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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1928

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Closed. Mount Morgan Mine. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 4

Mt. Morgan gold mine closed down finally on New Year's Eve, after forty years' existence, during which it produced gold worth £20,000,000, and…

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Rejected. Broken Hill Mine Owners' Proposals. Broken Hill

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 January 1928 · page 4

A mass meeting of workers of the industrial Union resolved to reject the proposal of the mining companies for reduced wages and longer hours, as…

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Mount Morgan Mine Closed

The Uralla Times · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 1

Mt. Morgan gold mine closed down finally on New Year's Eve. after forty years' existence, during which it produced gold worth £20,000,000, and…

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Big Mining Men Coming Here

The Uralla Times · Thursday 5 January 1928 · page 3

Recently the Russo-Asiatic Consolidated, a British corporation with extensive mining interests, secured a controlling interest in the Mt. Isa mine, Queensland…

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Gold at Drake Important Find

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 7

What might be legaided as one of the most important finds in mining circles in the noun was discovered by Messrs. [?] and sor. a…

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Gold at Drake. Important Find

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1928 · page 4

What Knight be regarded as one of the most important finds in mining circles in the north was discovered by Messrs Keats, Nugent and son a few…

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Bowls. Gold Leaves Competition

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 6

There was a fair attendance at the bowling green on Saturday afternoon last. The green was in good order, the players were in splendid bowling…

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Miners Strikes. Cost £439 246 Last Year. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 1

The loss of wages by coal workers on the northern fields through strikes last year was £439,246, which, compared with 1925 and 1926, is…

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Thirty Men Trapped. in Mine Explosion. (Reuter's Cable). Montreal

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 4

Approximately 30 miners were trapped by an explosion in a mine at West Frankfort (Illinois). An estimate of the number of casualties cannot yet be…

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"Copper, Silver, and Gold." an Illegal Game. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 4

Charles Stanton was sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment at Wollongong for conducting a game of chance called "Copper, Silver, and Gold." He gave…

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At Lowest Ebb. Lithgow Coal Trade SYDNEY, [?]day

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 1

The coal trade at [?] ies is described as [?] eat possible ebb [?] of important [?]…

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The Year at Emmaville Mining Statistics

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 2

The mining registrar reports the year 1927 as aver busy one for the mining industry in the Emmaville district…

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Mining

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 2

The Tingha (N.S.W.) Hydraulic Tin Mines Ltd Coy., which has been held up for some time owing to lack of sufficient water in their dams, has…

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Fire at a Mine. Considerable Damage. Broken Hill

The Inverell Times · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 1

A fire broke out in Thompson's shaft section of the British mine about six o'clock last night. The flames damaged the poppet heads and…

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Many Miners Idle. Sydney

The Inverell Times · Monday 16 January 1928 · page 4

There are now 2,300 men idle at Hepburn. No. 1 and No. 2 and Elrington collieries…

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Mine Subsidies Big Loss of Life Averted CAPETOWN

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1928 · page 1

A serious subsidence occurred at the Witwatersrand gold mine (Connnor shaft) this morning, when three stations at this shaft fell in almost…

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Bowls. Boomerangs and Gold Leaves

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 January 1928 · page 6

Saturday afternoon wok ideal bowlins weather, with the result that a recson assembled at the bowling green to son assembled at the bowling green to…

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New Guinea Gold. Shipment Worth £30,000. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 18 January 1928 · page 4

The steamer Montoro,which arrived in Sydney to-day from New Guinea,brought gold valued at £30,000…

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Mining Enterprise. Millions For Mt. Isa. BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 1

Proposals for the development of Mount Isa, involving an expenditure of £4,000,000 have been announced by Mr. W. H. Gorbould, director of…

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New Guinea Gold Prospector's Claim

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 6

A new goldfield on the banks of an unknown river in New Guinea is claimed to have been discovered by Mr. H. Lilley, who reached Sydney on…

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