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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

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Professed Gold Marking a Cigarette Trick? Munich

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 3

Dr. Hohage, the expert investigating Tausend's gold-making exeriments on behalf of an important firm, gave evidence at Tausend's trial that he watched the…

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Good Prospects of Payable Gold?

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 4

Mr. E. B. Wiltshire, who has made a number of visits to Coff's Harbor with the airmen, is now taking a closer interest in the district. He is investigating…

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Gold Mining. Activity in District. Good Find at Moonee

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 3

Anywhere, gold is likely to be found prospectors are looking for it these days. There is considerable prospecting going on in this district, and many…

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A Mild Gold Rush

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 4

Menzies, in Western Australia, had a gold rush in a mild form last week. Miss J. Allen "specked" a small piece of gold about ten yards off the footpath in…

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Telegrams Tumut Gold Finds. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 6

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Baddeley, said to-day that in the opinion of the Geological Surveyor, Mr. Harper, the areas where gold had been found at Tumut…

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EXPLOSION Colliery Disaster Eight Dead, Twenty Missing Difficult Rescue Work. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 5

The tragic undersea colliery at White haven, known as Haig pit, was the scene of another serious explosion last night close to the spot, two miles under the…

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Mine Explosion Rescuers Were Gassed Fatherless Families 28 Miners Killed. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 5

Members of rescue parties relate terrible experiences at Whitehaven, where 28 miners were killed in an explosion in the Haig pit of an…

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Gold Find at Moonee

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 4

There is considerable prospecting going on in the Coff's Harbor district, and many of the old workings that yielded gold years ago are being explored for fresh…

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Fraud Alleged New Guinea Gold Mines Four Persons Charged Serious Allegations Against Informants. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 5

At the Central Court to-day Frederick Oertel Clive Cooper, W. A. J. Marshall, Alexander Marshall, and Gertrude Cope were charged with…

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Coal Industry "Sport of Politicians." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 6

The chairman of the Northern Collieries' Association, Mr. McDonald, says the creation of a coal board would mean greatly increased costs. He protests…

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"The Gold Maker" Found Guilty of Fraud. Munich

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 February 1931 · page 5

Tausend, who styled himself "the gold maker," was to-day found guilty of fraud and sentenced to 44 months' imprisonment, of which he has already served 20…

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Gold!

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 2

We have been informed on reliable authority that a very promising quartz reef has been unearthed on the Cells Creek, in close proximity to…

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"Lady Elsie" Mine

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 2

Mr. Hampton and Captain Wilshire are proceeding with the exploration of the old workings of the "Lady Elsie" goldmine at Coramba, in the…

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After Gold

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon four strangers walked through Coffs Harbour from the train, with swags, picks and shovels on theird backs. They were…

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The Valla Mines. Some Early History

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 1

In March, 1930, I paid a visit to the Valla Mines and was pleased to see that the old show had been resuscitated under the capable…

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Gold Reef Discovery in Victoria. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 5

Mr. Satchell, M.L.A., announced to-day that a new gold reef had been found near Maldon, and apparently the quartz would produce a good yield. He said he had…

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Nugget of Gold in Goose

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

A nugget of gold about twice the size of an ordinary pea was found inside, a young goose which was killed for Sunday's dinner by Mr. Arnold…

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'Fix' Everything Coal Collieries Bill Board to Run Mines Amazing Powers Provided. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 February 1931 · page 4

Provisions of a far-reaching nature are contained in the Coal Industry Bill, details of which have been almost completed by the Minister for Mines,…

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Nugget of Gold in Goose Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 February 1931 · page 4

Mr. Arnold Kilgour, of Upper Whisky Creek, made a welcome discovery, when he killed a goose for last Sunday's dinner…

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Crown Intervenes. New Guinea Gold, Mining Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 February 1931 · page 5

The Crown has now taken over the prosecution in what has become known as the New Gulnea gold mining case. When four men and a woman appeared…

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