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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Hillgrove Mines

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 8

Cement for the necessary brick laying at the smelters has arrived, and it is thought work will soon commence at the Hillgrove mines…

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Miners Resume. Sydney

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 4

Work was resumed yesterday at a number of Newcastle and maitland collieries where men had been on strike…

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Silver Mine That Went Broke. How Perseverance Revealed Its Fabulous Wealth

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 August 1925 · page 2

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

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Desert Gold

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 2

News from Darwin states that Mr. Robert Muir, the discoverer of the new gold find south-east of Tanami, says that he, Schultz and…

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Desert Gold Nearest Water 110 Miles. Northern Territory Find Darwin

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 4

Mr. Rogert Murr, the discoverer of the new gold find south-east of Tanami, states that he, Schultz and Petersen travelled…

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Big Coal Field. Offer to City Council. 112,000,000 Tons, Effect on Sydney's Future

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 8

One of the most important propositions ever placed before the Sydney City Council--the offer by a local syndicate, of the…

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Drake Gold Mines. Sold for a Mere Song

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 5

All interesting auction sale took place at Tenterfield last week when several of Drake's famous old mines were brought under the hammer…

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Road Made of Gold

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 August 1925 · page 2

Parts of the road by which the Devonshire village of Widecombe is approached are metalled with a peculiar type of granite in which a geologist has…

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"Paved with Gold."

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 3

It may appear a ridiculous assertion, but nevertheless, it is a fact that sections of the road from Tenterfield to Sandy Hills are "paved with gold,"…

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Lure of Gold Early Digging Days

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 6

To Hargreaves, a gold seeker, who had returned from the Californian fields, the honor belongs of being the first person to demonstrate…

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Mount Morgan Mine on Fire

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 16 September 1925 · page 2

The Mount Morgan mine was on fire and the situation wax an- alarming one on Saturday. The striking miners rushed to the…

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In the Armchair. How Submarine Mines Are Laid. the Way in Watch Harbours Are Protected

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 October 1925 · page 9

There are many people who imagine that submarine [?] filled in with explosive which can be "fired somehow or…

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Gold and Coal Associated

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 October 1925 · page 2

What is apparently something new in the experience of mining men was brought to light in regard to the Gloucester Coal Company's operations at…

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What Is the Gold Standard?

The Northern Champion · Saturday 31 October 1925 · page 2

In the many columns of newspapers and magazines articles recently written on the gold standard, little has been said that gets to the root of the question. The term "gold standard"…

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Merrymakers Black and Gold Dance

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1925 · page 3

On Wednesday night last the Merrymakers held a very successful euchic party and dance in aid of the Parents' and Citizens' land purchase fund…

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At the Kimberley Diamond Mines

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 November 1925 · page 7

When Barney Barnato limt went to Kimberley there was a certain old gentleman . in the diamond buying line upon whom Barney and his partner Louis…

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The Gloucester Coal Company. First Annual Meeting of Shareholders

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 4 December 1925 · page 2

The first annual meeting of share-holders of The Gloucester Coal Company was held in the School of Arts, Gloucester, on Monday night last, the…

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Gloucester Coal

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 2

The first coal from the Gloucester Coal Company's colliery to be sent outside the town left Gloucester railway station recently when 16 tons was…

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Is Copeland to Be Rebuilt? the Mother Gold Reef Located in a Few Hours

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 22 December 1925 · page 2

On the 10th inst. an expert mineral detector left Gloucester for Copeland. On arrival at Copeland he very quickly located an enormous gold reef,…

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Lost Gold Reef Discovered. Success After Twenty Years Quest

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Thursday 24 December 1925 · page 2

Gold in immense quantities is believed to lie in a new reef discovered in South Africa, after twenty years' search…

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