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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1920

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Rich Gold Samples. Boom on Stock Exchange. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 2

A remarkable boom took place on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day in the Hill End properties. This was due to the announcement that recent rich…

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Shipping Disaster. Steamer Strikes Mine. LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 2

Reuter's Leghorn, correspondent reports that the steamship Assirla, engaged in the Sicily-Sardinia-Leghorn service, struck a mine and sank. Four boatloads…

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I.W.W. Miners. Not Wanted in Montana. Vancouver

Daily Observer · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 2

A message from Butte City says every operating mine in Montana, has a notice posted, "No member of the I.W.W. will be employed here." The managements…

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The Latest Britain's Coal. Protest Against Increase. Discussed in Commons. LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 2

In the House of Commons Mr. Brace moved the adjournment to draw attention to the increased price for domestic coal, which he asked the Government…

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Gold Yield

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 17 May 1920 · page 2

The gold yield of the Commonwealth for the first four months of the present year shows a docllrre of 94.000 ounces compared with the…

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Jerusalem Gold Reef. LONDON

Daily Observer · Monday 17 May 1920 · page 2

Excavators in Jerusalem are reported to have struck a gold reef…

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Open Road Foot Race. Your's and Mine Cup Result. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 17 May 1920 · page 2

The first open road foot race for the Your's and Mine Cup, one of the best known pro-war events, three miles, was won by C. Grandemange, (Botany)…

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Farming & Mining Inventions

Daily Observer · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 1

The following applications for patents connected with the Farming and Mining Industries have been lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office:…

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Drought Loan Coal Miner's Public Spirit SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 22 May 1920 · page 2

A coal miner at West Maitland has sent a war saving certificate for £1000 as a subscription to the State £2,000,000 loan. ]…

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British Coal Production. (Published in "The Times.") LONDON

Daily Observer · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 2

An official survey of the coalowners declares that coal getting averages 258 per cent. over the 1913 production…

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Floating Mine Sighted. Sydney

Daily Observer · Wednesday 26 May 1920 · page 1

Captain Brownlow, the District Naval Officer, informed the Department of Navigation that the steamer Dundala, while on a trip from Port Pirie to…

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Farming & Mining Inventions

Daily Observer · Wednesday 26 May 1920 · page 3

The following applications for patents connected with the farming and mining industries have been lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office:—…

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Floating Mines Reported. Sydney

Daily Observer · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 2

The master or the schooner Joseph Sims reports having; sighted what is believed to bo two more minus off Montague Island…

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Russian Gold. Large Shipments to Norway. LONDON

Daily Observer · Monday 31 May 1920 · page 2

The Express discloses a dramatic duel of jealousy between Krassin and Litvinoff, in which the latter is likely to prevail. Meanwhile the glitter of…

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Whose Gold? Lenin's Finance Methods Denounced. LONDON

Daily Observer · Monday 31 May 1920 · page 2

It is explained on behalf of the Krassin delegation that Russia Is ready to pay gold for imports. The question is raised as to whose gold it is. It is recalled that…

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Unrest on Coal Fields. Sydney

Daily Observer · Thursday 3 June 1920 · page 2

The unrest among Maitland coalfields continues. The Richmond Main and [?]nock Collieries are idle, while disputes exits in three others…

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Incapacitated Miners. Broken Hill Request. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 2

A meeting of miners at Broken Hill decided to point out to the Minister, for Labor that owing to the increased cost of living £2 per week for the victims…

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French Industry. Patriotic Offer by Miners. PARIS

Daily Observer · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 2

It is announced that, the miners sire offering to do an extra, hour's work daily in order to increase the insufficient production…

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Allies and Russia Negotiations Condemned. Discord among British Authorities. Who Owns Gold ? LONDON

Daily Observer · Saturday 5 June 1920 · page 2

Latest reports indicate that the Bolshevist mission is inspiring increasing caution and criticism, while Krassin himself is conscious of a changing…

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Colliery Fatality. Crushed between Revolving Drums. MAITLAND

Daily Observer · Monday 7 June 1920 · page 1

David Leroy Whitehead, aged 25, was fatally injured at East Greta colliery on…

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