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Mining & the mines, 1928

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Big Coal Fire. Expected to Last a Fortnight. Melbourne

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 September 1928 · page 4

A huge dump of brown coal, containing about 30,000 tons, which is held as a reserve at the Power House, Yallourn, caught fire through…

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Torrington Mining

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 September 1928 · page 2

Mr R. Jones, who is to act in the Capacity of foreman for the "Feathertop Tin Mining Co." arrived from Victoria with his family last week…

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Moree Gold Cup Meeting

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 September 1928 · page 4

The Moree Gold Cup meeting with £1200 prizemoney and £50 gold cup, will be held at Moree on October 23, 24 and 25. The principal events on…

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Cheaper Coal "Attempt to Reduce Wages?" MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 September 1928 · page 1

In the Legislative Assembly. Mr. McKenzie, a Labor member, declared that the proposal of the Federal and N.S.W. ministers to subsidise the…

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Mining News Warden's Court at Emmaville

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 September 1928 · page 2

Before the Warden Mr. J. E. McCilloch; the Flagstone Tin Dredging Company, for whom Mr. D. Chapman appeared applied for six months'…

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The Coal Industry Premier's Appeal for the Good of the Community Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 22 September 1928 · page 1

The Premier, Mr. Bavin in an appeal to the miners, to consider the Government's proposals for stabilisation of the coal industry before…

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New Lode of Gold Rich New Guinea Discovery

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 25 September 1928 · page 4

The Administrator or New Guinea (Brigadier-General Wisdom) has informed the Minister for Home and Territories (Sir Neville House) that…

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Miners' Institute Billiard Tournament

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 September 1928 · page 2

A bridge drige will be held in the Institute on Friday night next Admission is a shilling and good prises will be presented to the winners…

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Torrington Mining

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 September 1928 · page 2

Developing operations at Carhow's are progressing steadily. The new shaft is now down to a dep[?] 40 feet. It is expected that more…

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Cheaper Coal South Australia's Ultimatum SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 September 1928 · page 1

Speaking in the South Australian Parliament the Premier said that unless New South Wales coal could be reduced by 5/6 or 5/9 a ton the…

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Torrington Mining New Company Formed

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 September 1928 · page 2

The following company was registered in Sydney on Tuesday: Australian Mineral Proprietary Limited, nominal capital £10,000 in £1 shares,…

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Motor Spirit From Brown Coal Australian Industry Fremantle

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 September 1928 · page 1

Mr. B. Todhunter, director of Imperial Chemical Industries, Limited, which included Nobel's (Australia),…

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If Wages Fall General Strike Feared Militant Miners SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 1

All industrial upheaval on the northern coalfield, it is feared, will follow any substantial reduction in the State basic wage…

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Gold Bearing Reef At Sheep Station Creek Big Development by Argosy Gold Mining Syndicate

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 29 September 1928 · page 7

For some months past, the Argosy Gold Mining Syndicate has been consistently developing the Argosy and Remarkable reefs in four positions at…

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Made Rich By Clerk's Error Mining Romance

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 7

Eight years ago a middle-aged man approached a clerk in a Seattle travel bureau and asked how be could reach "Alice Arm, British Columbia,"…

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Land of Gold a Big Nugget SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 3 October 1928 · page 1

Passengers by the steamer Montoro from New Guinea brought with them more than 12,000 ounces of gold. One nugget from Edie Creek, believed to…

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Torrington Mining

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 2

Preparations for the erection of a boiler and compressor, are going ahead rapidly at the Feathertop Mine. Mr. Summerhayes is again visiting…

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Mining News

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 October 1928 · page 2

Messrs. Crawford and party have cleaned up for a return of thirty one hundredweight of tin oxide. The price of tin continues to…

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Land of Gold a Big Nugget

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 2

Passengers by the steamer Montoro from New Guinea brought with them more than 12,000 ounces' of gold. One nugget from Edie Creek, believed to…

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Mining. Pegging Out a Claim. Procedure to Adopt

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 October 1928 · page 5

The following information, given by the "Farmer and Settler" to a correspondent, will prove of interest to New Englanders who are at present…

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