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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1953

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Full Judgment in Mining Company Claim

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 3

ARMIDALE. -- Judgment was given in the Armidale Warden's Court on Friday by Mr. N. E. Fegan, S.M., in a claim by Clyde C. Cavanagh, of Kempsey, against the Kempsey Mines…

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Film News "Because You Re Mine"

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 25 September 1953 · page 6

This week's big screen news is that Mario Lanza is back in another great singing role to rival that of "The Great…

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Pressure Mines Loom As Soviet Threat

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 25 September 1953 · page 3

The pressure mine, known to be in Russia's possession, is a naval threat "so deadly that it may be capable of rendering…

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Oh! For Coal Mine In This District

Macleay Argus · Monday 28 September 1953 · page 8

CESSNOCK: The Joint Coal Board was thanked for its donation of £18,000 towards the Cessnock…

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Open Column Smoky Cape Beach Mining

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 30 September 1953 · page 3

SIR,-- Reference your articles on the above subject in the issues dated September 4th. and September 25th. of…

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Trench Silos Proved a Gold Mine to Farmers

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 2 October 1953 · page 2

The small number of trench silos' laid down on the Upper Manning this year have been a veritable gold mine to their owners, the District Daily Officer, Mr. D. Crowfoot, says in his monthly report issued…

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Mining of Minerals on Along North Coast

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 7 October 1953 · page 7

A recent report stated that an application had been made for permission to mine in the sea--off the North Coast of N.S.W.--for recovering rutile and zircon minerals…

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More Beach Mining Leases

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 14 October 1953 · page 3

The Macleay Shire Council, on Monday, received a letter from the Department of Mines, asking if the…

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Gold Coins Stored In Old Teapots

Macleay Argus · Friday 30 October 1953 · page 1

DURBAN (South Africa): Johannesburg gardeners were advised by Durham military pensioner L. B…

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Miners Co-operate in Other Countries

Macleay Argus · Monday 2 November 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Nov. 1. -- A mining expert, Mr. E. E. Warren, Chairman of the Associated Colliery Owners, said today…

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President Gold on Soviet Hints

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 4 November 1953 · page 6

WASHINGTON. -- Soviet hints that Premier Georgi Malenkov might like a meeting of the Big Four leaders…

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Mineral Mining Danger to Beaches

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 7

SYDNEY: Many Australian beaches would disappear if mining for rutile and zircon were allowed to…

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High Gold Yield in Queensland Crushing

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 2 December 1953 · page 7

TENTERFIELD.--On a claim west of Amiens near the old Pikedale gold fields out of a crushing of 2.0790 tons of ore, Mr. Albert Duck, of Stanthorpe, received a return of 52.4753 oz. of gold and 14.5822…

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Plenty of Coal for Holidays

Macleay Argus · Monday 21 December 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Dec. 20: Tomorrow 30,000 mine workers will officially begin their annual holidays, and they…

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"El Dorado" Gold on Upper Macleay

Macleay Argus · Thursday 31 December 1953 · page 3

This is a tale of long ago, when it was strange to find partly civilised aborigines roaming the Macleay, and stranger still to note that Kobrabal and Gumas were more advanced than many of their…

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