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South Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1914

41 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 3

Gold and Girls. Surf Bathing and Matrimony

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 6

Mr Mart. Ryan, speaking for the bachelors at the presentation to Miss Borrowdale at Pyree on Wednesday night, said in extenuation of his unmarried colleagues that "a…

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Reported Gold Discovery

The Twofold Bay Magnet : and South Coast and Southern Monaro Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 4

A gold show, which promises well, has recently been discovered by Messrs Brown, brothers on a mountain range seven…

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Robertson Coal Measures

The Nowra Leader · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 4

On Sunday last, at the invitation oi the coal measures' committed, Colene[?] Owen and Mr. Brownloe (owners of Tengarra coat fields), were met by…

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Mining Suspension

The Nowra Leader · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 6

Mr. James L. Valentine on Tuesday applied to the Warden in Nowra for suspension of labor conditions of a…

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Grassy Gully Mining Coy

The Nowra Leader · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 6

The final transactions of the old Grassy Gully Gold Mining Coy take place on Monday next when the old battery and cyanide plant are to be…

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Reported Gold Discovery

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 4

A gold show, which promises well, has recently been discovered by Messrs Brown Brothers on a mountain range seven miles south of Genoa,…

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Queen Among Miners. Back-door Comedy

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 6

The King and Queen arrived at Lambton Castle, Chester-le-street, Durham, on a visit to Lord Durham and Lady Anne Lambton. While the King, Lord Durham, Lord Ripon…

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Mine Development

The Nowra Leader · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 1

At a luncheon given by the president of Bulli Shire, Cr. J. S. Kirton, a director of the Excelsior Colliery, Ltd…

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German Coal Consumption

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 6

The returns of the Coal Syndicate with regard to sales in Germany show clearly how greatly the inland consumption of coal has increased. If, for the sake of convenience,…

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Petrified Bones in a Mine

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 7

Miners at the Usworth Colliery, County Durham, have made a gruesome find. While hewing in the Maudlin seam they broke through into a…

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Petrified Bones in a Mine

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 3

Miners at the Usworth Colliery, Country Durham, have made a gruesome find. While hewing in the Maudlin seam they broke through into a…

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Canaries As Life-savers. Bad Air in Mines

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 3

The enumeration of canary-birds among the necessary implements of the miner might cause surprise, but these pets are life-savers of the first order when their services are…

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The Romance of a Mine. the Queen of Molybdenite. Ore One Time Discarded As Valueless Now Worth £525 Per Ton

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 7

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The Romance of a Mine. Th Queen of Molybdenite. Ore One Time Discarded As Valueless Now Worth £325 Per Ton

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 3

How many regards lay among the past endeavors of the man who has been jured by the call of mining speculation ?How many abandoned shafts to-day,…

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Miners' Accident Relief Act

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1914 · page 7

Mr. Mark Morton (Allowrie) in the Assembly, on Wednesday last, said: I desire to ask the Minister for Mines whether he intends to introduce…

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Treasure Trove. Boys Find Bag of Gold. Many Claimants

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 3

For the first time in thirty years the St. Helens (England) coroner held an inquest to determine whether a bag containing £150 10s in gold, found by two boys in a hole three…

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The Cost of Coal. Facts About Mine Disaster. Heroes in the Pit

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1914 · page 3

So long as we omit one precaution against coal mine explosions, no one, says the "Manchester Guardian," can look Into his domestic are with a clear conscience…

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How to Save Coal

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1914 · page 2

The coal bill in winter is a very serious item of household expenditure. There are many patent grates certified to reduce the consumption of coal to a…

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Health in the Home. Keeping Out the Gold

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 3

Whenever we get a spell of extra cold weather we doctors are called on to deal with a great many cases which arise from a mistaken notion. This is…

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How to Save Coal

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 6

The coal bill in winter is a very serious item of household expenditure. There are many patent grates certified to reduce the consumption of coal to a…

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