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

Mining & the mines, 1939

131 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 7

Mine-laying Planes Germany's New War Weapon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 1

LONDON: Details of new naval weapons, the existence of which has hitherto been unknown outside Service circles, are disclosed…

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Captain's Flat Mines. First Output Next Week

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 4

It was stated in Goulburn this morning that the Lake George Mining Co. has installed all the necessary machinery at the…

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Negligee in Gold Worn by Joan Bennett A Paramount Star

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 2

GOLD cloth makes a glamorous negligee for Joan Bennett, costarring with Jack Benny in Paramount's "Stranded in Paris." The…

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Nuffield's Offer To Miners

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 2

The Nuffield Trust has offered to contribute £30,000 to the £53,000 fund required to save two South Wales collieries from being…

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Mine Explosion Kills 75 in Japan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 5

TOKYO, Sunday: A gas explosion five miles below the surface in a coal mine at Miyadacho, in the prefecture of Fukuoka, buried 75 miners. Five…

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To Dive for Gold in N. Zealand

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 3

Home-made diving suit is tested by its designer, Charles Edwards, of Manly. One of many he has made, he plans to use it diving for gold in New Zealand rivers…

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To Dive for Gold Manly Resident To Go To New Zealand

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 3

Diving for gold in deep pools of New Zealand mountain rivers will be tried by Charles Edwards, a 23-years-old Manly resident,…

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Coal Oil Salvation Of Decaying Fields

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 6

In the Coalfields o£ New South Wales there are whole communities on the dole,” and the standard of life has been undergoing a…

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Smouldering Coal Dump

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 5

Employees at the Goulburn Power House made a good save when a large dump of coal, containing about 200 tons, began to…

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Gold Lame

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 6

In the above illustration is Dorothy Lamour, star of Paramount's "ST. LOUIS BLUES." wearing a glamorous evening…

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Captain's Flat Mine Output

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

The Lake George Mining Company is still loading concentrates from Captain's Flat at Hoskinstown and about 80 or…

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Mining Warden's Court Before Mr. Grugeon, P.M., Warden)

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 1

John Francis Cashman applied for an authority to enter the property of the Estate of the late W. C. H. Roberts to mine for gold: area. 4 acres…

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Taralga Races Five Event Programme Gold Cup for Principal Event

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 7

Taralga Race Club will hold a meeting on Wednesday, March 8th, 1939, in connection with the "Back to Taralga" celebrations…

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Gold Mining DRIVING 30 Feet Underground at Murrumbateman

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 1

In the Warden’s Court on Tuesday, Angus Albert Wagner, a director of the Caledon Tribute Syndicate operating at Murrumbateman, made…

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Secret Gold Mine Typist's Claim Scours World for Lost Plans

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 2

A London typist has given up her job to search the world for the lost plans of an African gold mine discovered by her father…

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Grim Search for Lost Gold Mine Man Who Never Returned From Wilds

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 3

Out in the one-time "Bad lands" of Montana, where the mountains reach their jagged peaks to the skies and wild bear and coyote…

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Untold Gold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Director of Agriculture, Mr. A. H. McDonald, said that tile pastoral industries would benefit as a result of the…

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Three Men Fatally Gassed In Mine

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 8

KALGOORUE, Friday: Three men were fatally gassed when overcome by fumes in the Western mine at Dundas. They were Th[?]s…

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Mining Progress Around Marulan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 2

According to a statement made in the Mining Warden, Court at Goulburn yesterday, thousands of pounds are to be spent on…

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Gold Mining Revival Activity At Tallong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 March 1939 · page 1

TALLONG: The high price of gold is causing old mining fields to be re-worked after many years idleness…

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