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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1926

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Gold Thieving. How Westralian Thieves Work

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 8

One feature of the investigations by detectives in connection with the murder of Inspector Walsh and Sergeant Pitman, which is likely to have…

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Where Gold-fish Are Reared

The Northern Champion · Saturday 31 July 1926 · page 7

The great gold-fish farm of the world is in Indiana, U.S.A., where thousands are reared and exported to England every year. Among the many specimens produced in…

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Gold ! Gold! Vanished Glories

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 6 August 1926 · page 3

The enlargment of an ancient photograph, taken in front of Gloucester's leading, and possibly only, hotel of the period, will conjure up…

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Cargo of Coal

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 August 1926 · page 4

The N.C.S.N. Co.'s steamer "Nambucca" arrived in the Macleay on Wednesday evening, and on Thursday unloaded a heavy cargo of coal at…

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"Would Sacrifice Gold Pass."

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 10 August 1926 · page 2

Addressing a meeting of the Goulburn A.L.P., Mr. Keegan, M.L.C., said that rather than allow his gold pass to influence his vote on the abolition of…

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Gold!

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 7

Mr. Hamilton, editor of the "Rabaul Time's," formerly of Dunedin, has cabled to the Dunedin "Star," stating that at Morobe goldfield ten…

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Goldfield's Horror. Clarke's Story. Keen Interest in Trial. Perth

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 6

The extremely keen public interest manifested in the trial of William Coulter and Phillip John Treffene on a charge of wilfully murdering…

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The Lure of Gold

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 3

Trouble threatens on the Papuan (New Guinea)) goldfields, which, it is stated, promise to become among the most remarkable in the world…

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Imprisoned. in Mine Shaft. for Six Days

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 3 September 1926 · page 4

Ah Adelaide message dated Sunday last states that William S. T. Forth, 54, a member of a road-repairing gang at O'Halloran Hill, last Sunday…

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Turning Silver Into Gold

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1926 · page 2

A French scientist claims that he can turn silver into gold. For centuries alchemists had the same goal in flew, with their…

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Turning Silver Into Gold

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 10 September 1926 · page 7

A French scientist claims that he can turn silver into gold. For centuries all chemists had the same goal in view, with their…

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Miners Back at Work

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1926 · page 5

THE Executive of the Miners' Federation (England) informed the delegate meeting on Thursday that reports from the various districts indicated…

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The Lake of Gold

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1926 · page 7

There is a lake in a silent fold of the Colombian Andes, 10,000 feet above sea level, which is paved with gold, or very nearly so…

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Bulolo Gold

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 7

Many apparently authentic stories are being told of the enormous wealth of the Bulolo gold area. The people of the mandated…

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Nugget of Gold — Exceeds 101 Ounces

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 22 October 1926 · page 3

A Kalgoorlie message states that a nugget of gold weighing 101 ounces 3dwts in the rough was brought in from St. Ives by William Douglas, a…

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Gold Ship £10,000 Worth Arrives From Salamoa. the New Guinea Fields

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 29 October 1926 · page 1

Four thousand ounces of gold worth approximately £10,000 came to Sydney on Wednesday in the strong room of the Melusia from the New…

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Famous Mine Gamble

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 1

Probably the most costly game of a[?]ds on record was that in which the late Mr. George McCulloch, Chairman of the Broken Hill…

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Pedigree Gold Fish

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 November 1926 · page 3

Mr. E. Murata, a Japanese, has the distinction of being the "Gold Fish King," of America, and operates his remarkable "ranch" at San…

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Goldfields Disturbance

The Northern Champion · Saturday 6 November 1926 · page 6

A message from Rabaul states that trouble occurred at the Edie Creek gold field. A number of cases of claim-jumping occured and…

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New Britain Goldfield Trouble. Claim-jumper Shot. an Unfounded Rumor. Sydney

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 November 1926 · page 8

A message from Rahaul reports trouble at Edie Creek goldfield. There are several cases of claim-jumping, and one claim-jumper is reported to…

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