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Riverina · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

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As Good As a Gold-mine

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 3

Professor White estimates that no fewer than 400,000,000 gas-mantles are used every year, and as these gas-mantles cannot be manufactured…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 3

Rich stone has been unearthed at the Bribbaree Confined Gold-mining Company's mine, at a depth of 140ft, The reef is reported to be 4ft. wide…

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A Wages Agreement. British Miners. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1924 · page 6

The conference of representatives of the coalowners and the miners, held in accordance with the recommendation of the recent Court of Inquiry, resulted in…

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A Hole in the Ground Bailiff Sells a Mine

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 19 May 1924 · page 2

"The Big Reef" Mine, six miles from Gundagai has met its second reverse. Over 30 years ago it was given…

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Smokeless Coal. Riverina Mine

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 1

Mr. G. Moore, secretary of the Riverina Collieries at Albury, received news on Saturday last from the mine manager (Mr. D. C. MacKenzie) that…

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Fire in Colliery Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 May 1924 · page 1

A report reserved from Kurri Kurri this morning states that a fire had broken out in Stanford Merthyr Colliery…

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A Hole in the Ground. Bailiff Sells a Mine

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 3

"The Big Reef" Mine, six miles from Gundagai, has met its second reverse. Over 30 years ago it was given up, after a boiler blew out. Old…

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A Compromise the British Miners Troubles London

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 May 1924 · page 1

At a conference of miners' delegates it was decided by a 473,000 to 311,000 to accept a compromise of their terms…

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Bathurst Coal. Sensational Disclosure. Official Report. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1924 · page 6

Sensational revolutions are made in the official report supplied to the Minister for Justice by the officials of the Prisons Department. The report was…

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Ruhr Miners. Dispute Settled. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 2

Reuter's Cologne correspondent states that the Ruhr miners' dispute has been settled. The men are to receive a 15 per cent, increase in wages, and work…

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Mining. Bogong Copper Mine

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 2

Mr. Thos. H. Cunningham reports that a parcel of rich copper ore is being sent to the smelters as a test of the bulk sampling of the fine lens…

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Coorabin Coal

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 1

The first truck of coal from the Coorabin mine for Victoria was despatched from the mine recently to the order of the Wangaratta Milling…

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MINING. Rich Reef at Adelong

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1924 · page 2

Excitement has been aroused by the striking of a rich gold reef in Currajong tunnel at Surface Hill, Adelong. This tubular opening was…

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Bishop of Riverina. All That Glitters Is Not Gold

Ariah Park News · Thursday 5 June 1924 · page 2

Per medium of the "Riverina Grazier," we cull the following extracts from a speech delivered by Bishop Anderson at a recent…

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Currajong Gold Mine Rich Ore Struck in Tunnel

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 4

The, pleasing news of the discovery of a good reef in the Currajong tunnel caused some excitement in Adelong last week-end. This tunnel…

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Little Gold Fish

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 3

It was a bright morning in the last week of April, and the Princess of Callow— whose real name was Malilda—the Princess Matilda—was walking in…

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Peculiar Mining Accident. Kurri Kurri

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 3

Arthur Willetts, of Richmond Main colliery, was critically injured in a most peculiar manner. He had been working a punching machine at the face of…

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Mining Accident. Two Men Injured. Rockhampton

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1924 · page 1

As a result of a premature explosion in the Mount Morgan mine, two married men, Bernard Maunion and Joh Malone, were taken to the hospital in…

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The Coal Gentleman

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 3

"I want somebody to show me where to unload this coal," said the grimylooking man at the kitchen door. "You needn't ask me about that,"…

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Items of News. Bellbird Mine

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1924 · page 2

Further exploration work has been done in the Bellbird mine, but, so far, no further bodies have been discovered…

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