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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

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4½ Oz. to Ton. £140 Slug of Gold

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 27 May 1933 · page 2

Mr. J. A. Puddicombe, a member of the syndicate working the Kookaburra gold mine, brought to Grafton 011 Saturday a 27½oz. slug of pure gold,…

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Correspondence Coal Miners and the Dole. (To the Editor)

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 June 1933 · page 4

Sir,—During its last sitting the Newcastle Synod passed a resolution that the Prime Minister should be asked to double the amount of the dole during…

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Search for Lost Gold

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1933 · page 2

Equipment for salving the gold of the historic English frigate Lutine, whose bell is known throughout the world as the "Lutine Bell" of Lloyd's,…

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Mackay Mining Expedition. Gold Venture

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 7 June 1933 · page 3

To investigate a number of gold reefs, said to have been discovered in Central Australia by members of Lassetter's second expedition, a party of…

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Gloucester Mine Company

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 9 June 1933 · page 2

Among companies registered in Sydney on Wednesday last was Kinsan Mine N.L., with a nominal capital of £9000, in £1 shares. The first…

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Current Topicc. Mining at Craven Creek

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 16 June 1933 · page 2

The new owners of the Bartlett's mine on Commonwealth Creek, the Kin San Mining Co., who have started work, brought into town during the…

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Australia's Biggest Mine. Nearly 60,000 Tons of Orb Per Month!

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1933 · page 6

The system of mining that is being pursued at Mt. Isa Mines is novel, and mining engineers throughout the world are keenly watching the…

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Taree, Thursday, June 22. (Before Mr. It. Donaldson, P.m.). Thefts of Coal

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 24 June 1933 · page 8

Hernert Beros, Leslie Carrie and James Farquhar Campbell, each pleaded guilty to having had in his possession at Taree on June 20 about 50-lb…

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Taree Police Court Thursday, 22nd JUNE. Before Mr. R. Donaldson, P.M. Coal in Possession

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 June 1933 · page 4

Hernett Beros (35), Leslie Currie (34) and Jas. Campbell Farquhar (32), pleaded guilty to having in their possession at Taree on 20th June coal to the value…

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Alluvial Gold Great Possibilities. Mr. H. Scorer's Opinion

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 3

The wealth that lies in Australia's vast alluvial gold-bearing areas has never been properly realised, according to Mr. Harry Scorer, a prospector…

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Taree, Thursday, June 22. (Before Mr. R. Donaldson, P.m.). Thefts of Coal

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 2

Hernert Beros, Leslie Currie and James Farquhar Campbell. each pleaded guilty to having had in his possession at Taree on June 20 about 50-1b…

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Gold Mining

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 2

The Kinsan Company at Craven Creek (Bartlett's mine) has put through the battery 8 tons of stone for approximately 80 ounces of gold…

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Wingham Police Court Friday, June 23. Before Mr. R. Donabison, P.M. Engineers' and Collieries' Supplies, Ltd. v Shoesmith. Mrs. A. H. Hill, Garnishee

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 4

Mr. M. M. Hooke appeared for the garnishee—Mrs. Hill. There was no appearance on behalf of the judgment creditor…

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Good For Townsville Gold Mines Re-opened

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 1

When the gold won at Townsville dropped to less than £4 per ounce, and the miners' wages were over £6 per week-- and they refused…

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Town Undermined by Coal Pits

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 3

Burslem, in Stafford hire, with the whole of the Potteries, is so undermined by coal pits as to be seriously menaced. Public and domestic…

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Gold Prospecting in Northern Districts

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 2

"The various mining areas in the northern district have been periodically visited by me during the year, and it is pleasing to report that the…

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Gold as Cartridges! Ninety-three Bank Smash Recalled

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 6

In the following article in the Brisbane "Daily Mail," Mr. P. Duffy, retired sub- inspector of police, recalls an incident of the bank smash…

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Gold Cup Presented

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 July 1933 · page 12

Mr. Claude Bridge, licensee of Tattersall's Hotel, has presented a handsome gold cup to the Kempsey Rugby Football League for challenge…

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Holterman's Nugget Gold Clerk's Narrative

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1933 · page 3

The publication on the illustration page of the "Herald" last week of an old photograph of Holterman's famous gold nugget, discovered at Hill…

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Holterman's Nugget. Gold Clerk's Narrative

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 21 July 1933 · page 2

The publication on the illustration page of the "Sydney Morning Herald" on Wednesday, July 12th, 1933, of an old photograph of Holterman's…

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