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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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Gold Discovery. Rich Find Near Wingham

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The discovery of a gold-bearing reef at Kiwarrick mountain near Wingham, is causing excitement. The reef cut near some…

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Labour Party Coal Mine

Northern Star · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Lord Mayor (Ald Stokes) gave an emphatic denial today to the statement that the Municipal Labour party intended purchasing a coal mine…

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Record Coal Output

Northern Star · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The coal produtetion for New South Wales for 1924 was a record, according to a statement made by the Mines Department to-day…

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Record Coal Production

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The [?]production of N.S.W. for 1925 was record, according to a statement mad by the Mines Department to-day. The…

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Coal Trucks Out of Control

Northern Star · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday—Sixty fully loaded coal trucks got out of control at South Maitland this morning and, running down an incline, crashed into the end…

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They Don't Want a Mine

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The Lord Mayor (Ald. Stokes) has given an emphatic denial to the statement the the Municipal Labor Party intended…

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Sovereigns Unusual Find of Gold

Northern Star · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A novel gold rush is on at Camperdown, following the discovery by a boy of two sovereigns in Cobden Dam three weeks ago…

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Killed by Fall of Coal

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—Jack Evans (40), a miner, was killed by a fall of coal in Killingworth colliery to-day. He was working when several tons of coal…

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Mines Without Smoke. Preserving Forest Beauty

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 8

In Sherwood Forest, Notts, three new coal, pits, at Edwinstowe, Olerton and Blidworth are being sunk. These will provide work for between 12,000 and…

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Rush for Gold at Wingham

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 2

Great excitement has been caused at Wingham by reported gold finds,and SO miner's' licences have been issued since Monday. A huge; area of…

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Rich Gold Finds

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 6

The history of Hill End dates from the early 'fifties, when rich deposits of alluvial gold were discovered there and at Tambaroora,…

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Gold Find. Near Wingham

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 2

The discovery of a gold-bearing reef at Kiwarrick Mountain, about eight miles, from Wingham, is causing excitement…

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Yellow Creek Gold Promising Indications

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 6

At Messrs. Jones and Black's prospecting claim at Yellow Creek, about 12 miles from Drake (says the "Tenterfield Star") further…

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Another Gold Find. Discovery Near Wingham

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 4

It is reported that a gold-bearing reef has been discovered at Kiwnrrick Mountain, on the Bo Bo, near Wingham…

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Gold Hoard. Savings Banked at Last

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday.—A laborer walked into a Blackburn bank and deposited £990 in pre-Victorian sovereigns. He explained that they had been…

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Family Gold Hoard (Australian Press Association.) LONDON

Northern Star · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 5

A labourer walked into a Blackburn bank and deposited £990 in pre-Victorian' sovereigns. He explained that they had been…

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Coal Trade Shrinkage for Export Market (Reuter.) LONDON

Northern Star · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 5

Mr. Frank Hodges, the miners' leader, in outspoken proposals to save the coal industry from ruin, said that the international markets for the export of coal were narrowing…

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American Gold

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--A small shipment of gold from U.S.A. arrived in Sydney to-day, amounting to £250,000. Later.--The American steamer Sierra…

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Unusual Gold Rush

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 4

A novel gold rush is on at Camper down (Vic.), following the discovery by a boy of two sovereigns in Cobden Dam three weeks ago. Mr. F. Buck…

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Plenty of Gold

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The steamer Sierra, which reached Sydney to-day, brought £250,000 worth of gold consigned to the Bank of New South Wales…

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