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Southern Highlands · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1929

20 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Gold Extraction. a New Process

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 4

A great deal of interest has been [?] at Ka'goorlie by the announce [?] made in London by Dr. K. B. Edwards that experiments with a…

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Coal Bounty

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 2

The Federal Government has withdrawn Its offer of a bounty of i/- a ton on coal exported from the State. Colliery owners fear that the…

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King Coal

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 2
Also in Robertson Mail

KING COAL IS DOOMED. I am afraid there is no doubt of that. He has had a long reign and has done much for…

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Copper Mining Industry

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 March 1929 · page 4

At is well known to all those interested in mining, the copper industry has for many years past been under a cloud owing to the relatively low…

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Coal Discovered. Shaft Close to Goulburn

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 26 June 1929 · page 2

Free burning coal has been discovered within easy distrance of Goulburn and tests are being made to discover its suitability for…

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Mining Barites

Robertson Mail · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 4

The Talloweena barites mine in the Wombeyan district is now working. Ten tons of ore was carted from the mine to the Talloweena…

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Prooshan Pat Tries Mining

Robertson Mail · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 3

Proshan Pat had not landed long when he started mining. His brother-in-law, Prooshan Jack and Joe Bailey, a dark, hairy Hertfordshire man, who…

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Mining Baritos

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 July 1929 · page 2

The Talloweena barites mine in the Wombeyan district is now working, Ten tons of are was carted from the mine to the Tallow…

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A Road of Gold

Robertson Mail · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 1
Also in The Southern Mail

I WONDER if I could interest the school teachers in and around Mittagong and Bowral in a project to make the…

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There Were Nuggets in Those Day Posiedon's Cup and Porter's Gold

Robertson Mail · Friday 2 August 1929 · page 6
Also in The Southern Mail

The death of Mr. John Porter, who was well known in Milton some years ago, and many of whose relatives still reside in the district, recalls the…

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Mining at Werong

Robertson Mail · Friday 20 September 1929 · page 4
Also in The Southern Mail

Our Barrallier correspondent writes:— The Associated Mines and Tributors, Ltd., have washed and bagged…

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Gold Rush in Bowral Rich Discovery at R. S. Smith and Co.'s

Robertson Mail · Tuesday 29 October 1929 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

There was intense excitement in Bowral on Saturday consequent upon the discovery of gold on the property of Messrs. R. S. Smith and Co…

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"Gold-top"

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 November 1929 · page 2

It was a matter of the last Melbourne Cup, in which the hottest favorite in the history of the race failed to materialise. And because…

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What Our Editor Thinks The Price of Coal

Robertson Mail · Friday 22 November 1929 · page 1
Also in The Southern Mail

MR. BAVIN admitted in the Assembly on Tuesday that the Government had received a tender to supply coal at 19s…

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