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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

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Gold Find at Copeland

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1932 · page 2

The finding by Mr. J. Tassell of a promising new reef is reported from Copeland. It is along the old Centennial line, above half a mile above…

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Greta Mine Ablaze

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 5

The pit top workings at Central Greta mine, burst into flames at one o'clock this morning. It is now certain that the fire is raging right under…

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Cheaper by Coal

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 6

According to Mr. A. G. Lyon, an engineer of Newcastle, the Commonwealth Bank will advance a loan of £190,000 to the Clarence River…

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Richmond River Coal

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 4

The decision of the Moonem Company to proceed almost immediately with the erection of a powerhouse at Swan Bay and the…

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Loses Gold Pass

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 2

On Tuesday the Privy Council refused leave to appeal in the case of Mr. Hugh Donald McIntosh, M.L.C., versus Mrs. Joan Shashoua…

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"For East is East- - - " a Tale of the Goldfields

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 5

When gold is calling, however tortuous the road, civilised men all the world over (and some women, too) will overcome all apparent…

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Gold Miming Activities

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 May 1932 · page 8

Messrs C. J. Randle and J. G. I Draper, after having worked at the Commonwealth mine for some time, have now resumed operations at the…

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The Nations' Gold

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1932 · page 2

Conditions are different in Great Britain and Germany, but both countries are suffering from excessive emigration of gold. They are similar in…

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Stewart's Brook Gold Find

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1932 · page 2

Towns and party, who have already taken upwards of £200 worth of gold from a comparatively few tons of ore from their show at Stewart's…

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Local and General News. Gold Nugget Overlooked

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 11 May 1932 · page 2

A nugget of gold shaped like a potato and weighing 160zs. in the rough, has found been found at Waanyarra, near [?]nolly, Victoria. It was in a hole…

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"For East is East- - -" a Tale of the Goldfields. (Conclusion.)

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 5

When the murderer of the old Prince, Tagh Mahomet, had committed the foul deed, with revolver still in hand he walked out of the…

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Transfer of Gold

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 May 1932 · page 5

The Commonwealth Bank Amendment Bill, the second reading of which was moved in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, gives power…

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A Swedish Mine

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 May 1932 · page 2

Discovery of the Boliden mine and about 40 others in northern Sweden, containing zinc, copper, silver, arsenic, sulphur and gold, is expected here to…

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"Up the Ladder of Gold."

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 21 May 1932 · page 1

One of the best yet from this clever writer's pen. He deals in big issues, viz.:Disarmament problems, tangles in politics (Geneva Conferences) and…

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Current Topics Gold Mining

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1932 · page 2

On Monday the Messrs Mark and Bill Bartlett and Syd. Bridge brought into town a nice cake of gold from their Commonwealth Creek mine…

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Streets of Gold

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 May 1932 · page 3

Forty-eight hours north of Bombay I stood looking eagerly out of the train window. I could see only, close against the track, a wall of rank…

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Yukon Gold Rush. Old Miner's Experiences. Toll of Typhoid Fever

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1932 · page 8

Mr. George Allen McGregor, who left Sydney 34 years ago to join in the gold rush to the Yukon, returned by the Niagara recently…

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Mine Re-opening

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 17 June 1932 · page 4

The Mount Morgan mine is to be re-opened as soon as the legal formalities have been completed, and will employ 250 men. The plant is…

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New Gold Reef

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 June 1932 · page 4

Mr. R. Bale, who has been prospecting for gold on the old Chambigne gold field for the past six months, reports having found a nice gold reef about two…

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Dealings in Gold

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 24 June 1932 · page 2

As a result of the huge gold surplus held in the vaults of the Bank of France, the Government recently began selling ingots of the precious…

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