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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

423 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 22

Coramba Prospectors for Gold 200 Operating in District

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1931 · page 1

During the past year great activity has existed throughout the district in the work of gold mining. There are about 200 prospectors operating in the district, and…

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Mungana Case Defence to Call Mining Expert. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 4

When the Mungana case was resumed to-day it was disclosed that the defence intends to call a mining expert of worldwide experience by the name of Newman…

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Fossicking for Gold

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1931 · page 7

Numbers of people are fossicking in the black sand on the shores of Palm beach (Qld.) for a s[?] which every appearance of golds dust. Men,…

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Coal Industry Bill Mr. Bavin's Opposition. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1931 · page 8

Speaking on the Coal Industry Bill, in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Bavin declared, it would result in an increase in the price of coal and, therefore, he would…

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Gold Sent to London Australian Issues on Stock Exchange. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 August 1931 · page 5

The London Bank to-day received £1,000,000 sovereigns from Australia per the Narkunda. The "Financial News" says Australian…

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Egypts Gold Salvagers Reach Strongroom. Brest

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 5

A Divers from the salvage vessel, Artiglio, reached the roof of the sunken Egypt's strongroom, the way to which has been cleared by blasting. The Egypt which was…

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Amateur Gold Seekers Government Scheme Criticised. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 5

A prospector who has returned from the country severely criticised the Government's scheme of assistance to gold prospectors…

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Mine That Yielded £18,000,000

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 August 1931 · page 4

In support of the claim that tlie Great Boulder Proprietary's gold mine is Australia's wonder mine it is stated that the original capital of the company was…

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Unlucky Family Fourth Death at the Mines Kalgoorlie

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 August 1931 · page 4

George Ronahl McDonald, 39, single was killed by an explosion at the Ivan so mine yesterday, when a fuse caught fire is he was climbing the ladder up a w[?]aze…

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Rich Gold Find Reported

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 4

A rich gold find has been made at Craven Creek, near Gloucester, by Mark and William Bartlett. Stone, thickly encrusted with gold, has been found along…

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Free Coal for Unemployed

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 August 1931 · page 4

A deputation from the Waratah-May field unemployed waited upon the Northern Executive of the Miners' Federation, and urged that miners should hew coal free of…

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New Guinea Gold Company Scenes at Shareholders' Meeting. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 August 1931 · page 5

There Avere wild scenes at an informal meeting of shareholders in the Staignan (New Guinea) Gold Lodes Company at the Sydney Chamber of Commerce last night…

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Finding of Nugget of Gold

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 August 1931 · page 2

Mr. T. Brooks, a visitor to Cangai, who has been prospecting in the district for a short time, was rewarded for his labors by finding a very nice nugget of gold…

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Gold

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 4

Shares in the Clarence River Gold Milling and Prospecting Company recently formed to work the reef known as Taylor's Reward are now being offered…

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District Mining. "Black Mystery" Good

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 3

Great reports come from the "Black Mystery" mine at Central Bucca, which a party of about half a dozen men have been developing for a few…

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Big Blaze Pelaw Main Mine Pit Top Buildings Gone Damage £20,000. Kurri Kurri

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 August 1931 · page 5

One of the most disastrous pit top fire's in the history of the northern coalfields broke out at Pelaw Main colliery, Kurri Kurri, at 9 o'clock last…

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Lucky Prospector Gold Near Alice Springs About £3000 for Year's Total. Alice Springs

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 August 1931 · page 5

Almost a year ago, a prospector named Frank Shugre set to work on a heap of sand at Arltunga, 70 miles from here, and with the aid of cyanide, recovered a…

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'A Blind' Mungana Mining Co. Counsel's Allegations Preserve THEODORE-McCORMACK Interests. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 August 1931 · page 5

Continuing his address for the Crown in the Mungana case to-day, Mr. McGill said he charged Goddard with "unblushing perjury."…

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Telegrams Mines Amendment Bill. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 August 1931 · page 4

In the Assembly to-day the second reading of the Coal Mines Regulation Amendment Bill was carried on the voices and the Bill formally taken into committee…

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Boy Settler Prospects for Gold

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 4

"Better than the dole," is the expression used by a British boy settler who has lost his job on a farm and turned his attention to prospecting for gold. The…

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