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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

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Coorabin Coal

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 2

The first truck load of Coorabin coal arrived in Corowa yesterday to the order of Mr. D. Masterton, of Wahgunyah. Enquiries made recently elicit the…

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100 Tons of Gold

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 3

Fourteen million pounds in sovereigns were successfully transferred to the valuts of the new Commonwealth Bank on Tuesday at Melbourne., It was…

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How to Burn Brown Coal

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 July 1924 · page 3

In view of the possibility of the Coorabin coal being brought into daily use as domestic fuel in the near future, the following advice by experts on how…

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Gold Fines in Western Australia

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 9

Mr. Ivan Jones, the leader, of the West Australian State prospecting party, which left Leonora at the beginning of March, reports to the Mines…

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Coorabin Coal Fields Quality of Deposits Tested

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 July 1924 · page 3

Now that the main body of the coal deposits, Coorabin has been uncovered, Important experiments are being made to determine the best purposes to…

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Riverina Coal Successful Tests. Railway Handicaps Must Be Removed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 20

The Cock's Pioneer Company has now used the first consignment of coal from the Riverina Collieries Ltd. Oaklands, at the company's power…

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Compensation for Gold Mining Industry

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 11

Claims that the gold-mining industry should receive Federal compensation for the losses suffered in wartime were again submitted to the…

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Origin of Anthracite Coal

The Independent · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 4

Nature went to quite a lot of trouble in making anthracite coal. Scientists tell us that anthracite coal. once upon a time was bituminous. They…

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New Gold Field. Discovered in West Australia

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 4

The new gold find north-cast of Yeonorn (W.A.) is causing some excitement on the northern fields. The field is about 170 miles north-cast of…

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Borax As Precious As Gold

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 July 1924 · page 4

Borax is used in every household—in talcum powders, eye lotions, medical powders, and soaps. And yet, four thousand years ago, it was a…

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Coorabin Coal Mine

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 2

The consulting engineer for the company, Mr. H. Falconer, reports as follows:--Coorabin shaft--lane's heading extended to 76 feet and railway heading…

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Another Colliery Strike. Trouble at Balmain

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 5

Over three hundred men employed at the Balmain colliery to-day struck work, owing to the refusal of their demands for increased boring rates…

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Coorabin Coal. Tests at Eldorado

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 6

Exhaustive tests to prove the value of Coorabin coal have just been concluded at Cock's Pioneer mine, Eldorado. The company spends £6000 a…

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Tu[?] Gold Discovery. Most Important Since the Adelong Finds

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 6

A sensation has been created in mining circles at Tumut by the discovery of a rich gold reef four feet wide on the [?] Watson, Tobin and Walls…

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The Gold-beaters

The Independent · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 4

Gold-beating is at once the most ancient and the most modern art in the world. It is believed that the art was introduced into Britain by…

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General Coal Strike Possible

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 30

There is a possibility of a general strike in the mines on the South Maitland field. At a meeting of deputies it was…

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The Coal and Coke Disputes

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 2

The strike of coal trimmers at Newcastle has ended The men will return to work this morning. The strike of coke workers at Wonga…

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Unrest on the Coast. Coke Workers and Coal Trimmers

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 2

Industrial strife among the coke workers of the South Coast, at Wonga Willi Mine, and among the coal trimmers at Newcastle, is causing…

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News by Cable (Continued from page 20.) Gold Standard. Problem for Britain. Cape Town, August 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 August 1924 · page 23

General Smuts, interviewed by the "Cape Times" on the subject of the reparations settlement, said that the world could at last breathe freely, once…

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Austral Pictures. Zane Grey's "Desert Gold."

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 August 1924 · page 3

Probably the most popular author of the period is Zane Grey. He has been read by millions throughout the English speaking world. It would be hard…

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