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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1927

319 stories in New England's papers · page 13 of 16

Mines Penalised Endowment Costs MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 October 1927 · page 1

The annual report of the Broken Hill South Mining-Company shows the mine must pay £12,000 under the Family Endowment Act…

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UNDER 8 Tons of Coal Miraculous Escape SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 11 October 1927 · page 1

Joseph Drury, 51, was working at the Balmain coal mine, when eight tons of coal fell on him. He escaped with a fractured thigh and internal…

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For Diseased Miners Settlement Area Reserved PERTH

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 15 October 1927 · page 1

An area for the settlement of miners from the Murchison goldfields who are suffering from miners' discase been selected by the…

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Slump in Coal Mining

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 18 October 1927 · page 7

Letters from England received in Lismore show that English coal miners are receiving a particularly bad time at present. No doubt some…

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Big Mining Venture. £50,000 Company Formed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1927 · page 6

"Mount Battery Tin, N.L. is being formed by. Tin Options Ltd. to work Battery Mountain, between Stannum and Torrington. Nominal capital is…

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Rich Find. Old Mine Re-opened

The Uralla Times · Thursday 20 October 1927 · page 4

Sydney, Tuesday.—Forty tons tons of are, which are expected to return £600, have been recovered by two men at the re-opened Irvine Bank gold…

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Held to Ransom British Mine Manager WASHINGTON

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 October 1927 · page 1

W. E. Mitchell, British manager of a copper mine, is being held for ransom by bandits at Rayaret. The bandits threaten to shoot him in five days…

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The White Gold Shearing Shed Busy

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 22 October 1927 · page 4

With many October October shorn sheep returning up to 14 and 15 on the local wool market, sheepmen appear to be on a good wicket…

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Miners in Arms ''Running" the I.w.w's Strife at Cadia ORANGE

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 22 October 1927 · page 1

There is considerable unrest [?] the miners at Ca[?]a . During the week a large body of m[?] opposed [?]munison and L.W.W. doctrine…

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Drake Goldfields. Will They Come Again?

The Inverell Times · Monday 24 October 1927 · page 2

Like most other Australian gold- fields, Drake, near Teuterfield, had its heyday, rose to prosperity and was a flourishing centre for a while, with a…

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Guinea Gold Record Shipment [?]300,000 Brought to Sydney to Date SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 25 October 1927 · page 1

The steamer Motoro, which arrived to-day from New Guinea, brought 17,000 ounces of gold, estimated at about £42,500, from Edie Creek and…

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New Guinea Gold. 17,000 Oinces Arrive. London, T[?]day

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 October 1927 · page 4

Seventeen thouse[?] [?] [?] at approximately [?] arrived in Sydney to-day from E[?] [?] and neighboring fieldg…

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Gold! Four Ounces to Ton Discovery at Hawkins' Hill SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 October 1927 · page 1

Highly payable gold has been discovered in an old shaft abandoned 45 years ago on Hawkin's Hill, at Hill End. A local miner has formed a…

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Goldfields Murder Witness' Brother Arrested "In Possession of Unregistered Plant" Sydney. Tv

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 October 1927 · page 1

A year ago on Tuesday [?] were executed for the [?] gorlic police murders. Yesterday Charles Egan, brother of one of the…

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GOLD. Hal End Find

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 October 1927 · page 1

Highly payable gold has been discovered in an old shaft abandoned 45 years ago on Hawkins' Hill, at Hill End. A local miner formed a…

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Kalgoorlie Murder Echo Unregistered Gold Plant

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 October 1927 · page 1

A year ago on Tuesday Coulter and Treffene were executed for the Kalgoorlie police murders. Yesterday Charles Egan, a brother of one of the…

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Drake Goldfields. Will They Come Again?

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 28 October 1927 · page 4

Like most other Australian goldfields, Drake, near Tenterfield, had its heyday, rose to prosperity and was a flourishing centre for a while, with a…

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Mining Trouble. Clash with L.W.W. (Reuter's Cable). Trinidad (Colorado)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 October 1927 · page 6

A message states that dozens of people were injured in a fight between members of the I.W.W. and mine guards. Strikers succeeded in reach…

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New Guinea Gold

The Uralla Times · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 2

The gold already won from the New Guinea field is worth about £300,000. Mr McLean, Mining Warden on the field, says there is…

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All Profit! New Guinea Gold. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 2 November 1927 · page 1

In future for purposes of Federal Taxation, the whole of the gross proceeds of gold sold in Australia from the New Guinea fields is to be…

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