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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

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Kalgoorlie Storekeepers May Stop Miners' Credit. Kalgoorlie

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 5

Having lost £20,000 in profit so far, the goldfield retail traders will meet tomorrow to decide whether they will continue to allow credit to miners who are…

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Out for Two Years Max Gold and Trainer Raced Unregistered As Bush Lad. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 6

The A.J.G. stipendiary stewards to-day dis[?]ualified the pony Max Gold for two years, and C. J. McDonald, who nominated the horse for the second…

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Coramba Disaster 'Coffin' Ships On Coast Melbourne Inquiry Plenty of Coal and Fully Loaded. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 5

The statement that there were many "coffin" ships plying on the Australian coast was made to-day, at the Marine Court inquiry into the foundering of…

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Near Panic U.S.A. Foreign Exchanges Prices Fall Sharply Court's Decision Feared Price of Gold. New York

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 5

A situation rapidly approaching panic stage on the foreign exchange markets was checked late to-day when the Federal Reserve Bank,…

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When Mining Matters Were Brisk a Trip To Cangai In 1891 "Travelling Store" Visits the Goldfield Fording The River At Lilydale Crossing Seeking Lost Horses in the Bush

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 7

In the year 1891 mining matters at Cangai were brisk, and the Sir Walter Scott old Mining Company, having installed a crushing plant and engaged a lot of men, were working a mine of that name (the Sir W. Scott). Other claims were also being worked, and rumors of their richness…

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Accidents in Mines

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 4

Dangerous, though the occupation of a coal miner is, it is not as dangerous as that of a railway shunter or of a platelayer, for instance, if by coal miner we…

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Gold Chick Mare "Got At"? Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 2

Someone apparently "got at" the mare, Gold Chick after she left Flemington for Warrnambool last Wednesday. The mare ran in the William Lindsay Cup at…

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Explosion in Mine Ten Killed; Many Injured. New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 5

A message from Shenandoah (Pennsylvania) stales that ten anthracite coal miners were killed in an explosion, a thousand feet underground, apparently…

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£150 Verdict Wrongful Imprisonment Alleged Miner v. Director of Mines Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 5

Alleging wrongful imprisonment, John Langdon Lane, a miner, was awarded £150 with costs, in his claim against the Director of Mines, Dr. Ward, for £2000 damages,…

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Talkies Garden and Prince Edward Theatres. "Wild Gold."

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 2

"Wild Gold" is the star attraction to-night at the Garden Theatre. It is a new gold rush to an old ghost town. The sleeping town is once more the thri[?]…

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Mt. Isa Mines Big Expenditure Contemplated Optimistic Predictions. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 1

Stating that with the completion of ifs new programme the company would be in a position to produce 100,000 tons of zinc concentrates annually in…

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Fuel From Coal New Plant in England Federal Officials Interested. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 1

Government officials are observing with interest the operation of a plant for the extraction of fuel from coal, which, it is understood, has commenced to…

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Indians Trapped Floodwaters in Colliery. Calcutta

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 5

Eleven underground workers, including two women, were drowned in a sudden inrush of water from old workings on the Loyabad colliery, in Bihar Province Seven…

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Antimony Mining Activity in Bellingen District Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 2

Recently three residents of Thora, Bellinger River, made a hurried visit to the antimony reef, on the upper reaches of the river, and pegged out a large claim…

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Treasure Hunt Search For Gold Ingots Fell From 'Plane Gold Valued at £20,000. LONDON

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 5

Police are now carrying out a treasure hunt in Essex, Kent and Sussex for gold ingots which fell from the Hillman Airways 'plane while it was…

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Antimony Mining On the Upper Bellinger

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 3

About a fortnight ago three residents of Thora made a hurried visit to the antimony reef on the upper reaches of the Bellinger River, says…

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Farmer Hoaxed Gold Bars From Plane Have Not Been Found. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 5

A Kentish landowner informed the Hillman Airways Co. to-day that the gold which fell from one of the company's 'planes during the fierce storm on…

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Gold Ingots Found By Frenchwoman While Gathering Wood May Receive £1000 Reward. Paris

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 5

A woman crossing a field at Oisement to-day saw wooden debris, an examination of which led to the discovery of £6000 worth of gold which fell from the…

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Mining Shares Slump Sensational Selling in London Report on W.A. Mine. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 5

The posting up in the Stock Exchange, after the official closing, of the Yellow Dine (West Australian gold concern) report, led to a very heavy selling of…

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Mining Record Applications in N.S.W. Output for Ten Years Worth £136,000,000. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 2

In the last ten years the mineral output of New South Wales was valued at £136,000,000, declared the Minister for Mines, Mr. It. S. Vincent, moving the…

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