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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1928

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

The Coal Industry

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 2

A heated debate took place in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday on a proposal by the Premier that the coal rehabilitation scheme be debated. At…

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Gold in New Guinea

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 2

News of the discovery of a new and more promising reef in New Guinea was brought to Sydney this week by a Party of mining men who…

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The World's Deepest Mine

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 7

One cold morning in July two of us, looking like soldiers in tin helmets and army greatcoats, stepped into a steel box suspended over a hole in the…

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Gold From Silver. Tulloch Silver and Ore Treatment Co

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 9 October 1928 · page 3

Far away pastures always look green and the cows thereon have long horns. Hence, mining propositions in Australia have not always had the…

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New Guinea Gold. Big Reef Found

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 October 1928 · page 4

News of the discovery of a new gold , reef at New Guinea, which is expected to prove the greatest and richest in the southern hemisphere, was…

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Romance of Millions Wealth in Past Ages. Dazzling Tales of Gold—the Richest Men in History. Pharoahs' Vast Fortunes

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 3

The £10,000,000 estate of Sir Geo. Wills, recently announced, proves the famous tobacco king to have been one of the richest men in Great…

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Mining Fountain Pen Tips

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 November 1928 · page 7

In the early days, Tasmanian prospectors operating in the north-west of the island found a rich belt of country which yielded a variety of mineral…

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Valedictory. to Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Martin. Presentation of Wallet Of Notes Gold Watch

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 November 1928 · page 7

A very large and representative gathering of the leading citizens of Queanbeyan and district, including a number of ladies, assembled in the…

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Current at Coal

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 November 1928 · page 3

London news says that electricity is actually being supplied to the public on a commercial scale at prices ranging per Board of Trade unit or kilowatt,…

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Oil From Coal

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 23 November 1928 · page 2

Dr. Joseph Hemke, a director of the brown coal refineries in Germany, who is now visiting the Commonwealth, says the whole of Australia's…

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Oil From Coal. Briton's Amazing Discovery. Will Revolutionise Industry

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 30 November 1928 · page 1

In the House of Commons recently, Mr. Tom Johnston, M.P., asked the Prime Minister if he were aware that Polish coal interests were…

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Hunting for Gold Mines. the Searcher Must Never Tire of Trying

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1928 · page 8

Of the many who read in their morning paper of "a revival in affairs" or of "a miniature gold rush in Nigeria," few realize how the…

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Deepest Gold Mine

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 December 1928 · page 8

Australia is said to possess the deepest gold mine in the world. It is situated at Bendigo, Victoria, and is known as the New Chum Railway…

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Gold Hauds!

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 December 1928 · page 7

A week or two back it was announced, on excellent authority, that the new tenant of an old manor-house in Hertfordshire, whilst…

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Namie Creek Gold Ore Worth £50 a Ton

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 21 December 1928 · page 1

Reports regarding the value of the gold discovery at Namie Creek have been received by the Home Affairs Department from the mining warden…

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