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Mining & the mines, 1918

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Save-the-fuel Cooking. Huge Gas and Coal Economy

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 24 October 1918 · page 7

Fireless cooking was a chance discovery made many years ago by an officer in the American army. It is of the greatest moment that every…

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Mining

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 29 October 1918 · page 2

Mining operations were recommenced on the Bombowlee Mine yesterday, after a lapse of nearly two years. The sulphide ore body is to be worked from below the…

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Big Slander Suit. Tin Mining Co. and Broker. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 October 1918 · page 2

John Williamson and Sons, solicitors, have issued a writ claiming £10,000 damages in respect of alleged slander on behalf of the Vegetable…

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The Periscope Mine

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 31 October 1918 · page 5

The Huns, I am told (says a writer in the' " Evening Standard"), are making extensive use of the so-called "periscope mine," an ingenious…

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Enormous North Sea Mine Fields

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 4 November 1918 · page 4

The New York "Times" Washington correspondent says Mr. Daniels announced more than 25,000 mines have been laid in a great…

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New Gold Discovery. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 November 1918 · page 4

A Bathurst message states that a well-known prospector has made another rich gold discovery near Trunkey. A feature of the discovery…

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The Periscope Mine

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 7 November 1918 · page 6

The Huns, I am told (says a writer a the "Evening Standard"), are again making extensive use of the so called "periscope mine," an ingenious device…

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Worth Their Weight in Gold

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 3

When the shoe clerk of the present day any, "Madam, these shoes are worth their weight in gold," he accurately is not very far' off. A shoe manufacturer in Lynn, Mass…

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At Constantinople. Mine-sweeping Delays Fleets. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 November 1918 · page 2

Reuter's Paris correspondent telegraphs:— Owing to the necessity for careful mine-sweeping, the Allied fleets will…

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Alone with a Cobra. At the Bottom of a Mine

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1918 · page 7

The following briskly-told story is from the new issue of "South African Sketches and Stories," published at the office in Wormwood…

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That Gold Stripe. How the News of a War Honour Was Received by the Wounded

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1918 · page 3

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Deadly Dementia. Mine-owner Shoots Four Men. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1918 · page 3

News of a shocking shooting affair has been received from Townsville. Several weeks ago, according to the story, Bernard Thompson, a miner, is…

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In New Zealand. 500 Deaths in New Zealand. Coal and Flour Short. Wellington

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 November 1918 · page 3

It is estimated there have been 600 deaths in Auckland since the outbreak of influenza. In Christchurch 2550 cases are under treatment. The…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 22 November 1918 · page 3

A number of mining men interviewed Mr Jacquet, Chief Inspector of Mines, upon his arrival in Tumut on Tuesday last, with the object of urging the retention of the…

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Madge Kennedy in Baby Mine

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 November 1918 · page 2

At the School of Arts Pictures on Thursday night, November 28, Madge Kennedy, the most popular farce come[?]dience on the American stage and…

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The First Gold. Convicts'"Reward Claim." Truth and Triangles

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 25 November 1918 · page 4

Australian schoolbooks lay it down dogmatically that Australia's gold history starts with the discovery of a few nuggets at Ophir, near Orange, in 1851…

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Mining

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 26 November 1918 · page 2
Also in The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser

A NUMBER of mining men interviewed Mr. Jacquet, Chief; Inspector of mines, upon his arrival in Tumut Tuesday last, with…

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Off to Wilhelmshaven. Mine-sweepers Clearing the Way. Inspection of German Armada. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 November 1918 · page 2

Mine-sweepers left the Forth this morning to clear a passage for a British squadron which is proceeding to Kiel and Wilhelmshaven to…

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Mining under Basalt

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 28 November 1918 · page 2

Some years ago, when on a visit to Kiandra, Mr. W. D. Heather made to keen [?]pection of the country from which the rich deposits or gold was…

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