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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Burning Mines. Some Notable Fires

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 5

Australia, with its celebrated [?] mountain of coal at W[?] (near Scone). Is not alone. Other places have their everlasting fires…

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Land "Mining" and Deficiency Diseases

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 2

When a Dillon nf milk, a sack of wheat or an animal is carted off to the market (points out the North American Veterinatian), the soll of the farm…

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Gold From Russia. £2,00,000 for Trading Purposes. Covered with Bacon Advertisements

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 7

Gold to the value of £2,00,000 has an rived in London from Petrograd. The entire delivery has been deposited it the Bank of England and placed…

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Explosion in a Mine

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 3

Shortly after midnight on Sunday an explosion occurred in the Rothbury Colliery, on the Maitland field, near Branxton, as a result of which…

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Coal Inquiry

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 22 July 1925 · page 2

Reuter, London: It is announced that, the Miners' Federation refused invitations to attend the Coal Court of inquiry. It is suggested that there…

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Coal Problems

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 22 July 1925 · page 4

In the hope of finding a solution of the serious problems confronting the coal industry, the British Government has taken the unusual step of…

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Explosion in Mine. a Deputy Trapped

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 22 July 1925 · page 2

An explosion occurred early on Monday morning in No.4 flat about [?] yards from the mouth of the tunnel at the Rothbury colliery…

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A Silver Mine That 'Went Broke."

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 1

The most valuable nugget of silver ore that has ever been dug from any mine in the British Empire, or perhaps the world, is on…

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Local and General. Coal at Gloucester

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 July 1925 · page 4

At Gloucester a coal mine is being opened up. The seam is said to be 30 feet wide and the coal of good quality…

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Another Mine Explosion. Two Men Killed. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 28 July 1925 · page 3

A Wollongong message says two miners, George West (25) and Frederick Green (27), were killed at Helensburgh colliery yesterday in an…

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Explosion in Mine. Two Men Killed. Bulli

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 29 July 1925 · page 2

There was an explosion of gas in the Metropolitan Colliery at Helensburgh to- day, two men being killed. The victims are George West, 25, a…

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Mining for Soap

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 August 1925 · page 2

Most people have seen crosses or other ornaments carved out of bog oak. The stuff is black as coral and almost as hard as stone, but is…

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Coal Trouble Settled

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 4 August 1925 · page 2

The threatened coal crisis in England has been settled for the time being. On Mr. Baldwin's statement that the Government was prepared to…

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Motor Ships. Why Tee Demand for Coal Is Falling

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 August 1925 · page 7

Oue of the greatest, revolutions in transport we have seen has come upon us almost unawares. This is the change from strain power to oil in the…

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Distress Coal

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 12 August 1925 · page 6

The following from the pen of a correspondent in Sydney, Nova Scotia, throws a sidelight on the now world-notorious strike of coal miners there:…

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Oil From Coal

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 8

Public opinion is intrigued by projected grandiose schemes, partly governmental, partly private, for converting the Ruhr and Lower Silesia…

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The World's Gold

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 7

What becomes of all the gold mined throughout the world? is a query that frequently arises. About one- fourth of the annual production, it…

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More Mining Trouble. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 5

The Coal Miners' Council instructed the Pelaw Main miners and the Richmond Main miners to return to work immediately. Meetings of miners will…

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Hermit Gold Seeker. 50 Years in Bush Nest

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 15 August 1925 · page 1

A hut cunningly built like a huge nest, just off the faintly-discernible track of an old Government road, had been the home for over 50 years of…

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Mining Court. Taree, Monday, August 17. (Before the Warden, Mr. F. F. Potts, P.M.)

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 19 August 1925 · page 5

Broken Hill Pty. Co. applied for suspension of labor conditions for six months in connection with leases for limestone at Taree…

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