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Mining & the mines, 1925

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Northern Gold Find. Splendid Prospects

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 7

In connection, with the discovery cf a gold reef on McLeod's Creek field, further particulars to hand seem to indicate that the land has…

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Mining News

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 10

The tributors of the Great Britain Company's plant have cleaned up 7 tons of tin ore for 174 hours sluicing. The mine manager of the…

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Drake Mines. "Second Broken Hill"

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 6

For long Drake has been practically deserted, but latterly there has been renewed interest in the possibilities of the field. There are many rumours…

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Gold at McLeod's Creek Splendid Prospects. Rich Samples Obtained

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 3

In connection with the discovery of a gold reel on McLeod's Creek field, further particulars to hand seem to indicate that the…

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Bar of Gold Workmen's Find in Street. a Woman's Revenge

The Inverell Times · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 6

A curious story of a bar of gold and a woman's revenge was revealed before the local tribunal presided over by Judge Foex…

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Our Coal Reserves Will Last 1000 YEARS. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 4

The Chief Analyst of the Mines Department states that thirty thousand million tons is the estimate of the coal resources of the State. This would last…

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Drake Mines. "Second Broken Hill."

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 3

For long Drake has ben practically deserted, but latterly there has been renewed interest in the possibilities of the field. There are many…

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Mining News

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 3

The Pond's Creek Tin Sluicing Co secured 3 tons of tin for four weeksi [?]luicing. — The Great Britain Tin Mining Company has declared a…

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Record Coal Output. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 4

Coal production in New South Wales last year established a record, being 11,618,000 tons, valued at £9,589,000…

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£250,000 in Gold First Shipikent From America

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 4

The first shipment of "£250,000 In gold arrived in Sydney by the liner "Sierra" from America to-day. The gold is for the Bank of N.S. Wales…

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Webb's Silver Mine

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 8

Mr. Barnes, Brisbane, and Mr. Morrow, of Indooroopilly, Queensland, have inspected Webb's silver mine With Messrs. Mannix Foley…

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Mining

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 8

Dealing with the outlook for base metal mining the chairman of the Australian Mines and Metals Association (Mr. J. M. Niall), in his…

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Miners' Institute. Batch of New Books

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 8

The regular meeting of the committee of the Miners' Institute was held on Tuesday night last. There were present: Dr. Lynch (chairman)…

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Shocking Fatality in Coal filme 100 DEAD. (Reuter's Cable). London

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 February 1925 · page 4

Reuter's Dorlmund correspondent states at least one hundred miners are dead, having been gassed after the explosion of firedamp in the Stein…

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Tin Mining Revival

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 6

In the annual report of the Mines department just issued it is stated that tin mining was stimulated by the satisfactory price of the metal,…

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Mining News. the Tin Position

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 6

Current tin statistics are considered to be particularly sound. Latest advices show that on March 31, 1923 the world's total visible supply was…

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Northumberland Mines Suggest International Action. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 5

The Northumberland Miners Council meeting, held in Newcastle (England), unanimously passed a resolution urging the executive of the 'Miners'…

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Motor Fuel From Coal. Chemlst's Estimate

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 8

That 3,000,000 gallons of motor spirit could be obtained from the 1,000,000 tons of Maitland coal carbonised every year by the gas…

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Local & General News Hall's Peak Copper Mine

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 4

At Hillgrove Warden's Court on Tuesday before the Warden' (Mr. W. I. Perry), two lessees of the Hall's Peak Copper Mine (Messrs, W. Kev's…

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Coalminers Entombed. In N.Z. Colliery

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 4

A Wellington (N.Z.) message' says two employees of the Dunollie State mine, Denis Hughes and John Knox, were entombed as the result of a roof…

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