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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

108 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 6

Gold Rush

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 17 March 1926 · page 4

A report has reached Cairns of a discovery 12 miles from Daintree River, on the road to Bloomfield, of a rich gold mine in the vicinity of China…

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South African Gold Fridays

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 17 March 1926 · page 3

Johannesburg is the hub of the great gold-mining industry of South Africa, and the centre of the biggest gold fields in existence…

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Gold! Queenslanders Excited Vague Story

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 19 March 1926 · page 2

Excitement has been aroused over all the mining fields in the north by a reported rich find of gold outside Daintree, near the China camp…

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(Continued from Last Issue.) Much Gold Missed

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 1

It might well seem to those carly diggers, who knew nothing of science, as if some soft, far-stretching, insistent rain of golden dust had fallen out…

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The New Aladdin's Cave. the Dramatic Story of the Discovery of Gold in Australia

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 1

The story of early adventure and discovery in Australia never grows stale. Dr. W. H. Fitchett, in "Life" tells the dramatic story of the…

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The New Aladdin's Cave. the Dramatic Story of the Discovery of Gold in Australia

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 1

The story of .early adventure, and discovery in Australia never grows stale. Dr. W. H. Fitchctt, in "Life" tells the dramatic story of the…

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Armidale Man's Gold Finder

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Thursday 1 April 1926 · page 6

A new method of mining for gold, the success of which has yet to be proved, was made known at the Tamworth Warden's Court this week,…

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150 Miles of Gold. Willow Tree Magnet Test Warden's Court Story

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 3

A new method of mining for gold the success of which has yet to he proved, was made known at the Tarn worth Warden's Court last week…

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Big Strike Looming May Affect All Australian Mines. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 4

At a meeting of collery engine drivers at Wollongong, Scarborough, and Helensburgh sub-branches it was decided to give 14 days' notice, from…

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Reported Gold Find

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 4

It is reported that a rich find of gold has been discovered by the Valla Gold and Arsenic Co., Valla. The future, of the Company is now assured…

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Gold Find

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 2

A rich find of gold has been discovered by the Valla Gold and Arsenie Co., Valla. The future of the Company is now assured, especially when…

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The Collieries' Dispute. a Compulsory Conference. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 3

Mr. Hibble, Chairman of the Coal Tribunal, has summoned a compulsory conference in Sydney for next Tuesday of the Federated Engine-drivers…

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"The Gold Rush."

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 4

At last the world's foremost comedian, Charlie Chaplain, has launched his greatest comedy, "The Gold Rush." For sixteen months Charlie…

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Queer Mining Provision Hillgrave Case

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 23 April 1926 · page 1

By a queer provision of the Mining Act it is possible for two or more persons to use the same mine for the purpose of securing different…

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Current Topics Federation Gold Mine

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 2

Mr. Jim Albury, of the Federation Mine at the Bowman, has just cleaned up after a crushing of 50 tons of are from which was…

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Stroud Coal Seams Early Reference

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 3

In view of the application which has been lodged at the Warden's Office, Newcastle by a company which proposes to open a colliery near Stroud,…

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A Coal Crisis

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 1

A tremendous industrial upheaval is threatened in Great Britain, and it may involve Australia. If it eventuates, there is no telling…

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"Mystery Gold." an Island Story

Macleay Argus · Friday 30 April 1926 · page 9

We have received from the publishers, Angus and Robertson, a copy of "Mystery Gold," a story of the Islands, by Bartlett Adamson. The story…

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The Coal Dispute

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 May 1926 · page 4

Asked last night whether the Government wan doing anything regarding the coal trouble the Premier said he had every confidence that the…

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Coal Strike in Britain. Million Workers Idle. London, May 2nd

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 4 May 1926 · page 2

A strike in the coal-mining industry began at midnight on Friday. The country is faced with a complete stoppage in the coalfields, with more…

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