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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

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Supposed Smuggled Gold Equity Court Order. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 September 1932 · page 5

Mr. Justice Harvey in the Equity Court to-day directed that £1000 worth of gold now held by the Commissioner of Police should be handed over to Garrett and…

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Pit Top Fire John Darling Colliery. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 September 1932 · page 5

The pit trip buildings of the John Darling colliery, at Belmont, caught fire, to-day. The extent of the damage is not yet known, but it is not thought to be…

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Colliery Fumes Through Cracks in Ground. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 September 1932 · page 5

Complaints were made to the Northern Miners' Federation yesterday that offensive fumes were rising from cracks in the ground above certain sealed off…

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Coramba King Mine

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 23 September 1932 · page 2

What appears to be the best outward indication that there is good payable gold immediately available in the old Coramba King mine is the…

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Coramba King Mine Rich Find Reported

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 23 September 1932 · page 4

There was considerable excitement at Coramba one day this week when the report spread that the main reef had been struck in the old…

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500 Men Idle Collieries Close Down Competition--production Costs. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 September 1932 · page 5

Through the closing of the metropolitan colleries at Helensburgh yesterday between 500 and 600 men were thrown out of employment. Some had worked there…

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Price of Gold Bruce and Mining Representatives "Bounty" Value Price Fixed London

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 September 1932 · page 5

As the outcome of Mr. S. M. Bruce's conversations with the mining representatives, it was agreed that the price of cold at which the Australian bounty be…

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Colliery Fire Anxiety at Cessnock. Cessnock

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 September 1932 · page 5

Considerable anxiety has been caused by the spread of the underground fire in the old Hill End colliery. Smoke and flames are now issuing from a big cavity,…

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Pulverised Coal Little Possibility of Commercial Basis. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 September 1932 · page 1

Speaking at the annual meeting of shareholders in J. and A. Brown and Abermain and Scaham Collieries, Ltd., to-day, the chairman, Mr. Colin Stephen,…

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Gold at Great Boulder. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 September 1932 · page 7

The general manager of the Great Boulder mine states that the property is opening up wonderfully well. He added that a rich patch, showing free gold, has been…

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Granite Goldfield Forty-five Men on the Spot Warden and Constable Appointed. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 September 1932 · page 5

Advice has been received by the Minister for the Interior, Mr. Parkhill, from the police sergeant at Alice Springs, that there are now 45 men on the…

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First Gold Rush Link with Eureka Riots

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 30 September 1932 · page 3

Proudly claiming to have been the first white child born at Eureka, and to be the oldest surviving native of Pallarat, Mrs. Alice Eureka Warde…

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Gold Increased Production. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 October 1932 · page 5

The production of gold tor the first eight months of the year is estimated at 18,963 ounces fine, compared with 11,461 ounces for the corresponding period…

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Officially on Strike of Wonthaggi Miners. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 October 1932 · page 5

Wonthaggi miners at a meeting to day decided to accept the strike pay offered by the Miners' Federal Council, and the strike is therefore, officially on…

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State Gold Yield This Year's Increase. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 October 1932 · page 3

The State gold yield for the first eight months of this year increased by more than 50 per cent, compared with the corresponding period of last year…

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Gold Shares Activity on Adelaide Exchange Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 October 1932 · page 4

There was great activity in gold shares at the Stock Exchange to-day, and 35,000 were traded in about three hours. Two parties of prospectors will leave by plane…

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Black Magic Gold Coast Secrets the Power of Evil

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 October 1932 · page 6

A bishop who believes in witchcraft is Dr. John Aglionby, Bishop of Accra. After a severe attack of malaria the bishop has been convalescing at his…

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Off by Air Dash to New Goldfields. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 October 1932 · page 5

Leaving the Essendon aerodrome about 7 o'clock this morning a Melbourne party began an air dash to the Central Australian goldfields in a plane piloted by…

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Flying to Goldfields. Broken Hill

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 October 1932 · page 6

The party of Melbourne men who are flying to the Central Australian goldfields arrived here this morning, and left after a short spell for Alice Springs…

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Gold Search Money for Prospecting. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 October 1932 · page 5

The possibility of utilising some funds now held in reserve for the relief of unemployment by providing sustenance and appliances for the unemployed to…

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