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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1936

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Gold Fever Old Klondyke Tales Veteran Miner's Exploits

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 9

There is a veteran living in Quebec to-day, Mr. George M. Mitchell, who took the trail in the Klondyke gold rush of 98, had some astonishing…

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New Gold Lode Found

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 4

Excitement has been caused by discovery of a gold-bearing stone at Dripstone, says a Wellington message. A shaft is down more than 30ft. and is…

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Coal Crisis British Strike Averted. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 5

A coal strike has been averted with the mine workers' decision to accept their leaders' advice and agree to the owners' offer of 1 a day increase. The…

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Rich Gold Crushing

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 3

Mr. C. J. Hillard, of Blink Bonnie, who has been working a claim on his property, showed an Armidale resident the other morning a block of 64 ounces…

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Gold From the Sea

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 10

The sea according to estimates, holds 10,000,000,000 ton of the precious metal, gold. Previous experiments have failed in taking gold from the ocean…

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Mine Holocaust 205 Dead in India Rescue Parties Perish Underground Colliery Fire London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 5

The "News-Chronicle's" Calcutta correspondent says that five Europeans and 200 Indians are reported to have perished in an underground…

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Fijian Gold Shares Slump on Stock Exchange. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 4

The prices of the leading Fijian gold shares, which have been falling since August, slumped heavily on the Stock Exchange, to-day, with fairly heavy…

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Fijian Gold Shares Slump on Melb. Exchange Checked. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 5

The slump in Fijian gold shares was checked on the Stock Exchange to-day and fair recoveries were made. Emperor shares rose 23 to 123 and…

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Gold Stream Flowing Back To Europe U.S.A. Dollar Difficulties. New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 5

Gold will start to flow back to Europe for the first time in 18 months when a shipment is made to-morrow to France. The export point has been…

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Released on Bond Stole £91 In Old Gold Watchmaker Pleads Guilty Will Make Restitution

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 3

Edward Henry Thornley, of Grafton, appeared in the Grafton Police Court yesterday before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., on a charge of having, between…

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N.Z. Cyclone Three Men Drowned Floods And Landslides Roads and Mines Damaged Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 4

As the telephone and telegraph lines are gradually being repaired, and services to outlying districts are being resumed, news comes to hand…

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Development of Antimony Mine

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 2

We understand that there is a prospect of the Wild Cattle Creek antimony mine, situated on the property of Messrs. H. and K. Smith, and over…

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Petrol From Coal

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 4

Presiding at the first annual meeting in Johannesburg on December 20 of the South African Torbanite Mining and Refining Co., Ltd., Mr. Patrick Jones, the…

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Lure of Gold Metal Kept for Its Own Sake

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 8

The Rev. C. L. Oliver, of Gundy, in a lecture at St. James' Hall, Sydney, recently, told a remarkable story about the love of gold for its own sake…

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Labor Conference Lang Attacks Air Plan Fuel Oil From N.S.W. Coal? Immigration Proposals. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 4

Speaking at the State Labor provincial conference, at Maitland. this afternoon, Mr. Lang said that important questions which would…

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Under Sealed Orders C.O.R. Products Help In Search For Gold Journalist's Venture to "Isle of Solomon."

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 8

Before this appears in print the square-rigged windjammer, Joseph Conrad, will have sailed from Williamstown, Victoria, under sealed orders for…

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Coal Strike Wonthaggi Miners Out. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 5

The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Nelson) said to-night that the men employed at every pit at Wonthaggi were on strike…

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Gold in Ulster Syndicate to Operate

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 7

Concessions for the recovery of alluvial gold have been granted by the Crown to a syndicate which proposes to start operations in County Tyrone an…

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Gold Mine Relics of 40 Years Ago

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 4

At the 365ft. level in the Homeward Bound gold mine, Grenfell, which is being de-watered, a large quantity of old tools was found,…

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Gold Production £8,000,000 In 1935 Big Increase in Northern Territory. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 6

Australian, gold, production, during 1935 amounted to 917,262 fine ounces, valued in Australian currency at £8,000,000, according to figures…

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