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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

123 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 7

Will Gold Become Worthless

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 33

Can you imagine people refusing to give more than a shilling a piece for genuine sovereigns from the bank? It sounds incredible, yet it is a thing…

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More Precious Than Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 44

An interesting history attaches to a small packet about 2½in. square which recently arrived in London. It weighed 2½lb. and was eagerly bought…

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General Cables. Mine Massacre. Women Beaten to Death. New York, June 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 23

Messages from Rerrin, in Illinois, indicate that the mine riots and massacres were mere ghastly even than was at first believed. The bodies of five women, some…

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Coorabin Coal Mine. Further Expert Opinion

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 4

Supplementing the favorable reports previously received by Riverina Collieries, Limited, in regard to the black coal contents of their field at Oaklands…

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Brown Coal Cheaper

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 44

The Victorian Minister for Mines announced recently that it had been decided to reduce the price of the various grades of brown coal by 1/ a ton from July 1…

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Assays 88 Tons of Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 44

E. E. Beraud, now in Paris is believed to hold the distinction of having individually handled more raw gold than any other in tho history of Alaska. During…

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Mining Disaster in New Zealand

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 31

As the outcome of an accident at the Mangahao hydro-electric works, near Shannon, N.Z., Bevon men lost their lives on Sunday night. They were suffocated by…

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Wonders of "Whit[?] Coal." the World's Work Done by Water

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 1

Britain owes her industrial position to her supply of good black coal; she may lose it by failing to taxe advantage of her "white coal."…

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Will Gold Become Worthless. Striking Facts About the Precious Metal

The Independent · Friday 14 July 1922 · page 4

Can you imagine people refusing to give more than a shilling apiece for genuine sovereigns from the Bank? It sounds incredible, yet it is a…

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Rutherglen Mine Gravel

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 July 1922 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Rutherglen shire council the engineer (Mr. P. Lingford) reported that the N.S.W. Government authoritles have been…

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Pirate Gold

The Independent · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 4

An enormous amount of hidden treasure has lately been discovered near Cuxhaven, in Germany. it is valued at 20,000,000 marks…

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The Big Strike in the U.S.A. Railwaymen and Coal Miners Out. A Million Men Involved

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 2

With the complete collapse of the peace negotiations in the railway strike the United States is facing the full gravity of the industrial crisis…

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The American Coal Strike. a Serious Position. Greatest industrial Struggle on Record

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 1

At Washington it is stated that the coal situation is regarded to have reached a most serious pass. The fear is openly stated that the nation…

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Mining Notice

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 July 1922 · page 2

Portions 210 and 220 and 223 and 277 inclusive, parish of Brocklesby, County Hume, have been reserved from occupation under miner's right or…

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Animal Gold Miners

The Independent · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 4

The account published recently of a Syrian goose, in the gizzard of which was found flakes of pure gold, calls to mine a similar case which…

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A Coal Contract

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 2

During the term of the Dooley Government the trawling industry, under the management of Mr. Summergreene, was pointed to as…

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Boring for Coal

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 2

In the Legislative Council of Victotia, last week the Hon. R. H. S. Abbot asked the Attorney-General if the attention of the Government…

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Coal Award Stands

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 3

In dismissing the application of the employers for the cancellation of the miners award, Mr. Hibble, chairman of the Coal Tribunal, said that if he granted the…

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British Broken Hill Mine. Directors' Report on Position

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 3

At a meeting of the British Broken Hill Company, the chairman stated that if the revision of Judge Edmunds' award was a satisfactory…

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Riverina Collieries Ltd. Coal Mine at Oaklands the Greatest Public Boon of the 20th CENTURY

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 2

Ever since the reported discovery of coal at Oaklands, some five years ago, negotiations of come kind or other have been going on with the view of…

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