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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

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Deep Mine Marvels

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 6

For centuries roan has been engaged in barrowing his way deeper and deeper into the crust of old Mother Earth, in order to extract the…

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Rush for Gold. Large Area Pegged Out

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 9

Reports indicate that the mine at Lower Beilsdown, 12 miles from Dorrigo, recently worked by T. Maher, but later taken over by a syndicate…

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Struck It Rich—gold Find at Dorrigo

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 2

Reports Indicate that the mine at Lower Bellsdown, 12 miles from Dorrigo, recently worked by T. Maher, but later taken over by a syndicate, is…

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Oil Fuel From New South Wales Coal English Experts Enthusiastic. London

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 3

New South Wales coal treated here for the extraction of fuel has given such satisfactory results that experts predict thai if the principle is applied…

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Any Goldfields Left? British Yukon the Eldorado of the Future

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 1 July 1927 · page 2

The paralysing effect of the "money strangle" due to the grave shortage of gold, is the chief topic of the business world to-day. With…

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Mining

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 11

Wauchope "Gazette" publishes the following mining information:--Mr. W. Jones is prospecting a copper lode somewhere in the vicinity…

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Cundle Tin Mines

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1927 · page 4

FROM Gundle Tin Mines we learn that a 14-mile road into the mine has just about been completed. We understand that in the vicinity of 200 tons of ore are at grass…

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A Monster Mineral Lode Mining at Upper Chichester

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1927 · page 1

For many years a huge mineral formation has been known to exist in the hills near the head of the Chichester River…

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Edie Creek Gold

The Northern Champion · Saturday 30 July 1927 · page 4

A gold reef has been discovered at Edic Creek showing 20 ounces to the ton…

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Gold Hoarding Extravagance in India

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 3 August 1927 · page 4

In estimating the national wealth of the British Empire, India affords considerable scope for investigation, as the amount of precious metal…

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Mr. Morgan Mine. to Be Shut Down

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 3 August 1927 · page 4

The world-famous Mount Mirgan gold and copper mine in Queensland is to be shut down permanently. All the assets are to be sold and the…

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Children's Corner An Uncelebrated Mine

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 10 August 1927 · page 3

Memories of many high hopes and dreams hover around Drake, a tiny township on the' north coast of New South Wales. Once it figured in a…

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Inn the Armchair. Why Coal Is a Luxury. Mining a Vast Gamble with Nature

The Northern Champion · Saturday 13 August 1927 · page 7

A[?] a year ago a North of England daily announced that the se[?] for the last Cheadle coal seam had at last been [?]doned after £70,000 had been spent…

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Mining Excitement at Upper Chichester

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 2

Following th e Successful assays of the ores of the Mount Nelson Ores Mining Co., Ltd., the attention of mining men has been centred on the…

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Coal Shortage Courtesies

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1927 · page 7

Yes, there was a light shining from his room. He must have left it on, and forgotten to latch the door—and carelessness was not a fault of his…

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Nugget of Gold Old Digger's Find. Kalgoordie

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 August 1927 · page 1

Mr. J. Rowan, aged 81 years, who came from Victoria for the "Back to the Goldfieds Carnival," has had the luck to unearth a nugget of gold…

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Mining Eyes on Mount Nelson

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 2 September 1927 · page 10

Keen interest is being displayed in the mineral lode on the slopes or Mount Nelson, Upper Chichester. The Mount Nelson Mineral Ores Company…

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377Oz. Nugget of Gold

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 1

A message from Edie Creek. New Guinea, stales that last week Mr. John Wood, late, of the staff of the Administration, found a nugget weighing…

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Your Garden and Mine

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 September 1927 · page 6

Have you seen tall larkspur With rosy hollyhocks? Or purple wings, half folded, Or irises in flocks?…

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Petrol From Coal

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1927 · page 2

Dealing with the petrol possibilities in coal, Mr. Baddeley, speaking at Granville, pointed out that experiments with coal were being carried…

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