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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

123 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 7

The Pit-sinker. the Pioneer Whose Duty It Is to First Find Coal

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 4

At a moment when the troubles of the coal trade fill so large a space in the newspapers, it may not be inappropriate to sketch the life and…

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Mining

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 May 1922 · page 2

Dredging lease O.L. 45, parish Corowa, county Hume, in the name of Mooratunka Gold Dredging Co., is to be conceited on Junt 3 next…

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Gold Finds. Excitement at Canbeleco

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 May 1922 · page 4

There is keen excitement at Canbelego in the Cobar district through the additional finds of gold hearing reeds at Mariel Tank on the railway line. [?]…

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Hunting for Gold Mines. The, Searcher Must Never Tire Of TRYING

The Independent · Friday 26 May 1922 · page 4

Of the many who read in their morning paper of "a revival in Kaffirs" for of "a minist[?]re gold rush in Nigeria," few realize how the…

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Deepest Gold Nice

The Independent · Friday 26 May 1922 · page 4

Australia is said to powers the deepest gold mine in the world. It is situated at Bendigo, Victoria, and [?] known as the New Chum Railway…

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Government Criticised on Coal Industry

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1922 · page 28

The Minister for Works, Sir Thomas Henley, in a statement, expressed keen dissatisfaction of the Commonwealth Government's attitude towards the coal…

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Gold Discovery

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 31 May 1922 · page 2

A message from Melbourne reports another gold discovery in a rabbit burrow at Kennedy's Gully, near Napoleon. One speak weighing over 7 dwt and another…

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Canbelego Gold Discovery

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 18

Over 200 visitors from Nyngan, Hermidale, Cobar and Canbelego visited the Muriel Tank field on Sunday. A novel sight was seen during the week end of men…

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Coal Dispute. Owners' Teems Flatly Rejected

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 28

The conference between colliery proprietors and miners' representatives on the proposals of the former for a reduction of 33 1-3 per cent. in the hewing rate,…

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Just Across the Bridge of Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 13

Once we were poor, mother darling, Cried a sad child one day; Now we are rich, but I'm lonely, Longing for sister May…

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Austral Pictures. "Mother O' Mine" To-night (Friday)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 3

The big subject to be screened by the Austral Co. to-night (Friday) is an Associated Producers' masterpiece entitled "Mother o' Mine." based on…

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Compulsory Coal Conference

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 19

The chairman of the Commonwealth Coal Industry Special Tribunal (Mr. Charles Hibble) announced that the compulsory conference, which he had decided…

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What Cheaper Coal Would Mean

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 30

The average price now paid by the Sydney Municipal Council for coal is 23/4 a ton, stated Mr. Nesbitt, town clerk of Sydney. In 1920 the average price was…

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Children's Story. the Peril of the Mines

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 13

"Heave—heave—heave—o-o-o!" Cheerily the deep-toned voice rang over the moonlit sea as the fishermen drew in the well-filled nets and let their contents…

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Mooratunka Gold Dredging Coy

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 June 1922 · page 2

The above company, which was wound up some little time-ago, has now paid the first and final dividend to its shareholders of 12 per share. The…

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Children's Story. the Peril of the Mines. (Concluded from last issue.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 13

So crowded had been every moment since the yawl had been run down that Dick Rudd had not had time to think of his father's fate…

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The Coal Dispute

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 June 1922 · page 2

Mr. Justice Higgins, in the High Court Chambers, granted an application on behalf of the Workers' Industrial Union, Mining Section…

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The Gold Mining Industry

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 2

The yield of gold in Victoria for May was 11,356oz. gross, or 10,040oz. fine, valued at £12,687. Compared with the return for May of last year this is a…

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Coal at Mansfield

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 2

Prospecting for coal throughout the district has been carried on for some months with the most promising results, and an application has now been…

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Riverina Coal Deposits

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 27

To the most casual student of the economic conditions governing the world, it is evident that the main factor which determines the national prosperity of a country…

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