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

Mining & the mines, 1931

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"Gold Is There" Prospector's Hopes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 22 June 1931 · page 3

"I think what I'm after is there and I want a little more time," said James Malone in the Mining Warden's Court this morning…

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John Hore Gold Cup. Temora Defeats Wagga

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 25 June 1931 · page 1

In a match for the John Hore Gold Cup on Sunday, Wagga was beaten at Temora by 21 points to 5. There was only a fair…

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Gold Beaten 27 Other Metals Recent Discoveries

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 June 1931 · page 6

When it is recognised to what extent metals are used, it seems astonishing that the average person is unable to name a dozen of…

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Gold Passes Privileges of Ms.P. SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 June 1931 · page 3

When the Nationalist Convention resumed to-day Mr. L. G. Dare, of the Greenwich branch, moved a motion in favour of the abolition of gold…

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GOLD. Shoalhaven Syndicate Ald. Crocker’s Project Prospecting At Sutton

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 29 June 1931 · page 2

Aid. C. Crocker, who Has had considerable practical mining experience has become interested in a syndicate comprising local and…

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Weissel Gold Cup

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 2 July 1931 · page 1

Young chartered a special train to go to Junee yesterday in quest of the Weissel Gold Cup, but were unsuccessful, being defeated by 13…

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“The Gold Diggers of Broadway”

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 July 1931 · page 1

Many patrons of the Memorial Hall Talkies have been looking forward to the dates when “The Gold Diggers of Broadway” would be announced and…

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Mines Idle General Strike Threat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 3

In accordance with the decision of the aggregate meeting held at Cessnock following the dismissal of a wheeler from the Aberdare Extended…

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Mine with a History Managed by President Hoover 32 Years Ago

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 July 1931 · page 2

That the famous Old Sons of Gwalia mine, near Leonora (it was managed 32 years ago by President Herbert Hoover), is still able to…

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What Is Happening to the Earth? Popular Beliefs Exploded Drifting Continents: Coal at Pole

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 July 1931 · page 2

Science is always turning our notions upside down writes Gerald Heard in the London Sunday Express. We would have got used to; the idea that the earth goes. round the sun, but, of course, it remains clean contrary to what we see…

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Eric Weissel Gold Cup. Junee Defeat Harden-Murrumburrah by 26 Points to 13. In a Fast and Spectacular Game

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 1

Conditions were ideal for football and the ground was in great order but only a small crowd was present when the visitors opened the game…

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Better Than Gold

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 8

Gold, not wool, attracted the attention of the "world to the almost empty continent of Australia. Between 1851 and 1928, a period of…

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Ghastly Fate of Prospector Buried Alive in Mine Shaft

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 6

Bathurst.—Thomas H. Gibson (60), orchardist, of Kurnajong, met with n terrible death in an old mining shaft at Hazelgrove on Friday,…

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Gold Strike! Rich Find Reported ROCKHAMPTON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 15 July 1931 · page 3

Solid slugs of gold, ranging from a few pennyweights to ten a ounces each, and totalling 75 ounces, was the remarkable result…

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Activity in Mining Around Bungonia Plants Sent for

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 15 July 1931 · page 4

The are about a hundred fossickers about the Shoalhaven River and Gully, while a few prospectors are in search of reefs…

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Eric Weissel Gold Cup

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1931 · page 1

Junee defeated Temora yesterday for the Weissel Gold Cup by 21 to 7…

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Gundagai Gets Gold Fever

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 6

Gundagai has the gold fever. There great excitement in the town on Saturday afternoon when the manager of the Long Tunnel Mine,…

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Mining in Boorowa

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 3

Mr. Bill Rolfe says he is going to [?] gold discovery on Gold Creek, [?] intends putting down a [?]…

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Lang Plan What It Means Gold Standard

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 22 July 1931 · page 6

Although the Lang Plan has become the predominate policy of the Labour party in this State, it is doubtful if five per cent of its…

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GOLD Good Strike Reported Near Dalton Rich Reef Indicated

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 July 1931 · page 2

Much interest has been aroused by the report of the discovery of what promises to be a rich gold reef near Dalton…

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