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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

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Tons Of Gold Withdrawn French Crisis Queues Outside Bank Government's Position Grave Frigid Reception for Minister. Paris

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 May 1935 · page 5

Five hundred Deputies frigidly received the Minister for Finance, M. Germain Martin, when he dealt with the present financial crisis, in the…

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One of the World's Wonders Marvellous Witwatersrand Gold Field

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 4

"The goldfield of the Witwatersrand, on which the city of Johannesburg is situated, is one of the wonders of the modern world," said Mr. Firmin…

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Gold Robbery? £3000 Missing From Train Police and Officials Mystified Bullion From Tennants' Creek. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 4

A sensation was caused at Quora, this morning, when it was discovered that gold, valued at, £3000, was missing from the brakevan of a train…

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Japanese Miners Entombed. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 5

Ten miners are dead and 40 are practically hopelessly entombed in the Iriyama colliery at Fukushima…

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Duplicate Key? Gold Theft From Train Police Still Baffled. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 5

It was revealed to-day by the Commonwealth Railway Commissioner, Mr. Gahan, that the railway payroll of £2500 was also on the train from which £3000 worth…

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No Trace 400Ozs. of Gold From Alice Springs. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 June 1935 · page 5

Detectives Correll and Strangway, who are investigating the mysterious robbery of about £3500 worth of gold from the Alien Springs train during its journey…

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Victorian Gold Production

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 June 1935 · page 4

Gold production in Victoria during 1934 was the highest in value since 1923. The amount produced was 7096 fine ounces. valued at £561,568…

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Dispute Over Gold Claim

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 June 1935 · page 4

The admission that he had erected a barbed wire fence around a certain claim, and had refused to give up possession of it to Wentworth (Lucknow)…

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Rare Minerals From Seashore Sand New York Co. to Operate Titanium Mining at Yamba. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 June 1935 · page 5

The trio zircon, ilmenite and rutile, members of the titanium family, have sent Mr. C. S. Anderson, engineer of the Titanium Alloy Mr. E. de Valera who, the London "Daily Herald" states, will be invited to London by Mr. Baldwin after the reconstruction of the British Cabinet…

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Remain Off Share List Euratha Gold Mine, Ltd. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 5

It was derided at an extraordinary meeting of shareholders in the Euratha Gold Mine, Ltd., to-day to request the Stock Exchange to continue the period…

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Euratha Gold Mine Share Trading Suspended. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 3

The request made by the Euratha Gold Mine, Ltd., that its shares should continue to be delisted from the Stock Exchange for a period, pending…

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Buried In A Mine Shaft Moonee Accident Heroic Rescue by Mate

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 1

Buried by a fall of earth in the shaft of the gold mine at Moonee last Thursday. Andrew Laurie must have perished but for the…

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Usa Has Gold and Wants Gold Basis Stabilisation. Washington

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 5

The International Chamber of commerce released a report favoring world stabilisation of currencies on a gold basis. The report says even provisional…

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Oil Search Grafton Racecourse Bore Interest Revived Visitors Mining for Petroleum

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 4

Interest is again being taken in the possibilities of obtaining commercial quantities of oil and petroleum from the artesian bore…

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Seashore Mining Sands Of Yamba Beach Search for Minerals Titanium Alloy Company

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 4

The sands on the North Coast of Now South Wales are known to contain substances that are members of the titanium family—zircon, ilmenite and rutile—…

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Buried in Mine Shaft Man Rescued by Mate

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 June 1935 · page 4

Hovered by a fall of earth in a shaft of a gold mine at Moonee, Andrew Laurie would have smothered only for the heroic action of his mate, Jasper Neal…

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Governor No Stranger to Mines

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 4

The Governor (Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven) is no stranger to coal mines. Replying to the address of welcome at Cessnock on Monday, he said that he…

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Man's Awful Predicament Buried in Mine Mr. A. Laurie's Experience

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 1

"it was an awful sensation," said Mr. Andrew Laurie when interviewed in Coffs District Hospital by an "Advocate"…

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English Coal-oil Plant Works That Cost £4,500,000

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 6

The new coal hydrogenation units installed by Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., at Billingham-on-Tees are ready for production. Ultimately this plant is…

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Mines Minister's Decision Geological Survey of North Coast Welcomed in Dorrigo

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 2

Mining enthusiasts in the Dorrigo district are very pleased with the news appearing in the city and provincial press during the last week-end…

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