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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1928

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Current Topics Gold Mining at Copeland

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 2

A crushing, by Messrs Harris and Party, from the Webeck Bros, lease at Copeland, yielded 42 ounces of gold, averaging about 5 ounces to the…

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Sale of Mining Plant

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 2

Mining machinery at the Mummell River, sold at the Court House, Gloucester, on Tuesday, was purchased by Mr. J. Moffatt…

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Where Women Coal Ships

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1928 · page 7

In Nagaski, and in other important bunkering ports in Japan, ships are coaled by women. Little Japanese women, handing up shovelfuls of coal…

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£1,000,000,000 in Gold. Recalls Tragic Story of the Incas

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1928 · page 1

Half of the world monetary gold si now in this country, chortles the New York "Herald". It is worth more than [?] a half [?] dodars…

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P. D. S. Column. the Coal Outlook

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 4

The economic position of this product of great utility, upon which industry is so dependent, has become a grave public concern. The export…

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A Wealthy Baby Worth Its Weight in Gold Capetown

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 1

A baby born at Vryheid, Natal, is worth its weight in gold. In August last year Miss Saran Slater died in Australia and willed…

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Relief Work for Idle Coal Miners. £300,000 for Newcastle District

The Northern Champion · Saturday 19 May 1928 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, the Acting Premier, Mr. Buttenshaw. announced that the Government had decided to make…

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Sugar Bag of Gold

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 2

A reader of the "R.R. Herald" is reminded, by a paragraph about a hidden hoard of gold, of a story told by an old settler on the Upper Richmond…

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P. D. S. Column the Coal Outlook

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 23 May 1928 · page 1

The economic position of this product of great utility, upon which industry is so dependent, has become a grave public concern. The export…

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P.d.s. Column. the Coal Outlook

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 May 1928 · page 9

The economic position of this product of great utility, upon which industry is so dependent, has become a grave-public concern. The export trade…

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P.d.s. Column the Coal Outlook

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 25 May 1928 · page 1

The economic position of this product of great utility, upon which industry is so dependent, has become a grave public concern. The export…

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Hidden Hoard of Gold

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1928 · page 1

A hoard of gold hidden by his uncle, after the financial crashes of 1893, is rumoured to have been unearthed on his farm, near Largs, by Mr. Jack…

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P.d.s. Column. the Coal Out Look

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 May 1928 · page 3

The economic position of this pro[?]t of great utility, upon which in[?]try is so dependent, has become a [?]ave public concern. The Export…

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P.D.S. Column the Coal Outlook

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 4

The economic position of this product of great utility, upon which industry is so dependent, has become a grave public concern. The export…

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The Declining Australian Gold Field

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 20 June 1928 · page 6

The ever-decreasing gold Held, of Australia has at last compelled the authorities responsible, to consider seriously to increase our output and…

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That "Bag of Gold" Story

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 4

Thus the "Daily Examiner": The following appeared in a recent issue of the Dungog "Chronicle" regarding a paragraph in last issue in reference to…

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Another Gold Find in Papua

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 22 June 1928 · page 2

During the latter part of the week (says the Rabaul "Times" of May 18th) Rabaul has been alive with rumors regarding a rich gold strike…

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Another Treasure Hunt. Lost Galleon's Gold. One of the Great Armada

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 3

Yet another attempt is to be made to wrest from the sea the treasure which is supposed to be hidden in a Spanish galleon, one…

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Russian Gold

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 27 June 1928 · page 2

According to Mr. J. Balley, President of the A.W.U. before the briery commission the Russian Government had Voted 700,000, for…

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Gold Mining

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 29 June 1928 · page 2

Messrs J. Albury and party have completed a crushing at the Federation, Upper Bowman, obtaining a return of 41ozs 14dwts from 15 tons…

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