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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

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Lost Gold Reef Prospector's Discovery at Ogilvy's Hill

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 September 1935 · page 7

Many prospectors from the Singleton district and hundreds from other districts, have fruitlessly searched for a rich gold-bearing reef which was believed…

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Coal Will Come Back Prophecy

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 October 1935 · page 3

Given time, Welsh coal is certain to re-establish its former hold on world markets according to Sir J. F. Beale, chairman of Guest, Keen and…

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"Bubble" Burst. Ironpot Creek Gold. Adverse Report From Minister

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 October 1935 · page 3

The Ironpot Creek gold "bubble" has burst, according to a statement made to the press in Sydney by the Minister for Mines and Forests (Mr. R…

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Coff's Memorial Hall Official Opening Of Extensions by Minister for Mines and Forests Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Monday 7 October 1935 · page 4

Mr. R. S. Vincent, Minister for Mines and Forests, yesterday afternoon performed the official opening of the Memorial Hall extensions, which include…

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Gold in Coramba Duck

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1935 · page 3

A duck reared at Coramba apparently discovered a small gold mine before being sold and brought to Coffs Harbour. When…

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Oro Wins Metropolitan Hdcp High Cross Loses On A Protest the Marne Beats Sprinters Gold Rod Smart Youngster. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 8 October 1935 · page 2

At his third attempt to win the Metropolitan Handicap, Oro was successful to-day, but it was only on a protest that the first prize money…

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Track Gallops Sporting Blood Returns the Raider's Speed Gold Trail Improving. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 9 October 1935 · page 6

With theEpsom, Metropolitan and Derby out of the way, interest in the track gallops for the remaining two days of the A.J.C. spring carnival has…

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Local and General Gold in Coramba Duck

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 October 1935 · page 4

A duck reared at Coramba apparently discovered a small gold mine before being sold, and brought to Coff's Harbor. When killed and cleaned by Mrs. S…

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3400ft. Fall Man Killed in Mine Shaft. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 October 1935 · page 4

While ascending in a cage at Chaffer's shaft, in the Lake View and Star mine, Boulder, to-day, William John Reed, 47, plateman, was killed…

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Gold in the North Rich Small Reefs Government Surveyor's Report. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 October 1935 · page 5

Gold discoveries continue to be made in the Bamboo Creek, Marble Bar and Nulligen districts, including some rich small reefs, according to a report from…

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Short Wave Broadcast From A Scotch Coal Mine B.B.C. ENTERPRISE

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 October 1935 · page 6

On Thursday, October 17, at 7.30 p.m., Greenwich mean time, the British (short wave) Broadcasting Corporation hopes to take listeners on a tour of a…

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Gold in Fowl's Gizzard

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 October 1935 · page 2

When Mrs. Darley, of North Dorrigo, discovered a quantity of gold in the gizzard of a fowl which she wan cleaning, she did not conjure up…

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Scratchings Rogilla, Dromos, Gold Trail. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 October 1935 · page 3

Rogilla was withdrawn from all Melbourne engagements to-day, and Dromos was scratched from the Caulfield Cup. Gold Trail also was scratched from…

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Mine Tragedy Two Men Crushed to Death. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 October 1935 · page 4

The dangers under which miners work were again emphasised to-day, when R. P. McGrath, 34, married, of Golden Square, and Gordon Taylor, 27,…

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Hunger Strike 150 Miners In Colliery Refuse to Come Up Until "Blacklegs Are Dismissed." London

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 October 1935 · page 5

"We will not leave the mine and will not eat until the blacklegs are dismissed" was a message sent to the management in an empty cage at the…

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Gold in Fowl's Gizzard Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 October 1935 · page 4

Mrs. Darley, wife of a Dorrigo farmer, found a quantity of gold in the gizzard of a fowl she was cleaning. She…

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Hunger Strike Miners In Colliery Relatives at Pithead "Dismiss Non-unionists." London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 October 1935 · page 5

Maintaining their determination not to leave the mine "until the blacklegs were dismissed," 170 hunger-striking miners at Nine Mile…

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Gold in Fowl's Gizzard

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1935 · page 3

When Mrs. Darley of North Dorrigo, discovered a quantity of gold in the gizzard of a fowl which she was cleaning she did not conjure up…

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Colliery Strike "Long Fierce Struggle'' Four Other Pits Involved. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 October 1935 · page 5

The strike at the Nine Mile Point colliery has spread to four other Monmouth pits, including nearly 1000 miners…

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Royal Wedding Ring Made From Welsh Gold London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 October 1935 · page 5

The Duke of Gloucester has accepted the offer of London companies to have a wedding ring made of gold taken from five Welsh mines…

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