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Riverina · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

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Mt. Isa Mining Rush

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 20 June 1924 · page 7

Much has been published lately regarding Mt. Isa. A letter from Mr George Milthorpe, well known throughout the Hillston district, to…

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100 Tons of Gold. £14,000,000 in Sovereigns. Melbourne's Interesting Sight. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1924 · page 4

Fourteen million pounds in soverigns were successfully transferred to the vaults of the now Commonwealth Bank to-day. It was strenuous work. The…

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Welsh Coal Trouble. Non-unionists Issue. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1924 · page 2

The Rhonnda district of the South Wales Miners' Federation Committee has decided that notices be tendered to all collieries in the area on July 12,…

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Mystery Shares. Gold Mining Company. Remarkable Affidavits. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 2

In the Equity Court to-day Mr. Justice Street was applied to, on behalf of the Carter's Hill Gold Mines No Liability Company, for the rectification…

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Coorabin Coal

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1924 · page 4

The first load of Coorabin coal has been delivered at the Junee electric power-house, and is now on trial for its steam generating qualities. The…

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Riverina Coal. Trial at Junee. Junee

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 June 1924 · page 3

As mentioned on Saturday last, a sample truck of coal from the Riverina collieries at Coorabin has been received at the power house, and…

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Christmas Gift Gold Mine

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 3 July 1924 · page 2

The mine manager reports that the following work has been carried out for the past fortnight: 200 foot level: The winze from the…

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THE A.L.P. Criticism by Miners. Ndemnation of Conference. West Maitland

The Daily Express · Monday 7 July 1924 · page 1

Colliery delegates to the recent A.L.P. Conference, reporting to their Branch, declared that the Labor movement ''ls in the hands of crooks and…

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Miners Wrong a Case From Pullitop a Hut; a Possum; Some Skins

The Daily Express · Tuesday 8 July 1924 · page 2

Occasional flashes of humor re[?]ved the otherwise dull proceedings at the Wagga Police Court yesterday when, before the Police Magistrate…

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Co[?]rabin Coal

The Daily Express · Wednesday 9 July 1924 · page 4

Now that the main body of the coal deposits at Coorabin mine has been uncover[?]l, important experiments are (says an Exchange)…

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Coorabin Coal. Values and Freights

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 July 1924 · page 1

Exhaustive tests to prove the value of Coorbin coal have just been concluded at Cook's Pioneer mine, Eldorado, near Wangaratta. The company…

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Rich Gold [?] Ten Ounces to the Ton. “Gold Exists Everywhere.“

The Daily Express · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 3

A telegram from Tumut states:— A sensation has been created in running circles by the discovery of a rich gold reaf, four feet wide on the…

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A Gold Find. 16 Miles From Gundagai

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 2

Messrs Denning, Watson, Tobin and Walls, of Tumut, claim to hare found a rich gold reef, four feet wide, on their lease at Calafat, four miles north of…

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Gold Discovery in N.Z. Reef Unearthed at 30 Feet Wellington (N.z.)

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 10 July 1924 · page 1

A prospector who has arrived at Oamaru declares that he has discovered a 30 foot reef, showing good' gold values in the Upper Waltaki valley…

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Important Gold Discovery

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1924 · page 4

Messrs Denning, Watson, Tobin and Walls, of Tumut, claim to have found a rich gold reef, four feet wide, on their lease at Calafat four miles north…

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Strike Less Advice to Mines South Coast Unemplo Sydney, Th[?]

The Daily Express · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 2

Mr. Davies moved the adj of the Legisla[?] Assembly to direct attention to the amount of unemployment…

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Local and General. Christmas Gift Gold Mine

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 July 1924 · page 2

The manager of the above reports the following work done at the mine for the fortnight ending 18th July: The winze from the short crosscut…

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Miners Idle. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 2

The men employed at the Bajmain colliery held a stopwork meeting to discuss the alleged refusal of the proprietors to concede an increased boring…

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Pacific Islands Oil and Coal. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 1

Mr C. S. R. Campbell, representing the Pacific Island Investment Co., who arrived at Sydney with Mr R. Hanlin, to-day, said there is,…

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Coorabin Coal

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1924 · page 1

Mr. F. W. Eldridge, an employee of the Coorabin Coal Mining Co. at Oaklands, was in Narandera on Saturday last trying out Coorabin coal at Meeers…

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