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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1917

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Oaklands Coal Mine

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 2

Matters in connection with the Oaklands coal mine have for some time been at a standstill, but Mr J. T. Lane, upon whose property the…

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Coal for Norway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 25

Great Britain has prohibited the export of coal to Norway. The British Legation at Christiania states that thus action has been taken owing to the unsatisfactory…

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Great Britain and Norway Export of Coal Prohibited. The Norwegian Press Angry

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 2

Great Britain has prohibited the export of coal to Norway owing to the unsatisfactory manner in which Norway carried out certain obligations…

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Coorabin Coal Find

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 3

Mr. Rhys Thomas, late of the Government battery, recently paid a visit to the new coal fields at Coorabin, Oaklands, about 40 miles from Corowa. The…

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Oaklands Goal Mine

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 5

Matters in connection with the Oaklands coal mine have for some time been at a standstill, but Mr. J.T. Lane, upon whose property the mine is, states…

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Allies' Gold Resources

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 23

Samuel Montague and Co.'s bullion circular shows that at the end of 1916 the gold reserve in the Bank of Germany amounted to £126,000,000; Bank of…

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Coal in Dubbo District

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 32

It has been well known for years past that there are deposits of coal in the Ballimore district, but the want of railway communication put development out of the…

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An Alleged Gold Reef

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

A sensation has been caused at Sunny Corner by the arrival of a prospector with a rich bundle of quartz, which was more than half gold. A pary has…

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Heavy Coal Decrease

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 7

The exports of coal from the port of Newcastle for the year 1916 reached 2,037,o08 tons, valued at £1,556,297.being a decrease of 1,068,509 tons. of a total…

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Your Chairs and Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 14

It is strange how fow housekeepers there are who think it possible to recover their worth-but chairs. It looks like a difficult task; but I know from experience that it…

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The New Gold Find

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 7

Mr. A. B. C. Burke, mining warden,, visited the scene of the gold discovery at Dark Corner, eight miles from Sunny Corner. He was accompanied by many…

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Italian Battleship Sunk Strikes Two Mines. Missing Number 675. Captain and 14 Officers Amongst Victims

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 6

A Rome official message says:— The battleship Regina Margherita struck two mines in the open sea on Thursday night, and sank in a few…

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Coorabin Coal Find

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

Mr. Rhys Thomas, late of the Government battery, recently paid a visit to the new coal field at Coorabin, Oaklands about 40 miles from Corowa. The…

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Other Items Spain's Submarined Steamers Cruel Deportations From Belgium. Spanish Strikers Collide with Military. an Important Council in the Trentino. American Universities' Sympathy for Belgium. Miners Released for Service the Toll of the "U" Boats

The Riverine Grazier · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 2

Spain has addressed a new and energetic protest to Berlin regarding the torpedoing of Spanish steamers. A trustworthy eye-witness declares…

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Mother o' Mine

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 2

Mother o' mine, have no fear Now that the time is drawing near For us to go to the firing line, To help the boys to cross the Rhine…

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German Mines Adrift

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 21

News has been received from Copenhagen that Swedish torpedo boats have discovered a drifting minefield north of Kalmar on the Baltic coast of Sweden…

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British Mine Field in North Sea

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 2

The details regarding the new British mine-field in the North Sea show that practically the entire mouth of the Heligoland Bight is covered, and…

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New Gold Find at Lucknow

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 33

Mr. Bert Davis, who has been prospecting to the eastward of Lucknow, in the vicinity of the old rifle range, has come upon stone at a depth of 11 feet which…

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The "Coal Kings" of South Wales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 38

The "black diamond" millionaires of South Wales are the descendants, one, two, or three degrees removed, of those who had the good judgment or pure luck…

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Selected Poetry. Mother O'mine. (Sent by a Soldier to his Mother prior to leaving England for France)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 4

Mother of mine, have no fear, Now that the time is drawing near For us to go to the firing line, To help the boys to cross the Rhine…

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