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

Mining & the mines, 1934

144 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 8

Unlucky Miners Fruitless Flight Keen-rugby Supporters London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 4 April 1934 · page 6

Eight exuberant Welsh miners from the Rhondda Valley started out from Cardiff to fly to Edinburgh to see the Scotland and…

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Rich Yield Lucknow Gold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 4

In the dim light of hand lamps a group of mine officials and visitors, tense with excitement, saw at Lucknow the final stages of the…

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New Metal Palladium Displaces Gold LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 6 April 1934 · page 3

Palladium, which looks like platinum is being used for watch and cigarette cases instead of gold. It costs £3/10/ an ounce. Gold is…

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The Bookshelf Lure Of Gold

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 3

“THE HIGHGRADERS,” which comes from the publishers, John Long Limited, London, is a good readable yarn by Charles H. Snow, who has an…

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Gold From Sea Enough For All

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 5

There is enough gold in the sea to give every man, woman and child in the world £300 worth. is the conclusion which might be drawn from the…

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Shire Shocked Talk of £8000 Bridge. with Gold Facings?

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 1

At yesterday's meeting of the Burrangong Shire Council references were made to the recent request to the Minister for Labor…

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Miners Entombed

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 1

Rescuers saved all of 130 miners who were entombed in the Fukushima Colliery following a gas explosion. They were trapped behind a raging…

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Coal Costs Loss in Transit

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 2

At 10.10 last night, the Municipal Council had before it the recent cost accounts wherein it was pointed out that 30 tons of coal were unaccounted…

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Buccaneers' Gold Tahiti Report 25 Tons Found Montreal

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 3

An Associated Press despatch from Tahiti states that a group of treasure hunters has traced a reputedly enormous cache of…

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Gold Mining Huge Dredge Oallen Progress

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 5

Machinery for the dredge which is now being built on Spring Creek, near Oalen, by Haven Dredging N.L., is at present…

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Price of Coal for Local Hospital

The Young Chronicle · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 2

Prices quoted for Lithgow coal for supply to the Burrangong District Hospital were round about 89 a ton, plus 196 a ton freight, making a…

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150 KILLED Mine Explosion Like a Volcano Death Songs at Pit Belgrade

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 23 April 1934 · page 3

The women relatives and children Spent a night of suspense at the pit-head of Kekanj Colliery, near Serajevo, singing…

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Mexican Ghouls Graves Desecrated For Gold Teeth

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 6

The police in Merida, State of Yucatan, announced the discovery of a of horrible revolting crimes committed by an organised gang of…

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Gold From Sea Enough For All

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 4

There is enough gold in the sea to every man, woman and child in, the world £300 worth, is the conclusion which might be drawn from the…

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Major Reid and Gold Passes

The Young Chronicle · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 2

Young's member, Major A. D. Reid, M.L.A., is evidently perturbed that ex-members at the Upper House are going to be issued with railway passes…

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Gold Passes

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 2

At the suggestion of the chairman, the meeting approved of a motion to deprive ex-members of the Upper House of their gold passes, despite…

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Gold Strike? Eight Claims Pegged

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 5

Such promise is shown in the "colours" obtained by Mr. W. Honeyfield, a miner from Cobar, who has been prospecting at…

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80 MEN Entrapped in Mine Hope Abandoned Munich

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 3

Though many escaped, 80 miners were entrapped when a short circuit cause by the collapsing of a pit prop breaking a high…

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Trapped in Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 3

Two miles from the tunnel mouth Alec Marr, miner, was trapped in a fall of coal in the Excelsior Mine, in the heart of Bulli Mountain, under…

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Cullinga Mine. Increase of 50Ozs. for Month of April

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 10 May 1934 · page 2

The management of the Cullinga mines report of clean up for the month of April of 150 ounces of gold--an increase of…

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