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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1939

314 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 16

Worth £800? Gold From Eastern Dorrigo Mine 20 Tons Quartz Yields 92½ Ozs Retorted Gold

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 2

A simmer of excitement ran through the town of North Dorrigo when a large lump of retorted gold was shown during the week by Messrs. C…

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Blue and Gold Dance C.W.A. Younger Set Function Arrangements Made at Meeting

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of C.W.A. Younger Set held on Monday night members showed great enthusiasm in the activities planned for the coming…

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Defaulter's Ten Wins in a Row Mile to Gold Rod Fine Finish in Doncaster Reading Beats High Caste in Produce Stakes Thrilling Autumn Plate Finish Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 2

Gold Rod, who was favorite, won the Doncaster Handicap, from Korimako and St. Constant at Randwick to-day. Gold Rod was drawn near the rails, and, jumping away smartly, was never further back than fourth. He dashed to the front in the straight and…

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Gold Rod Fast Half-mile. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 3

Gold Rod demonstrated this morning that his win in the Doncaster caused him no ill-effects. Running on the A grass track at Randwick, he covered…

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Blue and Gold Ball C.w.a. Younger Set Function

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 4

The C.W.A. Younger Set have much pleasure in extending to the dancing public a very hearty invitation to attend their Blue and Gold supper dance,…

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14 Killed in Coal Mine. Berlin

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 6

Fourteen were killed and many injured in a coal mine explosion in Thuringia…

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North Coast Coal

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 April 1939 · page 7

An Op[?]imitic tone regarding the commercial development of North Coast real deposits was adopted by Mr. Ray Granger, president of the Northern…

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Nimbin Coal

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 April 1939 · page 4

Favorable reports on the quality of Nimbin coal have been received by the Northern Rivers and Tablelands Federated Chambers of Commerce, as a…

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30-Hour Week Claim by Miners. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 1

After a hearing extending for 72 days Judge Drake Brockman reserved judgment in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day in a claim by the miners…

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Blue and Gold Supper Dance Show Week's Attractions

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 4

One of the principal attractions of show week will be the Blue and Gold supper dance organised by the Grafton C.W.A. Younger Set. As usual,…

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Gold Shipments Going To America Belgian and Swiss Reserves. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1939 · page 5

The Cunard liner Antonia cancelled, her passenger trip to Montreal on May 5, and instead will leave for New York on April 26, with a special cargo of…

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£1500 Gold Hat Won by Tweed Resident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 7

The Gold Hat, worth £1500, disposed of in connection with the War Veterans Home, was won by A. Horniman, of Murwillumbah…

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For Safety Gold Being Sent to U.S.A. LONDON

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 April 1939 · page 5

A further £19,500,000 in gold left for America yesterday. Little is British, most of it going from the Continent for sanctuary…

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Gold Hat Winner

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 4

Mr. A. L. Horniman, who won the first prize a gold hat worth £1500, in the War Veterans Home Art Union, is engineer to Tweed Shire…

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New Mining Field

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 4

A number of miners have pegged out claims in the Inverell district on the rich deposits of bauxite from which aluminium is obtained. The local…

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C.w.a.blue and Gold Supper Dance

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 4

The Grafton C.W.A. Younger Set are holding their annual Blue and Go supper dance to-moorow night in the Criterion Hall, and the function, as…

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Coal Seam Nymboida Find C.R.C.C. Urged To Act "No Urgency" Says Engineer

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 8

Cr. Schwinghammer told members of the Clarence River County Council at yesterday's meeting that two miners had discovered a seam of coal…

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Blue and Gold Supper Dance

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 April 1939 · page 4

The annual Blue and Gold supper dance organised by the Grafton C.W.A Younger Set, will be held to-night in the Criterion Hall. Dancing will commence…

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Japanese Miners Entombed. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 2

Coal mine explosions on Hokkaido Island and in Mukden, are believed to have entombed 100 and 34, respectively…

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Gold Find. On Old Drake Field Virgin Reef Located. Casino

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 May 1939 · page 5

Two prospectors, G. Asterbrook and E. Young, have located a rich gold find at Drake, between Casino and Tenterfield…

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