Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Mining & the mines, all years

Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1939

314 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 16

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…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Coal Stack Fire At Wiollongong Brigade Called Out. Wollongong

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 May 1939 · page 5

As a result of spontaneous combustion, following wet weather last week, fire broke out to-day in a heap of coal containing 32 000 tons at the coke…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Oil From Coal Victorian Proposal. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 5

The Premier, Mr. Dunstan. will submit to the Cabinet on Tuesday, a concrete proposal for the establishment of an initial plant for the production of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Gold Shares Active Solomon Island Companies. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 4

A feature of the trading on the Melbourne Stock Exchange to-day was the new peak prices for shares in companies interested in Solomon Island…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Under Control Coal Fire at Port Kembla Port Kembla

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 May 1939 · page 4

The fire which broke out in a stack of 32,000 tons of coal of the Australian Iron and Steel Co. is now under control…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Rich Gold Find

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 5 May 1939 · page 3

Two prospectors on Mount Carrington, about two miles north of Drake post office, have located an extremely rich gold reef. The reef…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Gold Beads Stolen From Mint Laborer Sent to Gaol. Perth

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 5

Perth branch of the Royal Mint was robbed of gold worth £135 in six months. To-day in the Perth Police Court…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Old-time Gold Medal

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 2

Mr. S. W. Gregg, of Bellingon, son of one of Coffs Harbour's earliest postmasters, exhibited at the annual meeting of the Bellinger Show…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Swagmen Steal Coal

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 4

Following complaints of frequent thefts of coal from the Railway Department at Casino, three young men were fined by local Magistrates. It was…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Coal Supplies From Nimbin

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 9

Due to the expiry of a lease, Murwillumbah power station has not received any supplies of coal from the Tyalgum mine for some weeks. All…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Opinions of Our Readers Nymboida Coal

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 10

Sir,-- To those interested in the tabulation of the resources of the Clarence River district a matter of some importance was mentioned at the last…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Ex-Dorrigonian Exhibits an Old-time Gold Medal

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 3

A very interesting souvenir handed to the Bellingen show secretary, recently, by Mr. S. W. Gregg, of Bellingen, and late of Dorrigo, was…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Buried in Mine Victorian Govt. Official Frantic Rescue Efforts. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 4

John Rooney, a Mines Department official,is believed to have been buried in the No. 2 Johnson mine. California Gully, near Bendigo, this afternoon…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Gates Gold Cup Competition

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 6

New England broke the unbeaten them in the Rugby defeating them in the Rugby League Gates' Gold Cup competition at Armidale, by 16 to nil…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Mine Fatality Body Recovered. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 2

The body of. Jack Roon[?]. a Mines Department employee, was recovered from Johnson's mine, at California Gully, this afternoon…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Mine Accident One Dead. Two Injured. Cairns

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 May 1939 · page 5

One man is dead and three others are injured as the result of an accident at a mine about eight miles from Portland Roads. The names of the men…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

£50,000 Coal Scheme

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 May 1939 · page 4

A proposal fo develop the local deposits of the Mid-Richmond, involving an expenditure of £50,000, including an, electric generating station at Swan…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Too Costly Synthetic Power Fuel Molasses And Coal Committee's Report Issued Canberra

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 May 1939 · page 5

The Commonwealth Standing Committee on liquid fuels condemns the theories for production of synthetic power fuel as uneconomic, in a report…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Gates Gold Cup

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 7

New England defeated Guyra in the Gates Gold Cup competition at [?] 9—0. Superb tackling on both sides was a feature of the game…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Grafton C.w.a. Blue and Gold Race Week Ball

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 4

The Blue and Gold race week ball of the Grafton Country Women's Association will be held this year on Monday July 17, in the Trocadero, instead of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →