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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

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Coal from Australia

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 6

Advices from San Francisco state it is learned that 20 vessels have been chartered to bring coal from Australia, one being the steamer Hollywood,…

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Gold From Hair

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 7

An extraordinary method of making a fortune was adopted by Max Belke, an American barber, with almost incredible results…

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Human Patchwork. Skull Plate of Metal. Gold and Platinum Ribs

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 3

A remarkable patching up of a shattered body has been achieved at Bre[?]au, in Germany. A youth, fell from a, housetop, fractured his skull, and…

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Gold Bars Recovered. From Mined Laurentic. Echo of the War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1922 · page 3

AN Admiralty salvage steamer has arrived at Londonderry after having achieved successful results in salvage operations on the hull of the steamer…

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Colliery to Cease. 300 Men Affected. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 3

Fourteen days' notice to cease work has been given by the management of the North Bulli colliery at Coledale to employees. It was represented that…

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Sapphire Mining

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1922 · page 5

PRIOR to the war the two most prosperous manufacturing towns in the world, per head of the population, were Ida and Oberstein, on the Rhine,…

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American Strikes. Agreement Probable with Miners. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 August 1922 · page 5

Late American cables state that violence has broken out in many parts of the country. Troops fired on strikers at Joliot, Illinois Owners are…

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News of the World. Bituminous Mines Reopen. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 5

Bituminous mines are reopening throughout Central Pennsylvania…

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Gold Find. Ten Ounces to the Ton

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1922 · page 3

MUCH interest has been created by a new find made by Messrs. Donnelly and Thompson, ten miles south-east of Bulong (says a, telegram from…

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Entombed in Cave. Gold Mine Tragedy. 45 Men in Peril. London

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 29 August 1922 · page 3

A message from Sacramento, California, states that at least 45 men are entombed in a cave in the Argonaut gold mine. It is believed that there…

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Mine Explosion. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 5

A Vancouver message says an explosion occurred at the Cumberland colliery on Vancouver Island. Three men are dead, three are missing, and…

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John's River Coal

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 September 1922 · page 8

Mr. M. Morrison, Government Geologist, has furnished to the Department of Mines a report on the application for aid to bore for coal at…

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Coal Contract. Boards' Finding

The Northern Champion · Saturday 2 September 1922 · page 4

As a result of the recommendation of the Public Service Board on the report of Mr. W. M. MacFarlane, the Chief Secretary (Mr…

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Gold Discovered

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 4

The reported discovery of gold at Cathie Creek, south of Port Macquarie, on the coast, is not the first gold found in that vicinity. Beachcombers have…

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Local and General. Reported Find of Gold

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 4

Great excitement prevails at Port Macquarie over the reported rich find of gold at Cathie Creek. The samples show a rich vein, apparently of gold…

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Gold Discovered

The Northern Champion · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 4

The reported discovery of gold at Cathie Creek, south of Port Macquarie on the coast, is not the first gold found in that vicinity…

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Gold at Cathie Creek

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 2

Gold has been discovered at the entrance of Cathie Creek, 12 miles from Port Macquarie, and has caused excitement locally. The find was made…

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The Lure of Gold. Rush to Cathie Creek

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1922 · page 4

LAST week-end Port Macquarie began to simmer with excitement in consequence of rumours of a rich find of gold at the entrance to Cathie Creek,…

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The Lure of Gold. Rush to Cathie Creek

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 13 September 1922 · page 4

Last week-end Port Macquarie began to simmer with excitement in consequence of rumors of a rich final of gold at the entrance to Cathie…

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French Miners. Threaten to Strike. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 September 1922 · page 5

The French miners' congress has passed a resolution threatening to strike if the eight hours' law is modified…

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