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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 5 of 18

40 Per Cent. Dividend Mine in Ballarat District Gordon Gold Development. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 5

A first dividend of 40 per cent., of £4 for each £10 share, was declared by Cordon Gold Development to-day. Advice was received this morning…

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'N.T. Gold Mining Scandal' Salting Suspected Arnhem Land Claims 8½ Cz, Gold in Two Years Member Wants Investigation. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 5

A prompt inquiry to deal with an unsavory scandal in the gold mining industry was sought in the House of Representatives to-day by the…

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Local and General. Bobo King Mine

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 2

We understand that the company Alining Ventures Limited have secured a further six months Option over the Bobo King mine in order to…

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Gold in Queensland Big Yield From Cracow. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 2

The returns of the gold yield in Queensland for February show a considerable increase, compared with February, 1934. mainly due to the output from Cracow…

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Mining Activities Antimony Attracts Attention Inspection by Government Geologist

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 5

The Chief Geologist and the Mining Inspector, together with a number of local residents who are interested in the development of the antimony…

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Develop Gold Mining Sink Bores for Water Central Australian Plan. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 6

A two years plan for the sinking of bores fifty miles apart in Central Australia to assist in the development of gold mining in that area will shortly…

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Gold Standard Crisis Is Looming France, Belgium, Switzerland. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 5

The "Daily Herald" says a crisis is looming in gold standard countries. The financial leaders of France, Belgium and Switzerland are making desperate efforts…

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Mining Leases Would Welcome Inquiry Mr. Chapman's Statement. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 5

Referring to the statement made by Mr. Blain in the House of Representative, relative to mining leases in the Northern Territory, and at The Granites,…

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UNEMPLOYMENT £531,000 For Relief Further Appropriation £5000 for Mining. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 6

A Bill, seeking a further appropriation of £531,000 for providing for unemployment relief, was introduced in the House of Representatives…

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Fight for Life Unhorsed in Flooded Creek Mining Party's Experience. Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 5

A party of miners, including Mr. J. Vale, who is supervising operations on behalf of Mining Ventures, Ltd., at the Bobo King Mine, had an eventful trip…

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Killed by Falling Rock Lubra in Ochre Mine. Darwin

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 7

At Rumbalara ochre mines, 170 miles from Alice Springs, a lubra named Diana was killed while mining ochre in a tunnel. Information to this effect was contained…

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Lubras in Mines Minister Expresses Surprise "No Place for Women." Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 7

Commenting on the report of a lubra being crushed to death by a falling stone when she was working underground in an ochre mine in Central- Australia, the…

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Gold Currencies Shock In New York Belgian Govt. Resigns Possible Defection From Gold Bloc. Brussels

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 5

The Government resigned to-day, owing to the opposition campaign against the Government measures to safeguard the franc…

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Gold Theft 'Dramatic As A Novel' Edgar Wallace Recalled Croydon Aerodrome Robbery. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 5

"The gold theft was as dramatic as an Edgar Wallace novel," declared counsel for the prosecution today when the Police Court…

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Miners Trapped Coolness' Saves Lives Submerged in Shaft Water. Kalgoorlie

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 March 1935 · page 5

Only remarkable coolness saved eight miners when they were trapped 2,000 feet underground in the Great Boulder mine to-day…

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Floods in W.A. Goldfields Town Isolated. Perth

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 March 1935 · page 8

Kookynie, on the eastern goldfields, has been isolated by heavy rain. Water, is running waist deep through the township and roads are impassable. Hotel cellars…

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Gold Reef on Rocky River

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 March 1935 · page 4

Specimens of solid gold and pieces of quartz richly studded with the precious metal were brought to this office yesterday by Mr. B. May, of Tenterfielcl, who…

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Croydon Gold Theft Three Committed for Trial. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 March 1935 · page 5

Cecil Swanland, Silvio Mazzardo and John O'Brien, who were chorged with having stolen gold worth £21,000 from the strongroom at Croydon aerodrome…

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Boom in Gold Brings Old Heirlooms to Light People Less Sentimental. London, March 9

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 March 1935 · page 3

The "gold rush" which began in 1932 with hundreds of thousands searching for old forgotten heirlooms has returned to London this week…

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'A Gross Insult' Stock Exchange Stirred Northern Territory Mining Protest to Federal Parliament. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 March 1935 · page 6

A stir was caused in the House of Representatives to-day when the member for the Northern Territory, Mr. McAllister Blain, on the…

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