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Southern Highlands · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

20 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Gold Yield and Dividends

Robertson Mail · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 3
Also in The Southern Mail

The Queensland gold yield last year was £406,618. Dividends paid by Queensland gold mining companies amounted to £8421. A fair…

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Moss Vale Mining Warden's Office. 1915 a Record. Fees Amount to £991/1/2

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 2

For many years the mining business at the local court house was negligible, and if the fees collected [?] to £5 for a year it was…

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Miners Gaoled. Fines Have No Effect

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 2

Forty-three miners employed by the Mount Kembla Collieries, Ltd, were sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment by Judge Rolin in the Industrial…

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Other People's Views. the Gold Pass Grab. The Editor, The Mail

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 April 1925 · page 2
Also in Robertson Mail

Sir,—What has become of the Bowral branch of the National Association, that there is not a meeting called to give our representatives an…

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Limestone Works. Quarry or Mine?

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 April 1925 · page 2

A question of some interest to miners, quarrymen, and others was before the Chief Industrial Magistrate, Mr. G. C. Addison, on…

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Coal Prospects at Bong Bong. Unfavorable Report

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 3
Also in Robertson Mail

Mr. L. F. Harper, of the geological staff of the Department of Mines, in reporting upon the site for a bore in the search for coal at Bong Bong,…

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About the District. Extracts From Our Nearer Contemporaries. 71oz. of Gold

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 3

The Golden Crown Gold Mining Co. management brought into Nowra a cake of retorted gold won at the mine, weighing 71 ounces…

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About the District Extracts From Our Nearer Contemporaries. 7toz. of Gold

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 3

The Golden Crown Gold Mining Co. management brought into Nowra a cake of retorted gold won at the mine, weighing 71 ounces…

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Gold Find at Drake

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 July 1925 · page 4

The gold show at the Drake, near Tenterfield, is showing from 30Z to 200z to the ton according to advices received from the field on…

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Medway Colliery. Developments in Prospect

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 4

The company which has control of the Medway Colliery at Berrima, expects to make an early start with the construction of a light line of…

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Wattle Gold

Robertson Mail · Friday 31 July 1925 · page 3
Also in The Southern Mail

"The wattle hath unbound her yellow hair, Shedding a golden mist upon the fragrant air…

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Cement Works. Bong Bong Marulan Project. Coal for Goulburn

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 September 1925 · page 4

Gradually the potentialties of the southern districts are being exploited, and the latest project concerns the establishment of cement works on a big…

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"Paved with Gold."

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 6
Also in Robertson Mail

It may appear a ridiculous assertion, but, nevertheless, it is a fact that sections of the road to Sandy Hills are "paved with gold." The…

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News by Cable. Coal Strike in America. London November 9

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 November 1925 · page 2

The strike of coalminers in the United States, which began on September 1, has reached of crucial stage. Taking advantage of the…

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Mining at Marulan Labour on Leases

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 December 1925 · page 4

At the Goulburn Mining Warden's Court on Tuesday, before the Warden (Mr. G. R. Williams), Berey Oswald Ford lodged a…

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