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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

347 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 18

Football Match for Gold Cup Coff's Defeat Dorrigo by 22—14

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 6

Coff's Harbour had a better combination than Dorrigo in the challenge match for the Claude Bridge gold cup, played at Coff's Harbour on…

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Vanishing Gold East African Hoodoo a Digger Who Lost His Nugget. London, July 13

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 August 1935 · page 1

A strange story of a big gold nugget which mysteriously vanished is told by an old digger from East Africa who has just arrived in…

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Colliery Explosion 77 Deaths in Transvaal. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 August 1935 · page 5

An acting manager, two Europeans and 74 natives were killed in a colliery disaster in the Eastern Transvaal, resulting from an…

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Emperor Mines Ltd. Purchase of Syndicates Shares Four Members Share £1,000,000 MELBOURNE

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 August 1935 · page 5

Four members of the Emperor syndicate, E. G. Theodore, John Wren, P. F. Cody and F. Packer will share £1,000,000 between them, through the purchase by…

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Fortune From £20 Romantic Goldfields Story

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 August 1935 · page 4

I came back from Fiji the other day with one of the luckiest young men who had ever sought fortune and found it in that fascinating place…

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Presents £50 Gold Cup

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1935 · page 4

As a mark of appreciation for his reelection as president of the Armidale and New England Jockey Club, Mr. G. F. Nett decided to present the club with a…

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Desert Gold Grand-daughter May Follow Footsteps

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 August 1935 · page 2

Racegoers of a few years ago are not likely to forget that brilliant New Zealand mare, Desert Gold, which met and beat most of the southern champions…

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Prospector's Luck 60ozs. Of Gold Found Near Lionsville Valued at £480

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 August 1935 · page 4

Hope of finding another rich gold reef similar to the many which were discovered about 1370 at Lionsville and Solferino and which…

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Gold Find Near Scone

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 August 1935 · page 4

A rich gold find is reported at Martin's Creek (says a message front Scone), where a party of prospectors are said to have taken 70 ounces of gold from ten…

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Beach Mining at Yamba Mineralised Sand Shipments for America

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 August 1935 · page 4

During the week the river steamers Mulgi and Moongi, have brought from Manilla to Maclean 15 tons of mineral sand for the Titanium Alloy…

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Museum Robbed Gold Worth £50. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 August 1935 · page 5

After hiding in the Sydney Museum tor hours, a thief broke open a specimen ease and stole gold which is believed to be worth £50…

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Secret Gold Find English' Expedition's Plans Airwoman to Locate Vein Canada's New "Klondyke. " LONDON, July 27

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 August 1935 · page 2

A luxurious steam yacht will, in a few weeks' time, leave Southampton for Canada on one of the most romantic voyages of the country…

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Mining Warden's Court

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1935 · page 3

Silting as Mining Warden at Coramba, Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., granted authority to P. S. Billiard, Coffs Harbour, to enter portion 34, parish of…

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Beach Mining Operations at Yamba Another Company at Work

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 2

Following the mining operations on the beaches at Byron Bay and Angowrie by companies interested in the recovery of the valuable minerals, zircon, [?]ilmenite…

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Mining Licenses to Prospect on Private Land

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 August 1935 · page 4

A proclamation has been issued to the effect that the Mining (Amendment) Act, 1935, came into operation on July 15, 1935…

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Gold Goes a Long Way

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 August 1935 · page 6

Gold can be beaten out so thin that an ounce will cover an area of 146 square fact, so writes an exchange, but the average man has not got enough gold…

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Leaving Farms for Mining Gold Rush in Rhodesia

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 4

Farmers are leaving their holdings and taking on gold mining in Rhodesia, declared Captain N. K. Plumer, a former Australian resident,…

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Sack Himself Miners' Demand To Owner Tools Downed at Lithgow Owner Must Not Work with Men Lithgow

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 August 1935 · page 5

An amazing situation was caused at Lidsdale colliery, where the miners demanded that the owner of the colliery, who had been doing work on the…

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Bobo Mining Field Battery Being Installed. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 31 August 1935 · page 7

Miners operating on the Bobo field are installing a battery. A large amount of ore avos taken nut by Mining Ventures, Ltd., who had a…

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Fiji Gold Syndicate No Concession Granted £5 Shares Quoted at £42. SUVA

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 September 1935 · page 8

The Government announced to night that there was no truth in the statement that the Government had granted the Nasivi Fiji Syndicate, no liability, a…

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