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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 5 of 7

Payments Must Be in Gold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday: Germany's desperate efforts to obtain raw materials for her war machine have been partly successful…

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Warning to Investors Statement By Minister For Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday: In the Legislative Assembly to-day a warning to the investing public with regard to an American oil…

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Drop in Railway Revenue Coal Strike And Drought Responsible

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 1

Railway revenue for the 12 months ended on June 30 last was 339,675 less than in the proceding year…

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Idle Mines in North Engineers' Grievances

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 18 October 1939 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: All mines on the northern coalfields were idle to-day. Members of the Federated…

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Dam Bursts Exciting Time At Lake George Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 18 October 1939 · page 1

CAPTAIN'S FLAT: A serious hold-up in the production of concentrates occurred at the Lake George mines when the…

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Explosion In Mine Gelignite Struck By Drill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 October 1939 · page 2

An explosion in the Lake George mine at Captain's Flat yesterday at 1 p.m. caused injuries to four men—H. Dawn,…

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Gold Salute Has Easy Win Mr. Alan Cooper's Latest Purchase May Prove A Bargain Huge Treble Bet

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 23 October 1939 · page 8

Mr. Alan Cooper, who paid £10,000 for the New Zealand colt Gold Salute on September 30, had his first return for his outlay when…

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Coal Ash Use In Home Building

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 1

Coal ashes to most people are just something that must, be hauled out of the cellar, but to Dr. R. C. Johnson, research…

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Germans on Polish Gold Say It Was Handed Over To Turkey

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: The German wireless suggests that the gold of the Polish National Bank, which was removed from Poland before the…

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Gold Down Drainpipe

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 25 October 1939 · page 3

A gold refiner, the other day, told a Bankruptey Registrar in London, how he had lost about £2500 when gold in solution was overturned and…

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Cush's Opinion of Gold Salute

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 25 October 1939 · page 8

Jack Cush, trainer of Rending, has decided views regarding the clams that Gold Salute may prove the best of the season's three-year-olds…

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Mine Disaster in New Zealand

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 October 1939 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N,Z,), Thursday: A Royal Commission, appointed by the Government to inquire into the Glen Afton mine disaster, in which…

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Coal Ash Use in Home Building

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 30 October 1939 · page 3

Coal ashes to most people are just something that -must be hauled out of the cellar, but to Dr. R. C. Johnson, research…

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Gold From New Guinea

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 1 November 1939 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday: During the quarter ended September 30, gold totalling 118,171 oz., valued at £603,738 in Australian currency,…

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Engineers on Strike Several Mines Idle In North

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 November 1939 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday: As a result of the decision of the engineers on the northern coalfields to strike for a 40-hour week, Elington, Pelton,…

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Miners' Narrow Escape Trapped By Fumes 600 Ft. Down

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 November 1939 · page 5

Five men working in a drive 600 feet underground in the Lake George mines at Captain's Flat narrowly escaped death by asphyxiation at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. Three of the miners made their way to safety and the other…

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Collieries Idle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 November 1939 · page 7

SYDNEY, Monday: Two more collieries were idle this morning at Cessnock, making a total of nine. Three thousand four hundred men are…

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Not A British Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 November 1939 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday: The German allegation that a British mine sank the Danish liner Canada (11,000 tons) is officially dented here…

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Engineers on Strike Miners' Demand To Be Considered

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 November 1939 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Commonwealth Council of the Amalgamated Engineering Union will consider the demand of the…

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Gold Rush Begins New Area Found South Of Arctic Circle

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 November 1939 · page 8

A rush for gold has begun in the north-west territories of Canada, near the mouth of the Yellow Knife River on the northern arm of Great…

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