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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1940

184 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 10 of 10

Fifty Miles of Coal Cut in One Year by Scottish Robot

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 10 December 1940 · page 8

Four coalcutters, built by a Scottish firm, have just been shipped to Chile to join the 17 already at work, there. These machines, the most…

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Another Mine

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 December 1940 · page 4

In a statement issued by the Navy Office it was reported that a British freighter struck a mine in South Australian waters on Saturday last, and had…

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Early Gold Discoveries

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 17 December 1940 · page 3

It is somewhat remarkable, in the light of after events, that the exploitation of the Victorian goldfields should have been delayed until the middle of…

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King Coal—decorator

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 December 1940 · page 7

Hare you ever thought that the brightest and gayest colors come from something that hasn't any color at all? Most modern colors come from coal,…

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Gold From Volcanoes

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 December 1940 · page 7

All sorts of valuable minerals are hurled from volcanoes during eruptions, and the craters of extinct volcanoes have proved rich in gold,…

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