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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1922

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Gold Find Prospects Near Young. Young

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 June 1922 · page 5

Light and party are still sinking in their original, shaft in their show between here and Wyalong. They are down 30 feet, and the vein is still going down,…

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Zinovieff's Roubles Embarrassing Questions. Soviet wants to know what Delegate did with Little Sum of 30,000,000 Gold Roubles. COPENHAGEN

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 June 1922 · page 5

The Soviet executive has asked Zinovieff, one of the Bolshevik delegates to the recent conference at Genoa to supply details of how he disposed of…

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Coal Mining Key to British Industry. London

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 3

Sir Joseph. Cook, High Commissioner for Australia, proposing the Institute of Mining Engineers at the Institute's dinner at Sheffield last night, said that coal…

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Coal Near Lismore

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 June 1922 · page 2

Mr. R. S. Perdriau, M.L.A., with a number of residents of Lismore, visited the Moonem coal mine near Bungawalbyn on Monday. He stated that a drive…

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Woodburn Coal

Tweed Daily · Friday 23 June 1922 · page 2

Coal is being sought at Woodburn, on the Lower Richmond, as well as at Bungawalbyn. The Woodburn coal and oil syndicate is boring for coal, and the bore…

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Battle in U.S.A. Strikers Attack Mine. Fourteen Killed and many Wounded in Four Hours' Fight. New York

Tweed Daily · Friday 23 June 1922 · page 3

It is stated in a message from Herrin, Illinois, that fourteen men were, killed two are dying and others were seriously wounded in a battle between the coal…

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Starvation Point Miners in the North. Newcastle

Tweed Daily · Saturday 24 June 1922 · page 4

The miners have applied to the High Court to restrain the coal tribunal from dealing with the coal dispute. The tribunal met to-day and adjourned…

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Mine Attacked. Pitched Battle in America

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 26 June 1922 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.—Fourteen men were killed, two are dying, and a score were seriously wounded in a battle at Herrin (Illinois) between coal miners…

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Gold Production

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 27 June 1922 · page 2

The gold production of Australia has very seriously declined, falling from a value of £14,017,508 in 1901 to £5,408,157 in 1918. This has probably more to do…

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Beach Mining Revival

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 27 June 1922 · page 2

Arrived at Byron Bay, per the s.s. Burringbar on Monday, Mr. Cumberland, a well-known mining expert, who some years ago was identified with gold…

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Coal Mining Rule Nisi on Tribunal. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 5

The Coal and Shale Employees' Federation to-day made application to Mr. Justice Higgins in Chambers in the High Court to restrain the coal tribunal' from…

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Canada Keeps Her Gold

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 5

OTTAWA, Monday-- Canada has prohibited the exportation of gold coin and bullion bars until July, 1923…

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Coal Mineres Dispute. Tribunal's Validity Questioned

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The Coal Miners' Union today made an application to Mr. Justice Higgins in the High Court Chambers to restrain the Coal…

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The Wealth of Ophir Historic Field Re-discovered. Queen of Sheba's Gold

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 28 June 1922 · page 1

The enormously rich mines of Ophir, from which King. Solomon, the Queen of Sheba, and other rulers of the Old Testament days, obtained the wealth of…

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Gold the Billinudgel Find. Syndicate's High Hopes

Tweed Daily · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 2

"Why, the place is simply reeking with gold." This remark fell from the lips of a prominent member of the syndicate of…

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Not Low Enough Miners' Pay in Westralia. Perth

Tweed Daily · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 3

Mr. Doolette, managing director of the Great Boulder Company, at the meeting of the shareholders to-day, said that he was disappointed with the…

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Unemployment Likely. Mine Accident

Northern Star · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—A serious accident occurred in the British mine at Broken Hill yesterday. The piston snapped off the windding engine in the mill. There is a…

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Fuel Problem. [?]Stead of Coal

Northern Star · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 8

[?]my and as the first [?] the fuel prob[?] considering [?] mines…

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New Source of Coal Developing Spitsbergen

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 7

In the last few years much attention has been given to the resources of Spitsbergen, the Arctic archipelago of approximately the same size as Scotland…

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Gold Hidden in Canal. Hoarder Who Mystified Town

Northern Star · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 11

The London "Daily Chronicle's" special correspondent in Berlin writes: Some time ago the, town of Reutlingen, in Wurtemberg, enjoyed a real hidden treasure hunt, the…

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