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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

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The Gold Mines in Our Teeth

The Northern Champion · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 7

Do you know (asks an exchange paper) that £100,0O0, taken out of our stock of gold, is the price that we pay annually for having our teeth cared for ? With…

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Beach Mining. Big Outlay for Dredges and Equipment

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 1

In a recent interview with some of the parties interested in the working of the beach sands between the Clarence and Richmond Rivers (says…

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Beach Mining. Big Outlay for Dredges and Equipment

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 8

In a recent interview with some of parties interested in the working of the beach sands between the Clarence and Richmond Rivers we learned…

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Underground Gold. Published by Arrangement.)

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 1

"Since the underground liquor traffic grew to its present gigantic size it has paid for protection with an ever-swelling flow of gold, estimated…

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Illicit Gold Buying Nicely Trapped

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 1

The main State in the Commonwealth where illicit gold buying is carried on, is West Australia, and it was while hunting up these people…

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Mining Township Engulfed. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 3

A message from Brisbane states that flood waters, which suddenly engulfed the tin mining township of Fossilbrook, left only two buildings standing. The…

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Lost Gold

The Northern Champion · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 8

Scotty was a Lower Manning farmer, who could de[?] [?]ate—he would get on." Every morning he lit a small snug…

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Lost Gold

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 2

Few folks on Upper Manning realise the amount of gold they lose in floods. A canny Scot on Lower Manning always kept his fire going on…

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Romance of a Gold Mine

The Northern Champion · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 7

Near Como a mining town in Colorado, is a mountain lake—a small but deep body of water, clear and cold, which seems to be in the centre of an ancient volcano. Several…

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Mines Under the Ocean

The Northern Champion · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 7

The Chillan coal mines, opened in 1855, seen to be quite pleasant places to work in. The seam of coal runs from the coast line under the waters of the Pacific Ocean, and…

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Coal Crisis. All Northern Mines Idle. 15,000 Men Affected

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 February 1927 · page 8

Every coal mine in the Newcastle and Maitland districts was idle on Wednesday. About 15,000 miners, wheelers and off-hand laborers have…

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"Tons of Gold" Rush to New Guinea

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 2

According to Mr. J. J. Glimore, who left his plantation near Rabaul in charge of his wife and burried to the New Guinea goldfields five months…

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Mine Disasters in England. 75 Believed Dead

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 4

Two tragic mine accidents in England early on Tuesday morning resulted in the death, It is believed. of 75 men, and serious Injury to many…

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Gold Discovered 18 Miles From Perth

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 4 March 1927 · page 4

Gold has been discovered between Parkerville and Hovea in the Darling ranges about 18 miles from Perth at a depth of 40 feet. The average…

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English Mine Accidents

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 5

Two tragic mine accidents early on Tuesday morning resulted in the death of, it is believed, 76 men, and serious injury to many others…

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To Polish Gold Embroidery

The Northern Champion · Saturday 5 March 1927 · page 2

Tarnished gold embroidery may be cleaned with a brush dipped in pulverised burnt alum. Brush off any powder than remains after the cleaning is done…

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More Miners' Troubles. 9000 Men Idle

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 12 March 1927 · page 5

WITH the exception of Pelaw Main Colliery all the large collieries on the South Maitland coalfields were again idle on Wednesday, as result of the action of the…

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Coal in Algeria

The Northern Champion · Saturday 19 March 1927 · page 7

Coal has recently been discovered in various parts of Algeria, as well as several seems of lignite, and although the quality, cannot be compared to Welsh, It certainly…

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Lure of Gold

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 4

The Federal Government will not allow everyone to become a "digger in New Guinea. Those who picture the Edie Creek…

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Valla Gold Mines School

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 8 April 1927 · page 4

Mr. Roy S. Vincent, M.L.A., forwards the following letter from the Education Department:-- "With reference to the personal…

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