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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Imprisoned in Mine

Northern Star · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 5

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

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Miners Stop Work

Northern Star · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 5

SYDNUY, Friday.—About 300 miners employed at the Balmain colliery struck work to-day owing to the refusal of the management to make up their wages to a minimum,…

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Cablegrams. English Miners. Threats of Strike

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.--Twenty thousand coalminers in Derbyshire are threatening an early strike, while the miners throughout the country are…

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Buried Alive. Two Miners in Danger

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 2

NEW ZEALAND, Friday.--A message reached Dunedin last night that a fall of earth at Taratu mine, about five o'clock; imprisoned two miners,…

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British Miners Dissatisfied (Reuter.) LONDON

Northern Star · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 5

Twenty thousand coal miners in Derbyshire are threatening an early strike, while miners all over the country are most discontented with the working and national…

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Big Industries Coming Importance of Coal

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 4

"The New South Wales coalfield comes eleventh in importance in the world," said Professor Griffith Taylor, giving evidence before the New State…

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Rich Gold Samples McLEOD'S Creek Prospects

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 2

In connection with the discovery of a gold reef on McLeod's Creek field (says the Tenterfield "Star"), further particulars to hand seem to indicate…

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State Forests Miners' Prospecting Rights Tebms of Special Authority

Northern Star · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Colonel M. F. Bruxner, M.L.A., has been advised by the Under-Secretary for Lauds, in reply to a question asked by him in the Legislative Assembly…

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Rich Gold Find Greatest Rush En American History

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 1

A message from Hatch, New Mexico, says that what old prospectors designate as the greatest gold rush in the history of America has begun with the…

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

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 4

A message from Hatch, New Mexico, says that what old prospectors designate as the greatest gold ruch in the history of America has begun with the…

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

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 4

There has been a great 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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Old Gold Field. Recent Discovery Leads to Hopes of Revival of Historic Hill End

Tweed Daily · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 6

The Hill End-Tambaroora area, in which a rich gold find was reported to have been made recently, was, in the early days, the scene of probably one…

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American Gold. Shipping to "Sydney

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sunday.—It is announced that the Equitable and Eastern Banking Corporation is shipping 550,000 dollars in gold, and the Seaboard…

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Gold Seekers' Reward London

Northern Star · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 6

Admiral Sir Sydney R. Fremantle, the naval commander-in-chief at Portsmouth expressed the Admiralty's appreciation to the officers and crew of the salvage ship…

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American Gold Balancing Australian Exchange Million Dollar Consignment (Reuter.) New York

Northern Star · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 5

It is announced that the Equitable Eastern Banking Corporation is shipping 550,000 dollars gold and the Seaboard National Bank is shipping 500,000 dollars gold to…

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Gold From America New York Sending 1,050,000 Dollars to Sydney. Australian Pound at Premium

Tweed Daily · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 3

NEW YORK, Saturday.--It is announced that the Equitable and Eastern Banking Corporation is shipping 550,000 dollars in gold, and the…

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Shipments of Gold

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The shipments of gold being despatched from the United States to Australia, as reported in the cables, are going to the…

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Drake Mines. 'Second Broken Hill.'

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 4

For long Drake has been practically deserted, but latterly there has been renewed interest in the possibilities of the field, There are many rumors that…

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Gold Production. Small Quantities Exported

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 4

The report of the Gold Producers' Association, Ltd., Melbourne, January 15, states: "Gold sales: Only a small quantity of gold was exported to India…

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Big Industries Coming. Importance of Coal

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 5

"The New South Wales coalfield comes eleventh in importance in the world," said Professor Griffith Taylor, giving evidence before the New State…

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