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

Mining & the mines, 1924

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Collieries Idle

The North Western Courier · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 1

Two more collieries were idle yesterday through strikes, and one through a breakdown. One has resumed, leaving five still idle. The concillation…

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Gold in Door Mats

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 January 1924 · page 5

Have you ever found gold in your door-mat ? Probably you have never had such good fortune, but there in a street in London where it happens…

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Maitland Coal Mines MAITLAND, Monday

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 1

Serious trouble is threatening on the Maitland-Cessnock [?] meeting was held at Cessnock yesterday to discuss the check…

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Big Gold Yield

North West Champion · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 2

An extraordinary gold yield from 3 1/2 tons of ore has been reported from Grossmont, neat Koolgardie…

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Large Yield of Gold Perth, (W.a.)

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 February 1924 · page 1

A yield of 600zs of [?] from 3½ tons of ore has been reported at Gressmont, near Coo[?]…

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A Coffin of Gold

Manilla Express · Thursday 21 February 1924 · page 4

A wonderful golden coffin bearing the figure in relief of buried Pharoch was discovered when the lid of the sarcophagus in…

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ATTUNGA. Gold Medals

Manilla Express · Tuesday 26 February 1924 · page 2

We do not often do things sufficiently brilliantly enough here to be awarded a gold medal, but no less than 15 were distributed…

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Gold at Young

North West Champion · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 3

There are strange rumors of the discovery near Young of a big gold find. Nuggets and samples Have been brought in and are now being…

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Idle Coal Mines

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 2

Six coal mines on the Northern fields were idle yesterday on account of strikes…

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Bellbird Colliery

North West Champion · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 2

The Bellbird Colliery will be reopened shortly, when an effort will be made tc recover the six missing bodies. The officials, however, refuse to…

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A Mountain of Gold

Manilla Express · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 4

1879, the hamlet of Dungog, 152 miles north of Sydney, was provided with excitement different from that occasioned by the…

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Will Ford's Dream Come True. Burning Coal Twice

Manilla Express · Friday 21 March 1924 · page 3

American files state that Mr. Henry Ford has launched a scheme for getting two lots of heat out of the same pile of coal,…

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A Thousand Mile Motor Trip. The Goldfields

Manilla Express · Friday 21 March 1924 · page 5

A curtain amount of romance surrounds the immediate vicinity of the road between Mudgee and Bathurst, for it was in the…

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Miners' Wage Monet Stolen

North West Champion · Monday 31 March 1924 · page 2

A Perth message states that a sensation was caused in a colliery on Saturday, when the fortnightly pay, totalling £2462, was taken out of the…

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Will Ford's Dream Come True? Burning Coal Twice

North West Champion · Monday 31 March 1924 · page 3

American files state that Mr. Henry Ford has launched a scheme for getting two lots of heat out of tie same pile of goal, by "burping it…

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Spectacular Mine Scenes in Warner Screen Classics

Manilla Express · Friday 4 April 1924 · page 5

One of the most spectacular mine scenes ever constructed for a motion picture is to be seen in the Warner Brothers' classic of…

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Bellbird Mine

North West Champion · Monday 5 May 1924 · page 2

Commencement was made to-day with the opening of the Bellbird mine. Twelve men, who have undergone vigorous and thorough training in…

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Bellbird Mine

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1924 · page 2

A party of five men explored the upper reaches of Bellbird Mine on Tuesday morning, remaining in the pit almost three-quarters of an…

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Black Jack Mine Accident

Manilla Express · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 3

Last week a serious accident occurred at the Black Jack coal mine with the result at a miner named Arthur Saunders, aged 48,…

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Gold Reefs

The North Western Courier · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 2

Air encouraging report of new gold bearing reefs has been received from West Australia, 150 miles N.E. of Leoners…

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