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Southern Highlands · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1920

11 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Goulburn and Coal. What a Mine at Mittagong Would Mean

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 25 February 1920 · page 4

Commenting on the possibility of a payable coal field being opened up at Mittagong, the Goulburn City Electrical Engineer, Mr. Coutts, said that if…

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Mount Kembla Mine. to Be Tested

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 July 1920 · page 4

In further reference to the trouble at the Mount Kembla colliery, referred to in the report of Tuesday's Labour e[?]eus, the Minister for Lab…

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Colliery Cat's Record

Robertson Advocate · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 4

The existence of a remarkable colliery cat has been brought to right through a strike in the South Pork-shire coalfield. A half-bred Persian is…

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Gold Nugget Unearthed by Plough

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

A nugget of gold weighing 39oz., and worth about £185, was found at Kamarooka, near Bendigo, on Friday last, by Peter Hansen, a farmer. The find was made in a cultivation…

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Mining Authorities

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1920 · page 2

At the Mining Wardeu's Court hold at Moss Vale last week, before Mr. G. R. Williams, mining authorities were granted as follows:—Francis Bernard Sheedy, Wingello, to…

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Joadja Creek Shale Mine

Robertson Advocate · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

Mr. Wauchope is the manager of the present company, and a good start has been inside, not only in breaking out the shale,but in its distiliation also Six hundred acres…

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Joadja Shale Mine

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 October 1920 · page 4

Mr. Wauchope is the manager of the present company, and a good start has been made, not only in breaking out the shale, but in its distilation also…

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News by Cable. LONDON, October 18. English Miners Strike

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 October 1920 · page 2

The strike position in Britain is unchanged, and public attention is focussed on this week's industrial conferences. There is mush…

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A Nugget of Gold. Lucky Prospectors

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 December 1920 · page 2

The 114 ounce nugget of almost solid gold that it now being displayed in Bathurst was found by two prospectors named Phillip Dwyer…

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