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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

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Coal Stoppage Likely in Wales LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 3

Unless the Goverment intervenes, which is possible a coal stoppage in the new year is inevitable in south Wales. Colliers…

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Gold At, Tumut

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 2

A rich discovery of gold is reported on Red Bill Station, about 22 miles north-east of Tumut. The discovery was made by three brothers…

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Coal Strike In South Wales

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 3

Four hundred and twenty coal pits are idle in South Wales. Only safety men are on duty keeping the mines ready for resumption…

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Cleopatra’s Jewels Expedition To Search For Mines

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 4

Cleopatra’s emeralds, or at least the mines where her black Numidian slaves dug them from the desert soil, will be laid bare to the twentieth…

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Jerrawa Gold Shafts Being Sunk Good Specimens Reported

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 2

The Jerrawa gold find which caused so much attraction last year is still the scene of mining activities by several enthusiasts…

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Jerrawa Gold Excitement on “Field”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 2

The probable worth of the Jerrawa gold “field” has jumped considerably, in the estimation of those interested, as the result of operations…

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Jerrawa Gold Enthusiasts

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 2

There were about 20 cars parked at the Jerrawa gold “field” yesterday afternoon, including those of visitors and persons interested in…

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Mining Dispute Settled

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 3

At Broken Hill, a mass meeting of miners decided to accept the offer of the mining companies regarding wages, and also the offer of…

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GUNDAROO Mining—Church Services GUNDAROO

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 4

Much interest is being manifested in the opening of a gold reef in the locality. From accounts, a lot of interstate…

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Shoalhaven Gold Fossickers' Success

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

Mr. S. Rawcliffe, of Clifford Street accompanied by his brother-in-law, Mr. Bruce McFadzean, has just returned from a week's…

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Before Lambing Flat Miners Riot at Adjungbilly a Dredge Sold for £5

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 6

I remember my grandfather relating how 400 men were engaged in alluvial mining over 70 years ago on the Adjungbilly Creek, near to where…

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Frogmore Tungsten Mines Work to be Commenced New Machinery to Be Installed

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 3

The tungsten mines at Frogmore have taken a fresh lease of life, and work is to be again commenced on a fairly large scale…

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Searching for Gold on the Abercrombie City Party Sets Out

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 6

With hearts full of hope and a car full of modern mining equipment, a party of Enmore men left Sydney during the week to fossick in the…

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Leg Amputated Miners' Secretary London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 3

Mr. A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners' Federation, has had a leg amputated as a result of an old injury received in an accident in a coalmine…

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"All Is Not Gold" Swindle Claimed Plumber's Two Castles Munich

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 3

The trial, has begun of the emulator of Heinrich Kurschildgen, who was sentenced to 18 months' for a fraud regarding gold…

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GOLD-MAKING Fraud Allegation BERLIN

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 3

Giving evidence on his own behalf, H. Tausend, an alleged goldmaker, who has been charged with fraud, declared that…

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Cunningham Creek Scheme To Dredge For Gold Mining Activity at Binalong

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 3

The craze for gold seems to be spreading to every nook and corner of the Commonwealth. The Yass district is having its…

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Cunningham Creek Scheme to Dredge for Gold Mining Activity at Binalong

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 9

In the Warden's Court at Binalong on the 7th inst., before Mr. Soane, P.M., Messrs. C. H. Spencer and R. J. Spencer applied for withdrawal of…

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Wonderful Gold Nugget Found

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

Tremendous excitement was aroused in Kalgoorlie on Thursday night of last week, when the news was receivcd of the discovery on the…

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Why Is France Hoarding Gold?

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 6

The stock of gold held by the Bank of France amounts to £430,000,000 which is nearly three times as much as the gold reserve of the Bank of…

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