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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

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Shooting Suspended. Gas in Maitland Mine

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 5 March 1924 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Miners working in one of the places recently mentioned as bad by the check inspector, in Aberdare South colliery, complained…

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Coal Trade Serious Outlook for Newcastle Mr. John Browns Opinion

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 March 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. John Brown, the coal magnate, who returned to Sydney to-day from a tour of New Zealand, in the course of an interview said that the coal…

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Lived Too Well Communists on Trial. Handfuls of Gold and Champagne Suppers

Tweed Daily · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--The correspondent Of the "Daily Express" in Moscow writes that indulgence in champagne parties and conduct unbecoming…

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Mines Idle Result of Petty Grievances

Northern Star · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Petty grievances were responsible for several more stoppages on the Northern coalfields yesterday. Nine mines are now idle…

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Will Ford's Dream Come True? Burning Coal Twice

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 3

American files state that Mr. Henry Ford has launched a scheme for getting two lots of heat out of same pile of coal by "burning it twice."…

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Declining Coal Trade

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 6

Mr. John Brown, the coal magnate, who returned on Tuesday from a tour of New Zealand, said, in the course of an interview, that the coal outlook was…

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WORKED 27 Hours Could Stand No More. a Coal Lumper's Death

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.--At the inquest to-day concerning the death of Emanuel Erikson, a coal lumper, who fell down the hatch of the hulk Kurrajong and…

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American Miners Entombed

Northern Star · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 5

CASTLE GATE (Utah), Saturday.—It is feared that 175 miners who have been entombed by an explosion in a mine have lost their lives…

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175 Men Entombed Explosion in Utah Mine

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 3

NEW YORK, Saturday.--A message from Mastlegate (Utah) states that it is feared that 175 miners, entombed as the result of an explosion, have lost…

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Explosion at Utah Mine. 175 Men Entombed

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 3

NEW YORK, Saturday.—A message from Mastlegate (Utah) states that it is feared that 175 miners, entombed as the result of an explosion, entombed as…

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Coal at the Range. Move to Test Deposits

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 2

Following a move, the primary object of which was to secure fuel for Casino's electric plant, made by Aid. Riley at last meeting of the local council, a…

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Gold for Germans Strikes a Thing of the Past

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.--According to the chief officers of the German steamers Gottingen and Hanau, which arrived in Sydney yesterday and to-day…

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Local Coal Outcrops

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 2

As a result of an inspection of coal deposits at a spot of the Richmond Range on Sunday by a party from Casino it is expected that some…

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Range Coal Deposits. Council Cannot Exploit

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 2

At last night's meeting of the local Council the Mayor explained, in connection with an inspection of the coal deposits at the range by aldermen, with…

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Coal Field Deposit in Richmond Range Casino Municipality Debarred Prospects for Syndicate

Northern Star · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 5

CASINO, Wednesday.—The Mayor (Ald. Elsmer Jones) referred at the meeting of the council last night to the fact that an inspection of coal had been made in the…

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Gold Field Romance of the Tooloom Diggings Deserted Township in Wilds Many Large Nuggets Found Prospects for Future

Northern Star · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 4

Silence broods over Tooloom to-day, and at night the single light of a solitary woman keeping vigil on the scene of former activities takes the…

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Too Much Coal

Northern Star · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—The extraordinary position has arisen that too much coal is coming forward for the ships to take away…

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British Miners' Wages (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 5

LONDON Wednesday.—A joint committee of the mining employers and Miners Federation has again discussed the miners' wages demands…

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Range Coal Gives Good Test

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 2

A test of coal from the deposits recently, inspected by aldermen and local citizens at the foot of the Richmond Range was carried out at Mr, G…

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British Miners' Pay. Demand for Increase

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.—Australian Press Association: The joint committee of the mining employers and the Miners' Federation again, discussed the…

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