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

Mining & the mines, 1940

241 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 13

Miners Hurt At Captain's Flat

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 30 July 1940 · page 1

CAPTAIN'S FLAT: F. Grant, a miner, escaped with a severely sprained ankle when jumping clear to avoid a fall of rock…

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Mine Is Idle on Tragedy Anniversary

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 31 July 1940 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: To-day is the 38th anniversary of the Mt. Kembla' mine disaster when 95 men lost their lives. The mine is idle…

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Weissel Gold Cup

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1940 · page 4

The Eric Weissel Gold Cup wad won by West Wyalong in their match against Tullibigeal on Wednesday last by 18 points to 8. W…

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The End of a Mine

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1940 · page 3

Steel-helmeted members of a British minesweeper crew line the rails and sink with rifle fire the mine their sweeping has brought to the surface. (Dept. of Information Photo)…

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SETTLED Mining Court Issue

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 5 August 1940 · page 3

By arrangement between the parties concerned, a mining issue, adjourned from last week, was quickly settled at the Goulburn…

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Members of Old English Family Who Made Money in Gold-mining Descendant, Resident of Yass

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 August 1940 · page 1

One of the richest ventures in Australian goldmining was the famous Koh-i-noor Goldmine at Ballarat, on the Golden Point Lead which…

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Fire in a Mine

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 August 1940 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday: When a fire broke out at Paupiri Coal Company's colliery at Rotwaru, New Zealand, immediate steps were taken to seal…

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Gold-bearing Sand Fraud Five Years' Gaol For Johnson Was Arrested at Young

The Young Chronicle · Friday 23 August 1940 · page 8

Described by Judge Nield as "a clever scoundrel," George Percival Johnson (who had been arrested at Young) was found guilty at the…

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Emery Mine War Holds Up Work

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 August 1940 · page 4

CROOKWELL: At the Warden's Court. Robert J. L. Foxton mane application for the suspension of labour conditions in respect of an…

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Threat of Coal Strike Mines May Be Idle

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 August 1940 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The coalmining industry is threatened with another strike as a result of dispute about the hours engine-drivers…

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Unconscious in Mine Man Injured At Berrima

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 30 August 1940 · page 4

Found lying unconscious in the Berrima Colliery early on Tuesday afternoon, Charles Thompson, an old employee of the colllery, was…

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"Hidden Gold" Empire To-Morrow

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 3 September 1940 · page 1

"Hopalong Cassidy" returns to the Empire Theatre to-morrow in "Hidden Gold," another of the famous series. William Boyd…

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Captain's Flat Mine Workers Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 September 1940 · page 2

CAPTAIN'S FLAT: Four men working in the Lake George mine suffered injuries as the result of a series of minor…

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"Hidden Gold" At Empire To-night

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 4 September 1940 · page 5

William Boyd and Russell Hayden, supported by Ruth Rogers, vivacious new star, return to the Empire to-night in…

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Captain's Flat Mine Casualties

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 13 September 1940 · page 5

CAPTAIN’S FLAT: J. Hush, a timberman employed by the Lake, George Mining Co., suffered a severe cut over the…

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The Magic of Coal Has 6000 BY-PRODUCTS The Gasworks' Part In Industry

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1940 · page 3

One after another the hazards of child-birth are disappearing as a result of the discovery in a gasworks by-product of a marvellous new drug. For years brilliant research chemists groped towards it. In all…

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U.s.a. a Land of Gold Holds 75 Per Cent of World's Supply

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1940 · page 2

Gold in vaults of the United States Treasury amounts to more than £4,000,000,000--over 75 per cent, of all the monetary gold in the world. Gold has been coming here by warship and tramp…

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The Search for Gold Machinery Difficulty

The Young Chronicle · Friday 20 September 1940 · page 3

An explanation that difficulties had been encountered in regard to proposed mining, operations, through inability to procure the…

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The Magic of Coal Has 6000 BY-PRODUCTS The Gasworks' Part In Industry

The Young Chronicle · Friday 20 September 1940 · page 5

One after another the hazards of child-birth are disappearing as a result of the discovery in a gasworks by-product of a marvellous new drug. For years brilliant research chemists groped towards it. In all…

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U.s.a. a Land of Gold Holds 75 Per Cent. of World's Supply

The Young Chronicle · Friday 20 September 1940 · page 4

Gold in vaults of the United States Treasury amounts to more than £4,000,000,000 -- over 75 per cent, of all the monetary gold in the world. Gold has been coming here by warship and tramp…

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