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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1917

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Mines Off Gabo. How Was the Cumberland Lost? Sydney

Western Age · Tuesday 16 October 1917 · page 2

Mr Cook, Minister for Navy, announces that a submarine mine of enemy origin, was exploded off Cape Howe by a mine sweeper, which was…

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The World's Biggest Explosion Daring Work of Militaby Miners

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 7

No incident of the war has struck the public imagination more than the terrific explosions by means of which German positions, which had been in…

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German Mines

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 6 November 1917 · page 2

It is now stated that the mines discovered off Gabo were made in Germany. They were laid in a row across the path of vessels trading round the…

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A Money Mine

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 November 1917 · page 7

A young man recently got married and took a cottage, determined to grow enough vegetables to keep the household going. He started to dig up…

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Gold Discovery

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 November 1917 · page 7

According to Mr. Herbert Rose, a geological surveyor and mining expert of Sydney, a remarkable rich vein of gold- bearing arsenic pyrites has been…

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Gold Yield Decreases

Western Age · Friday 9 November 1917 · page 4

Mr R. H. Cambage, Under-Secretary for Mines, has furnished a return which shows that gold yield in this State for October is…

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C.S.A. Mines, Ltd. Annual Meeting

Western Age · Tuesday 13 November 1917 · page 2

The tenth annual meeting of shareholders was held at Stanway House, King Street, Sydney, on Thursday, 1st November, at noon…

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Gold. Biraganbil Discovery

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 November 1917 · page 5

A very rich gold bearing reef has been discovered by C. Dunn and party, at the head of the old Biraganbil gold fields. The gold occurs in blue quartz…

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Mine Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 16 November 1917 · page 5

A peculiar accident occurred at the Great Cobar mine about 8 o'clock on Monday morning. S. Beaver, with another man, wore being lowered to one…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquaeee Advocate. Friday, November 23, 1917. Boloism, I.w.w.-ism and Sinn Feinism. "Beware of German gold." New Proverb

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 November 1917 · page 3

Herein we have a trinity of evils which it should be the mission of all honest men to destroy. Boloism is the devilish system of subornation, the…

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Local and General German Mines

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 5

It has now been ascertained beyond any doubt that the mines which were recently discovered off the New South Wales coast were made by Krupps, of…

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News of the W[?] German Mines

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 1

It has now been a[?] beyond any doubt that the [?] which were recently dis[?] the New South Wales [?]…

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Peace in the Coal Industry

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1917 · page 2

An important [?] from the [?] Peter[?] [?] [?] [?] [?]…

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