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

Mining & the mines, 1922

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Mines Still Afloat

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 1

Three years after the armistice North Sea trawlers are still running a certain degree of war risk. It is no unusual thing for a mine to be hauled…

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Lure of Gold

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 1

A kfelong search among the rocky heights of tho Tyrolese mountains for a lost gold mine which ended in the tragic death of cho discoverer just as…

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Mining Troubles

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 2

Mr. Hughes is making efforts to bring about a settlement of the Pelaw Main mining trouble…

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Cost of Coal Production. Conference Suggested. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 2

The Colliery Proprietors state that the present wages paid for the production of coal are unduly high. They ask for a conference with the…

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Miners and Colliery Owners

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 2

The Coalminers' Federation has decided not to agree to a conference with the proprietors for the purpose of discussing the question of a reduction in…

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Drowned Gold. Sunken Treasure Ship. Gambling on Recovery

The North Western Courier · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 2

It is reported from Johannesburg that another attempt is to be made to recover the vast treasure that was carried in the East Company's ship…

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Mines to Close

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 2

An Adelaide mesage on Tuesday states that as no alternative offer has been received from the men to keep the Wolaroo and Moonta mines at…

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A Big Strike American Miners Over Half a Million Idle. New York

The North Western Courier · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 4

A miners strike began at mid-night. It is estimated that 6000,000 of there being unionists, and the balance…

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Riverina Coal

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 13 April 1922 · page 2

Work at the now Riverina coalfield, Coorabin, in so far advanced that coal will be raised for the market within six weeks. Exhaustive tests by the…

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Miners Scheme to Control Labour for Collieries

The North Western Courier · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 1

The coalminers propose to introduce into the coal-mining industry a system resembling job control. Particulars of the scheme were…

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Latest Cable News Explosion in Mine. London

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Bukarest reports 160 casualties, whereof 82 are dead, incinerated or terribly mutilated, as the result of an…

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Goldfield Pioneer 32 Years Bedridden. Brisbane

The North Western Courier · Thursday 18 May 1922 · page 1

The Minister for Mines (Mr Jones), recalling the history of the Palmer Goldfield yesterday, said that when he was in Warwick recently he came…

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A Gold Rush Discovery in Rabbit Burrow. Melbourne

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 3

A tributary of what is known as Kennedy's Gully (about four miles south-east of Napoleon's) has been pegged out for some distance for…

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Arsenic Mine. Important Developments

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 15 June 1922 · page 6

For some months important development work has been done by the Beacroft arsenic mines at Ballandean. near Wallangarra. and now the…

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Fractious Miners West Maitland

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 2

Referring to the sectional stoppages at the pits, the secretary of the Pelaw Main Miners' Lodge said that they were always to be deplored, but could…

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Miners Staggered. Object to Wage Reduction. SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 26 June 1922 · page 1

[?]ay's sitting of the Coal Tri[?] Mr. Hibble, Chairman), the col[?] proprietors put forward their case for a reduction in miners' wages…

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Creek of Gold

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 1

Looking for nuggets in the Golden Weal of America has provided enough romance and adventure for scores of books and plays…

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Gold

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 10 July 1922 · page 2

A Dubbo visitor to Muriel Tank says there is ground for optimism in connection with the field. He expects it will turn out another Mount…

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Meteoric Mine Romance of the Great Cobar. Fortunes Won and Lost

The North Western Courier · Monday 10 July 1922 · page 1

No mining meteor ever made a more brilliant display, or a more tragic collapse, than the Great Cobar, where fortune has silenced industry and…

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£1003 Reward. for the Discovery of Payable Gold

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 27 July 1922 · page 1

The Minister for Mines, Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, M.L.A., has notified that the sum of £1000 will be paid to any person or persons who shall first…

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