Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Mining & the mines, all years

Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

763 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 39

Fire in Mine

Northern Star · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 3

PERTH, Wednesday.—The 10-head battery and power plant at the Daisy Queen mine, Lawlers, has been destroyed by fire. An explosion in the gas producer is said…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Coal for 400 Years

Northern Star · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 2

What is probably the richest coal seam in England has been discovered at Moor End in South-East Yorkshire. It is thought, that it may extend 05 miles out, under the North…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Good Gold Prospects. at Yellow Creek

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 8

At Yellow Crock, between Drake and Tabulam, Messrs. Sid Jones and James Black continue to find "good" gold on their new find. The gold obtained from…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Brazil's Remarkable Gold Mine

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 4

One of the little-known wonders of the world is the Morro Velho gold mine, in Brazil. Almost every day for nearly a hundred years this…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Queensland Gold Output

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.—Figures showing the total output of gold in Queensland will not be officially issued by the Mines Department for some days, but it is likely…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Gold in Wales

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 12

With the official opening at the Caio Alluvial Gold Mines, Limited, in a marshy field at Caio, North Carmarthenshire (Wales) recently, first gold was struck on a site which…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Queensland's Gold Increase in Production for Last Year Considered Likely

Tweed Daily · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.--Figures showing the total output of gold in Queensland for 1924 will not be officially issued by the Mines Department for…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

From Coal to Oil

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 1

The groat oil-burning ships of to-day are a sort of stoker a paradise. The old dirt and raging heat of the coal burning days have gone, and the mere…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Gold in Road Metal

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 3

Parts of the road by which the Devonshire village Widecombe is approached are metalled with a peculiar type of granite, in which a geologist has recently discovered,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

37 Mile Gold Mine

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 2

CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.), Tuesday.—Mr. Anderson, the Minister of Mines, has fired the first shot in the greatest mining venture ever undertaken in New Zealand. This aims…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Coal at Gloucester

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 4

A company formed to develop the coal scam at Gloucester, on the North Coast line, has completed preliminary work and hopes to start operations early in…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Gold Currency Return

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—In well-informed circles an early restoration of gold currency in Australia is hot regarded as within the range of possibilities. It is…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Gold Find Near Drake

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 2

Good shotty gold is being obtained from a new find by Mr. Sidney Jones, at Yellow Creek, about 12 miles east from Drake. The gold is found in the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

14 Men Injured. Cage Crashes to Bottom oi Colliery Pit. Engineer Blamed

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Fourteen miners were seriously injured through a cage crashing to the bottom of a colliery nit at New Craighall, near…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Schoolboy Hero. Presentation of Medal and Gold Watch

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 5

Young Arthur See, a pupil of the Maclean Public School is one of tho young heroes of Lower Clarence district that we feel proud of (says the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Fine Record Dairy Company's Coal Mine

Northern Star · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Wednesday.—The Glen Afton Cclliery, the property of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, has concluded its first year with a total output…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

High Finance. Experts Endeavoring to Restore the Pound Sterling to Gold Parity. English Financiers Visit Washington

Tweed Daily · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.--Officials have been informed that the hitherto unexplained visit to New York of Mr. Montagu Norman (governor of the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Gold Discovery. Discovery Near Yeppoon. Leases of Three Hundred Acres Taken Out

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Following the rumored discovery of specimens of gold in the country surrounding Bondoola, near Yeppoon, John Arthur…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Exchange Muddle No Gold From Rand to London Cheaper to Make Sovereigns (Reuter.) CAPETOWN

Northern Star · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 5

Withe reference to a cable to the effect that no gold has been offered on the London market since January 2, because it paid the Rand producers better to convert their…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Romance of Australian Goldfields. From Winer to Millionaire. Distribution of Huge Fortunes

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 7

One of the greatest romancees of emigration and fortune was revealed the other day by the will of Mrs. Millicent Emily Salting, a rich Mayfair widow…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →