Wales Miners. Reject Owners' Terms. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 5

The South Wales miners have rejected the owners' settlement terms. The decision elsewhere is unknown…

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"Guinea Gold."

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 7

All are agreed that the best cure for high prices and remedy for the general upset of trade would be to get back to the good old gold…

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A Jubilee of Romance. Fifty Years of Dumond and Gold Mining

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1921 · page 7

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News of the World. Gold From Australia. New York

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 June 1921 · page 5

The National City Bank expects 3,500,000 dollars in gold from Australia at the end of July…

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Gold Not Worth Taking

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 7

Leave the Southern Pacific Railway at Yuma—a town in Arizona, in the United States—follow the wagon-road sixty miles north, and…

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British Mining Trouble. Probable Resumption. London

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 28 June 1921 · page 3

The British miners and owners have arrived at an agreement regarding the wages question, enabling a resumption on Monday, but they will meet Mr…

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Gold Yield — For the Commonwealth

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 29 June 1921 · page 2

The gold yield of the Commonwealth for the first five months of the current calendar year amounted approximately 324,663…

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Warden's Court Taree, Friday, June 24. (Before Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher, P.m.). Application to Mine on Private Property

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 29 June 1921 · page 3

This was an application by Franklin William Jackes, Sydney, for authority being the holder of miner's right, to enter portion 76, county of…

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Baker's Creek Gold Mine

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 3

Recently instructions were given by the owners to sell the famous Baker's Hill mine at Hillgrove. The proposal was to get rid of the…

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News of the World. 6000 Miners. Reject Settlement. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 5

Six thousand English miners at Wigan (Lancashire) rejected the Executive's settlement…

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Warden's Court. Taree, Friday, June 24. (Before Mr. H. F. W. Fletcher, P.m.) Application to Mine on Private Property

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 1 July 1921 · page 4

This was an application by Franklin William Jakes, Sydney, for authority being the holder of miner's right, to enter portion 76, county of Macquarie,…

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British Coal Strike. Profit Sharing. Basis of Settlement. Adjusting Miners' Wages

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 2

The national profit-sharing scheme which has been adopted forms the basis of the settlement of the coal dispute, in the…

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British Coal Strike

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 4

THE British coal strike, which has dragged on for several months, has been settled at last, and the miners will resume work immediately…

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Historic Relics Stolen Gold in the Melting Pot

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1921 · page 1

A thief who stole Napoleonic relics from the General Joachim Murat collection in Bologna City Museum has been captured in…

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