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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1930

522 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 21 of 27

100 Miners to Go. Cessnock

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 September 1930 · page 7

One hundred miners employed at Paxton colliery will receive dismissal notices to-morrow…

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Gold Found Near Forbes. Forbes

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 September 1930 · page 7

A party of prospectors discovered gold a mile from town and many claims already have been pegged out. The find caused great excitement in the town…

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N.Z. Coal Mine Tragedy. Manager and Miner Killed. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 September 1930 · page 4

James Carruthers, mine manager, and Joseph Morris, miner, lost their lives in Bruce and Company's coal mine at Waronni, South Otago, yesterday, They went…

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Fell Down Mine Shaft Woman Injured. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 September 1930 · page 5

When Joseph James Thomas, aged 66, of Mount Magnet, returned to his home yesterday he found his wife had fallen down, an old shaft of the Leap Year mine,…

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Rehabilitation Miners in Coal Industry Suggested By-products Plant. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 September 1930 · page 4

That the £100,000 promised by the Federal Government for the rehabilitation of the mining industry should be applied to establish a coal by-products plants…

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Prospecting Scheme Reported Gold Find on Stony Creek. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 September 1930 · page 1

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Weaver, has received a report from the Warden's clerk at Stuart Town that a prospector named Fitzsinimons has discovered…

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Sir Otto's Visit Blakeley's Statement Denied Gold Shortage. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 September 1930 · page 4

Sir Otto Niemeyer, addressing a Chamber of Commerce gathering at Christchurch, said he thought New Zealand, its well as many other countries, would have…

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Prospecting for Gold

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 September 1930 · page 4

Mr. J. B. McDougall, who takes a keen and sympathetic interest in the activities of practical miners, in conversation with a "Daily Examiner" representative…

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World's Gold Supply League Committee's Report Geneva

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 September 1930 · page 5

The League of Nations Financial Committee, examining questions concerning the world's gold supply, has issued an interim report. It estimates the gold…

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French Govt. War Loan Repayment Not on Gold Basis British Holders May Lose Millions. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 September 1930 · page 5

If the French Government repays its war loans on the value of the franc, as she insists on doing, instead of on a gold basis, British…

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Mining by Hosepipe

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 26 September 1930 · page 4

One of the most extraordinary ways of extracting metals from the earth is that to be seen in the tin mines of the Malay States. With the…

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S.P. BETS Harvest Gold's Win Claim for £628 Armidale Firm Sued. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 30 September 1930 · page 5

The case in which Michael Frawley claimed £028 from Benjamin and Co., Ltd., of Armidale, and the managing director, A. Keith Benjamin, was…

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General News Free Gold in Metal Quarry

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 October 1930 · page 3

The discovery that free gold exists in a large road-metal quarry at Spencer's Creek, on the Lower Macleay, has caused a mild sensation. The stone, or dioritic…

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Colliery Explosion. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 October 1930 · page 5

Fourteen persons were killed in a colliery explosion at Brown Hills, near Walsall…

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Colliery Ceases Work. Wollongong

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 October 1930 · page 2

Wongawilli colliery at Dapto [?]ceased work to-day, throwing 250 men out of employment…

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Died at Sea Well-known Mining Man. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 October 1930 · page 2

When the steamer Nieuw Holland, from Java, arrived at Brisbane to-day it was announced that a saloon passenger, Mr. A. W. Freeman, of Sydney, who was…

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Gold Bonus Early Favorable Announcement Likely. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 October 1930 · page 2

Mr. Keane, M.H.R. for Bendigo, states there is a strong probability that the Federal Government will make an early favorable announcement regarding the…

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Incendiarism Expected Another Fire at B.H. Proprietary Mine. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 October 1930 · page 5

A fire broke out at the Proprietory mine last night, but was extinguished before any serious damage was done. It is said that the officials noticed a strong smell…

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Decrease of Coal Exports. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 October 1930 · page 4

A heavy decrease is shown in the comparative figures for the exportation of goal from Newcastle for the nine months ended September…

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Child Severely Burned Fell Into Burning Coal Dump Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 October 1930 · page 5

While Mervyn Jones, 3½ years old, was playing on top of a refuse coal heap at Redhead, near Newcastle, he crashed through the thin surface crust into the…

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