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Mining & the mines, 1924

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Local and General. Mining Boom at Mt. Tumblong

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 28 February 1924 · page 2

Mr. A. P. Penman is consulting engineer and Sir Henry Barraclough and Messrs. R. J. Browning, W. Hill, L. Burnett, A. H. Poole and J. S…

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Prospector's Strange Story. Prevented Working Rich Gold Area, Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1924 · page 2

A man named John vance called at the Prime Minister's Department to-day and told a strange story. He said that he had travelled to…

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The Coal Industry Serious Outlook Castle Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1924 · page 1

Mr. John Brown, coal magnate, who returned to-day from a tour of New Zealand, in the course of an interview, said that the coal…

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All Is Not Gold Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 5 March 1924 · page 1

Three young men. Arthur Greenhalgh Ernest Salon and Le[?] Wilson were convicted at [?] [?] to-day on a charge of…

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Industrial Matters. the Coal Trade. Outlook Reported Serious. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 March 1924 · page 3

Mr. John Brown, the coal magnate who returned to-day from a tour ot New Zealand in the course of an interview said that the coal outlook…

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Old King Coal His Days Numbered a Gloomy Forecast Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 5 March 1924 · page 1

A gloomy picture of the future of New South Wales coal industry was [?] by Mr. John [?] the coal magnate who returned to-day from a…

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The Coal Trade. Mr. Brown's Pessimism. Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 6 March 1924 · page 1

Mr. John Brown’s doleful statement yesterday as to the future of the Newcastle coal trade was ridiculed there to-day by a man [?] the…

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All for Gold

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 7 March 1924 · page 6

In conversation with a gentleman, who is a no[?]interested party in mining circles hereabout but who knows what a good spe[?] is be said that…

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Treasury of Egypt Tomb That Is a Chamber of Gold

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1924 · page 1

In an article written en the Egyptian Dicove[?] to the London "Daily Mail" Year Book by sir Flinders Petrie. D.C.L., F.R.S., he…

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Mine Disaster. Explosion and Loss of Life. New York, March 7

The Daily Express · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 2

It is reported [?] 175 miners were [?] explosion in a [?] and [?] the entrance [?]…

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Appalling Disaster, 175 Miners Entombed. Feared Heavy Loss of Life. VANCOUVER

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 2

A message from Castlegate. Utah, states that it is feared that 175 miners are entombed as the result of a mine explosion and that all will lose…

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Christmas Gift Gold Mining Company

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 2

The manager reports as follows: The winze sunk from the 200 foot level on the Federal lode is now down to a depth of 44 feet on the…

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To-day's City News a Mining Record. Sydney, This Day

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 2

The value of minerals in N.S.W. last year was £16,291,000. establishing a record…

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Mining. Mount Tumblong Development

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 2

The shaft at Mt. Tumblong Gold Development, N.L, is now down 42 feet. The last firing showed a soft formation, which is underlying…

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N.s.w. Mining Yield. 1923 a Record Year

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 1

The Minister for Mines, Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, has just received a departmental statement on the mineral production of this State for 1923…

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Mining Mems

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 17 March 1924 · page 2

Mr Thos. O'Keefe, a mining man of wide experience is optimistic concerning the Billapoloo gold-field, which is about 15 miles…

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Our Mineral Wealth. Record Year. Gundagai a Good Second in a Dwindling Gold Yield

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1924 · page 2

So far as the mining industry is concerned the State has just experienced its most prosperous year. The value of the output of all…

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Miners Ask for More

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 2

It is understood that at today's joint meeting of coal-owners and minors, the fatter pleaded that the owners should increase their offer. The owners…

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Gold at Aedlethan

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1924 · page 2

Gold is reported to have been discovered at Hillsley's and adjoining properties, about 25 miles from Ard[?]. Assays of samples, it is said,…

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Mt. T,umblong Gold

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1924 · page 3

Dish prospects are staled to have given good tailing of gold at Mount Tumblong gold mine. The main shaft has been sunk an additional…

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