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South Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

8 stories in South Coast's papers

This Home of Mine

Southern Star · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 2

Dear little sweet [?] home of [?] Where the swallows build in the creeping vine, And a welcome awaits me, of love…

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Hanged for using Coal. What Happened in the Good Old Days

Southern Star · Wednesday 9 April 1919 · page 4

English coal is first men[?]ned on the reign of Henry III, who granted a charter to the [?]sens of Newcastle empowering [?] to egg [?] The new…

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Romance of te Cobar Copper Mines

Southern Star · Wednesday 23 April 1919 · page 4

The closing down of the copper mines of Cobar is a tragedy in the history of production in Australia. It is all the more deplorable in that…

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Mining Warden's Court

The Nowra Leader · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 4

There was a case set down for hearing before the Mining Warden, S.M., on Wednesday at Nowra, where William Barron…

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The Gold Question

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 2 July 1919 · page 5

Joseph Palmer and Son, in their monthly share report, say:—In all the European allied countries the currency question is an acute problem…

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Boring for Coal

The Nowra Leader · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 3

Mr. Morgan urged that the Mines Department undertake to test this district for coal. The Premier said that this was a…

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Mining at Ettrema

The Nowra Leader · Friday 5 September 1919 · page 5

During the week, applications for four mining leases, for the purpose of mining for zinc, were lodged with the Mining Registrar at Nowra. The land applied for is on…

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Last Big Mine Sweep

The Bega Budget · Wednesday 17 September 1919 · page 2

Mine sweepers of the British Navy and the American Navy are now engaged in making a final grand sweep, of the North Sea. The work is being shared equally…

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