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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

171 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 9

No Gold There

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 3

News from Kalgoorlie Friday reported that Mr. Michael Teny, who reached Kalgoorlie that day after a prospecting expedition through the…

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Car Wheels Churn Up Gold

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

Following the discovery of gold-bearing stone in peculiar circumstances on the outskirts of Toowoomba much local excitement prevails on…

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Gold Find Near Toowoomba "Well Put Cracow in Shade"

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 3

"I am agreeably impressed with the nature of the country, and I expect to hear of interesting developments within a few weeks…

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Old Gold. Poured Into Mint. Nearly 2 Million Worth Last Year

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 3

Owing to the high price offered holders of gold jewellery, the quantity purchased during 1932 exceeded the amount for 1931 by 100 per cent. The…

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Rich Gold Mines Bendigo's Heyday Big Cakes of Gold

The Northern Champion · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 3

Days when cakes of gold were displayed in the windows of banks in Bendigo on Saturday nights to show the [?]mets of the great goldfield to…

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"Fortune" Sought. Gold Below Granite Rock. Syndicate's Operations at McLEOD'S CREEK

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 14 January 1933 · page 8

For several years past a Drake prospector has had great ideas of a wonderful deposit of gold below a hard granite bar of rock in McLeod's…

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Notes for Gold

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 2

Someone has raised the question of withdrawing from the Commonwealth notes the undertaking to redeem the paper with gold (writes a southern…

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£500 Grant for Mining Syndicate

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 3

The Minister for Mines, Mr. R. S. Vincent, on Monday granted a request by the Redfern Co-operative Gold Mining Syndicate for £500 in…

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War Debts Gold Payments Impracticable America Must Accept Goods Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 4

London: Mr. F. C. Goodenough, Chairman of the Barelay Bank, speaking to the shareholders meeting, declared that there must be some finality with regard…

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Explosion in Disused Colliery

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 2

Two men, David Kerr and Harry Williams, or McPherson, who were shockingly hurnt about the body, arms, legs and face through a gas explosion…

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New Railway Record Test of Locomotive Grate Reduced Coal Consumption

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 4

Claiming it as a record performance by any locomotive in New South Wales, and most probably in Australia, details are given by the Railway Department of…

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New Railway Record. Test of Locomotive Grate. Reduced Coal Consumption

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 3

Claiming it as a record performance by any locomotive in New South Wales, and most probably in Australia, details are given by the Railway…

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Gold for the Mint

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 2

In 1932, the Melbourne branch of the Royal Mint received through licensed gold buyers various articles of value, including racing cups,…

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Rich Gold Find. West Australian Lode. Guarding Mine

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 3

News has been received of a rich gold find at Wannaway field, 10 miles from Widgicmooltha. It is regarded as the best, of the many recent finds…

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Craven Creek News Gold Mining

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 3

A move has been made in the mining industry at last. Messrs Randle, Draper and party, having installed a 5-head stamper battery, power…

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Mining for Rhubarb

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 2

Of course they don't do it really, but had you been at the head of a Wakefield pit recently, you might have wondered whether rhubarb mining was not…

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Gold Age Coming

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 2

The West Australian Agent-General, Mr. Angwin, in a speech regarding the revival of the gold mining industry in Australia, said the world,…

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Mining the Federation

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 2

Of all the mines in the Gloucester district the Federation, at the Bowman holds the record for the longest period worked. This has almost…

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State Gold Yield

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 3

Production of new gold in New South Wales last year was 27,941 ounces fine, the highest for 11 years. It compares with 19,673 ounces fine…

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Water Supply. For W.A. Goldfields

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 10

The Kalgoorile water supply scheme I which caused so much discussion when it was sponsored by Sir John Forrest many years ago and which…

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