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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

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Mining Revival at Emmaville

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 November 1931 · page 4

The recent revival in the price of metals and the continual steady advance in the price of wool has increased the optimistic outlook in the Emmaville…

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Old King Coal Quaint Monument Interesting Facts

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 November 1931 · page 3

With the Newcastle coal [?]ry celebrations still on the horizon, it is yet, perhaps, not too late to draw attention to a monument in Newcastle, of the…

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Mining

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 13 November 1931 · page 2

Final arrangements have now been made for the installation of a battery on Mr. Navin's mining lease at Dundurrabin. The plant is to arrive this…

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Dorrigo Gold Find Battery Installed. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 November 1931 · page 2

A company has been formed to instal a battery on Mr. E. Navin's lease at Tyringham. The reef has been traced for 23 chains and exhaustive tests have proved…

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Rich Gold Strike £300 in a Week. Parkes

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 November 1931 · page 5

A rich vein of gold has boon struck at Currajong, on an alluvial field two miles from Parkes, and already this week 46 ounces of gold, worth about £300, have…

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'False Hopes' Miners' Leaders Responsible Oil From Coal. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 November 1931 · page 5

The Minister for Heme Affairs informed Mr. Watkins, M.H.R., that British Navy experiments in extracting oil from coal had disclosed that it was too costly, being…

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Coal Subsidy Queensland Protests to Commonwealth. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 November 1931 · page 5

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Atherton) said that the Queensland Government had directed the attention of the Federal Government to the fact that its action in…

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Heavy Death Roll Mine Explosion Hundreds of Men Caught Terrible Experiences. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 November 1931 · page 5

A disastrous explosion occurred in the Bentley colliery, near Doncaster. There were more than 1000 men in the pit at the time, and hundreds of them have been…

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Oil From Coal " Commercially Possible."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 November 1931 · page 3

The Minister for Mines (Mr. J. M. Baddeley) stated that he was firmly convinced that oil could be extracted from coal on a profitable commercial basis…

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Shale Oil Production Proceeding Satisfactorily Oil From Coal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 November 1931 · page 4

The secretary of the Shale Oil Investigation Committee, Mr. D. J. Davies, said this morning that work was proceeding satisfactory at Newnes, where about 3000…

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Baryulgil Mining

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 December 1931 · page 3

Many men continue to enter the district in search of gold. Amongst the number are a few prospective buyers, and it is reported that Billy Little has disposed of…

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Gold Worth £65 an Ounce. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 December 1931 · page 6

Gold to-day reached a record high level when it was quoted at 125 per ounce…

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Encouraging Report Dundurrabin Mines Healthy Assays

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 2

Our Tyringham correspondent some weeks ago mentioned that arrangements had been made to instal a battery to treat the ore obtained from…

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Gold Worth £667 Per Oz. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 4

Gold reached the new high level of 12[?]7, per oz. on Wednesday…

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Sensational Gold Strike E. Navin' S Luck Big Things Expected at Tyringham. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 4

What is likely to turn out the most sensational gold discovery in these parts, is in the mine opened up by Mr. E. Navin, on the late Mr. Jack Schmitt's property, at…

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Gold Robbers Disturbed Discovered by Watchman Kalgoorlie

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 December 1931 · page 5

Two thieves yesterday attempted to steal 2300 ounces of gold, valued at £13,000, from the retort room of the Great Boulder mine…

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Doleful Tale The Coal Industry Ineptitude of Government Admissions by Labor Member. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 December 1931 · page 5

That the only hope for the salvation of the coal mining industry rested in the extraction of oil from coal was the opinion expressed by Mr…

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Dundurrabin Mines Battery to Be Installed. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 4

The latest report from the Dundurrabin mines states that the syndicate consist of seven, and that for a seventh share of the venture the owner of a battery is…

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"Maidens' Quest for Gold" Charming Operetta to Be Presented at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 December 1931 · page 4

On Monday, December 14, at the Saraton Theatre, the pupils of St. Mary's College, Grafton, and of St. Mary's Primary and Infant Schools, will produce an…

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Search for Gold Bulldog Diggings Prospector's Interesting Letter

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 4

In July last some information regarding gold prospecting was supplied by Mr. J. B. McDougall in response to an application by a prospector named G. A. Lloyd…

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