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Mining & the mines, 1931

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World Trip in '98. Via the Klondyke Gold Rush. Part 2

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 July 1931 · page 2

After leaving Honolulu we made straight for Vancouver, still haying trouble with the engines; sometimes the boat was almost at the mercy of…

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The Value of Gold. Compared with 27 Other Metals

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 July 1931 · page 2

When you minx, of the extent to which metals are used, it seems astonishing that the average person is unable to name a dozen of them. As a…

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Better Than Gold Australia's Industries. Economic Recovery

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 2

Addressing members of the Institute of Secretaries at luncheon last week, the manager of the Bank of New South Wales, Mr. Davidson,…

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Better Than Gold

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 6

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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World Trip in '98. Via the Klondyke Gold Rush. Part 3

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 1

We are now in the frozen regions, walking over frozen gullies and creeks, could hear the water rushing along under the ice. Reaching…

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Gold Mines. Great Prospects at Nana Glen and Moonee

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 8

Reports concerning the gold mine found recently by Mr. Zaide Walters at Nana Glen are most hopeful. We were told (says Coff's…

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Gold Production

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 2

Brisbane, Monday.—There was an increase in gold production in Queens land during the first six months of this year, compared with the same…

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World Trip in '98. Via the Klondyke Gold Rush. Part 4

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 2

We are now on a six hundred mile journey in all sorts of little open boats, through the lakes, canyons, rapids, Rockey River, etc., to…

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Gold Bonus. Revised Scale of Payment. According to Exchange Canberra

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 3

The portions of the Financial Emergency Bill providing for a reduction from £1 to 10/- an ounce in the gold bounty are to be…

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Rich Gold Strike. Queensland Sensation 75 Ounces Found in Day. Rockhampton

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 2

A party of prospectors returned to Rockhampton to-day from the Canoona district, bringing with them 75 ounces of gold—the result of one…

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Mud That Is Liquid Gold

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1931 · page 7

Apart from food, clothing, and houses, what is the greatest need of civilized man to-day? Without a doubt the question can be answered by one…

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World Trip in '98. Via the Klondyke Gold Rush. Part 5

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 8

The crowds were still coming into Dawson in hundreds, and going out in thousands by the summer track, by water down the Yukon River in…

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Gold Plentiful There

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1931 · page 6

"Gold mining, I anticipate, will be flourishing in New Guinea during the next 20 years," said mr. B. Dunstan, former chief. Government geologist…

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Miners' Federation Idea Parliament of Union Leaders. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 July 1931 · page 4

The Northern Management Committee of the Miners' Federation has declared in favor of u State Parliament of Union leaders…

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Great Gold Find. in Central Australia Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 July 1931 · page 4

One of the greatest gold finds in recent years is reported from Tennant's Creek (Central Australia) where it is stated, assays yielded from 4 to 24 ozs…

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Gold-mining in New Guinea

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 4

"Gold mining, I anticipate will be flourishing in New Guinea during the next 20 years," said Mr. B. Dunstan, former chief Government…

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Gold and Minerals. Prospectors Help Prosperity

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1931 · page 4

A writer in the "Newcastle Herald" says.— "It is too early to predict to what dimensions the gold industry will…

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World Trip in '98. Via the Klondyke Gold Rush. Part 6

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 31 July 1931 · page 6

After spending a half-day in Montreal we entrained for the balance of the journey, travelling over the St. Lawrence River bridge. We…

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World's Deepest Mine

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 August 1931 · page 7

News from Morro Velho, Brazil, says that what is said to be the deepest mine in the world—extending into the earth for almost a mile and a half—is…

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Rich Gold Strike at Craven Creek

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 2

Messrs Mark and Bill Bartlett were in Gloucester yesterday with a bagful of wonderful specimens of quartz taken from a new find near the head…

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