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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Bellbird Mine Working

Northern Star · Monday 19 January 1925 · page 4

CESSNOCK, Sunday.—For the first time since the terrible disaster in September, 1923, the Bellbird number one tunnel will be working again on Monday…

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Big Gold Shipment

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday.--Bar gold, valued at 6,000,000 dollars, and silver worth £27,000, arrived in Plymouth aboard the United States liner George…

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Gold Find at Drake. Prospects Excellent

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 4

There has been a great revival of interest in mining in the Drake district of late, mid, from what can be gleaned there seems every prospect of the old…

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Gold From America (Reuter.) LONDON

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 5

Bar gold valued at over 6,000,000 dollars and silver worth £28,000 has arrived at Plymouth aboard the United States liner Georpe Washington from New York…

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Bellbird Colliery

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Miners commenced work in No. 1 tunnel at the Bellbird colliery yesterday, after a lapse of sixteen months, following the…

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Miners Fatally Gassed (Reuter.) LONDON

Northern Star · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 5

It is reported from Glasgow that five miners were fatally gassed at Kirkstyle cob liery this morning…

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Hill End Gold Find. Reports Exaggerated

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Reliable re-ports from Hill End, the once famous western goldfield, indicate that the re-cent statements regarding the richness…

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Mining Revival the Old Drake Field

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 3

There has been great revival of interest in mining in the Drake district of late, and there seems every prospect of the old mining centre rising, Phoe…

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Rich Find of Gold. New Mexico Discovery. Greatest Rush in American History

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 3

A message from Hatch, Now Mexico, says, that what old prospectors designate as the gratest gold ruch in the history of American has began with the…

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Drake Gold. Big English Company's Activities. Reported Rich Find at McLEOD'S CREEK

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 4

There has been a grent revival of interest in mining in the Drake district of late, and, from what can be gleaned there seems every prospect of…

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Rich Gold Find Discoveries in New Mexico Attract Thousands. Men, Women, and Children Endure Hardships. Greatest Rush in American History

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 3

MONTREAL, Monday.--A message from Hatch, New Mexico, says that what old prospectors designate as the greatest gold rush in the history of…

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Coal Mine for City Council

Northern Star · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Lord Mayor (Ald. Stokes) to-day emphatically denied the statement that negotiations had been entered into for the purchase of a coal mine for the…

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Collieries Idle Result of Waterside Fight Court Award Secretly Accepted

Northern Star · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—As a result of the seamen's strike 17 collieries in the northern coalfields were thrown idle yesterday. The management committee of the…

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No More Gold Need

Northern Star · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. J. J. Garvan, chairman of the Commonwealth Bank Board, does not consider that there is any occasion for the importation of gold into Australia…

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Mining at Drake

Northern Star · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 4

Our Drake correspondent states that there is now a more hopeful outlook on the Drake field. For long the place has been practically deserted, but latterly there has…

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Gold Export Embargo Should Be Lifted, Says Chairman of Commonwealth Bank Board

Tweed Daily · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- Mr. J. J. Garvan, chairman of the Commonwealth Bank Board, does not consider that there is any occasion for the…

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Not Buying a Coal Mine

Tweed Daily · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The Lord Mayor (A[?]d. Stokes), emphatically denied the statement that negotiation has been entered into for the purchase…

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Latest Telegraphic News. (State and Interstate.) Colliery Strike Dangerous Waterside Trouble Birth Acute. Losses on Fruit Consignments

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday.—[?]…

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Romance of Goldfields. Poor Danish Emigrant. Founder of Fortune. Which Passes to Old Scottish Family

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 4

One of the greatest romance of emigration and fortune is revealed by the will of Mrs. Millicent Emily Salting, a rich Mayfair widow, who has left…

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Entombed Miners

Tweed Daily · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.-- Two miners named McGowan and Jordan have been imprisoned in the Taratu mine, Otago, by a fail of earth…

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