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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

84 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 4 of 5

Heroism in Mines

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 October 1927 · page 7

Never yet was there a mining disaster of any magnitude without several instances of individual gallantry in saving boys alone (says a writer in…

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State Coal Mine

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 4 October 1927 · page 2

Mr. A. J. Brown, Nationalist candidate for Bathurst, told the electors that at the State Colliery, Lithgow the output was only 2.7 tons per…

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Gloucester Coal Mine

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 2

Mr. A. J. Miller and party, who have leased the Gloucester Colliery are busy getting everything in working order and anticipate putting out coal in…

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Gold Mining

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 2

Messrs Webeck Bros. brought in from Copeland this week as 26 ounce slug of retorted gold, being an average of 64 ounces to the ton of stone…

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Mount Nelson Ores Mining Co. Ltd. the Upper Chichester Lodes. Latest Report From Mine Manager

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 21 October 1927 · page 2

For the past few weeks we have been engaged in further opening up the lode by putting cuts across from wall to wall. In the centre of…

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Rawdon Vale Gold. Kurri Visitor After It. The following appeared in the Cessnock "Engle" "—

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1927 · page 2

Mr. P. J. Cantwell, uncle of Mr. "Tommy" Cantwell, of Lang Street, Kurri, is "off on the wallsby track" on Saturday morning…

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Rawdon Vale Gold Kurri Visitor After It

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 28 October 1927 · page 2

Mr. P. J. Cantwell, uncle of Mr. "Tommy" Cantwell, of Lang Street, Kurri, is "off on the wallaby track," (says the Cessnock "Eagle")…

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Yorkshire's Lead Mines

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 November 1927 · page 7

The history ol lead mining in Yorkshire was traced back for nearly 2,000 years by Dr. A. Raistrick in an address to the Bradford Scientific…

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Rich Gold Reef Found. in New Guinea

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

NEWS of a reef in New Guinea, five miles long and thirty feet wide, which shows gold wherever it bas been tested, and gives 20 ounces to the ton,…

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More Gold Passes

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 2

The following appointments were made to the Legislative Council at a meeting of the Executive Council on Monday: Alfred Macartney Hemsley,…

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New Antiseptic Coal Tar Product. Important Announcement. London, Nov. 3

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1927 · page 4

Sir Alfred Mond, chairman of Imperial Industries, Ltd., speaking in London to-day, before chemists and doctors, made his promised statement…

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Rich Gold Reef Discovered in New Guinea

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 11 November 1927 · page 7

News of a reef in New Guinea, five miles long and thirty feet wide, which shows gold wherever it has been tested, and gives 20 ounces to…

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Curious Places of Worship. a Chapel in a Coal Pit

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 November 1927 · page 8

The mines' chapel in Mynnd Meniggd Colliery at Swansea, where for a period extending over half a century the toilers of the mine have…

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40 Ounces to Ton—gold at Eden

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 22 November 1927 · page 2

Forty ounces of gold in the ton is the yield of 35 cwt. of ore taken by two prospectors. Messrs Dickle and M'Leod, from their…

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Gloucester Colliery

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 2

The Gloucester Colliery is again working and a good quality coal being raised. The main problem in front of the infant industry is to find…

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Mining

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 6

"Hastings Shire Gazette": Since the completion of the road into the tin mines at Gundle, a quantity of ore has been drawn to Beechwood…

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Mining

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 November 1927 · page 7

Since the completion of the road into the tin mines at Gundle, a quantity of ore has been drawn to Beechwood battery tor treatment. A trial…

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Something Like a Goldfield

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 December 1927 · page 4

FORTY ounces of gold to the ton is the yield of 35cwt. of ore taken by two prospectors, Messrs. Dickie and McLeod, from their recently-discovered…

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To Clean Tarnished Gold Braid and Fringe

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 7 December 1927 · page 7

When gold braid and fringe trimming have become tarnished the very best way to restore them to their natural state is by mixing paste of I…

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All Is Not Gold Etc

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 9 December 1927 · page 2

Mr. Norman Shaw has something out of the ordinary run of Jersey cows and if she knows anything of the reputation this dairy breed has…

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