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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

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Bankrupt's Luck Struck Gold in New Guinea. Pays Back Creditors

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 8 April 1927 · page 4

Examined by Mr. W. H. Palmer, official assignee, before the Registrar in Bankruptcy (Mr. N. C. Lockhart) on Wednesday, in Sydney. Harold…

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Coal and Strikes

The Northern Champion · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 4

As a result of continuous strikes on the northern coalfields shipments of coal for the past three months show an enormous…

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Metals Dearer Than Gold

The Northern Champion · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 7

Gold is generally looked upon as the last word of costliness, but, as a matter of fact, there are more metals dearer than…

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City Underlaid with Gold

The Northern Champion · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 7

The ground on which Philadelphia is built is said to be one of the richest goldfieds in the world. The only difference there…

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Bankrupt's Luck. Struck Gold in New Guinea. Pays Back Creditors

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 9 April 1927 · page 7

Examined by Mr. W. H. Palmer, official assignee, before the Registrar in Bankruptcy, on Wednesday (Mr. N. C. Lockbert) Harold Joseph Hutch…

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Walllsend Colliery Flooded

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 4

An extensive subsidence occurred in the Wallsend Soccer Football club's area during the flood early on Saturday morning, the scene has been…

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Where the Gold Goes. Tons of the Precious Metal Are Wasted Every Year

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 April 1927 · page 7

In spite of the fact that the value of the gold taken out of the earth has for many years past averaged over £60,000,000 sterling, there is…

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New Guinea Gold

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 29 April 1927 · page 2

Mr. H. J. Hutchinson, who has returned to Sydney after having spent eight months in prospecting at Edie Creek, in the Mandated Territory,…

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Edie Creek Gold

The Northern Champion · Saturday 30 April 1927 · page 4

Miners at Edie Creek, giving evidence at Rabual, before the Royal Commission deposed to having won large quantities of gold…

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Rich Gold Find in W.a

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1927 · page 2

A telegram from Southern Cross (W.A. states that a new gold find. three [?] west of Westonia town site is described as the richest since…

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£10,000 One-man Tin Mine Grazier Fails to See the Signs on Uprooted Tree

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1927 · page 4

What promises to be one of the richest one-man in mines of the north has been discovered on the property of a Glen lunes grazier…

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Must Proceed Premier on the Elections Charlton and Miners Move for Peace

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 1

According to the Premier (Mr. Lang), he intends to go ahead with his, [?] to hold the elections at the [?] possible moment."…

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"Angel of Bulolo." How Mrs. Booth Became Goldfield's Florence Nightingale

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 June 1927 · page 5

Known to hundreds of miners and Prospectors of "the Angel of Bulolo" and "the Florence Nightingale of the Goldfields,"…

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Export of Gold

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1927 · page 4

From April 1, 1926, to date, gold specie exported from Sydney has amounted to £13,000,000. Of this amount, £10,500,000 represents gold imported from the United…

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Proposed Steel Works & Smelter at Port Stephens. Iron Ore, Limestone and Coal. Between Dungog and Stroud

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1927 · page 3

A company has engaged the services of an expert prospector to secure the rights of iron, limestone and coal in the district of Port…

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Gold Mining in Victoria

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 10 June 1927 · page 2

From a crushing of 16 tons of stone a party working on a reef at Bolinda Vale, within 20 miles of Melbourne has obtained 93oz of the gold after…

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Hidden Hoard in Tomb Ton of Gold and Jewels Mummified Jockey Found. Constantinople Excavations

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1927 · page 1

A wonderful discovery of treasure in an ancient tomb was reported recently from Constantinople. The British expedition which is…

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Gold Mining Industry

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 2

Mr. Bruce. the Prime Minister, stated that the Development and Migration Commission would make a further report regarding the Australian…

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Gold Mine Sheep Station Creek Find. Rich Assays

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 2

A gold-bearing reef, 3ft. wide, has been discovered on Sheep Station Creek, on the Glen Innes road, 46 miles from Grafton. It has been…

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The March of Progress Proposed Steel Works and Smelter. at Port Stephens. Iron Ore, Limestone and Coal. Between Dungog and Stroud

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 17 June 1927 · page 1

A company has engaged the services of an expert prospector to secure the rights of iron, limestone and coal in the district of Port…

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