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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

252 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 13

Australia's First Gold Discovery

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 32

Arrangements are being made by the Mines Department to erect an obleisk at Opl[?]ir to mark the site of the first discovery in Australia of payable gold…

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The Collieries Dispute. Nine Mines Now idle

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 December 1923 · page 3

Nine Northern collieries are now idle, three stopping yesterday owing to disputes over one cause and another…

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Miners' Federation Tactics

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1923 · page 3

Evidence that at least a section of the miners on the Northern coalfield are bitterly opposed to the tactics of certain members of the Miners'…

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South Coast Mines

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1923 · page 31

A conference is being arranged by the miners' executive with the directors of the Helensbury mine on the subject of extra pay for the "splitting…

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Buried Under Hundreds of Tons of Coal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1923 · page 38

A man, whose name is believed to be Richard Davis, was buried under hundreds of tons of coal on board the steamer Ascanius at Sydney. The…

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Freezing the World's Food. Gold Storage Facts That Will Surprise You

The Independent · Friday 14 December 1923 · page 5

Almost everything we sat and wear is affected at some stage or other by artificial refrigeration. The food on your breakfast or…

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The Northern Collieries. Five Resume. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 December 1923 · page 4

Five coal mines resumed work yesterday, but Pelaw Main was thrown idle owing to shortage of water…

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Nine Collieries Idle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1923 · page 41

Three more mines on the Northern coalfields were laid idle, making a total of nine idle. At Stockton-Borehole trouble arose…

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Tumut, Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1923 · page 15

Oh! I'm many miles away from the scenes of childhood's day, And I'm dwelling on the old place once again…

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Carving in Coal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 December 1923 · page 4

That he has sold coal at a higher price than any living man is the claim of a Yorkshire miner, whose hobby is carving…

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Towns Toppled by Mines

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 December 1923 · page 44

There are a million and a half tons of coal of very valuable quantity underneath Glasgow, it was stated recently at a meeting of the city corporation…

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Gold Made to Order

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 December 1923 · page 41

A considerable sensation was recently caused by a rumour that a German chemist had discovered a method of producing gold from another metal…

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