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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

11 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Submarine Mines

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 3

Submarine mines are of three types—first, ground mines, which are usually of great size and laid directly, on the bottom if shallow seas; second…

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Coal Seeking in Ireland

Delegate Argus · Thursday 10 May 1923 · page 3

Professor Grenville coal is the Chairman of Geology at the Royal College of Science for Ireland, and his name-which, by the way, invites…

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There's Gold in Sea-water

Delegate Argus · Thursday 19 July 1923 · page 3

That there is gold in the sea is well known. Someone has even taken the trouble to compute the aproximate amount. Every ton of…

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Mining Revival at Bendoc. Bairnsdale Syndicate Operating

The Bombala Times · Friday 20 July 1923 · page 1

There are signs of an early revival in raining in the Bendoc district. A Bairnsdale syndicate has taken up the Victoria mine, and will equip it with…

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Don't Neglect a Gold. Never Neglect to Treat the Least Sign of a Cold with Peps

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 2

If you fear bronchitis, pleurisy and pneumonia, fear, then, every cold or chill. Once a cold gets on the chest there is no telling where…

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First Payable Gold. Monument Be Erected

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 13 August 1923 · page 2

To mark the site of the first discovery of payable gold in Australia, the Department of Mines proposes to erect an…

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Ice Making and Gold Storage

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 20 August 1923 · page 3

We are builders of machinery for Ice Making and Refrigerating purpose, and the quality of our goods is certainly not exceeded by any…

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Terrible Mining Tragedy. [?]Bird Colliery Explosion

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 3 September 1923 · page 2

On the Saturday afternoon the shift at the Bell bird Colliery, about three miles from Cesmosck (reports the "sunday News") comprising 31…

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Colliery Explosion

Delegate Argus · Thursday 6 September 1923 · page 2

One of the worst mining disasters in the history of this Slate occurred "at Bellnbird Colbery, Cessnock, on Saturday afternoon…

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21 Miners Killed. Fire and Explosions Cause Disaster. Heroic Deeds of Rescuers Cessnock

The Bombala Times · Friday 7 September 1923 · page 2

A fire, followed by several explosions, involving the loss of 21 lives, occurred in Bell bird colliery, three and a half miles from Cessnoek, an Saturday…

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Ice Making and Gold Storage

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 December 1923 · page 2

We are builders of machinery for ice Making and Refrigerating purpose, and the quality of our goods is certainly not exceeded by any…

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