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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

171 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 7 of 9

Record Gold Price

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1933 · page 2

The present price of gold in Australia is the highest on record, and exceeds the previous highest price, established a few weeks ago, by 2/8…

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Bottle of Gold Paid His Insurance Premium

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 3 October 1933 · page 4

A surprise was received by the A.M.P. Society recently when a small bottle of gold was delivered in the mail from a country member in…

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London Company. to Develop W.A. MINE

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 4 October 1933 · page 1

It is understood that it is proposed to float a company in London immediately to develop the White Hope Mine, now renamed the New Boulder, 25…

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Bottle of Gold. Paid His Insurance Premium

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 4 October 1933 · page 2

A surprise was received by the A.M.P. Society recently when a small bottle of gold was delivered in the mail from a country member in…

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Bottle of Gold Paid His Insurance Premium

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 6 October 1933 · page 1

A surprise was received by an insurance society, recently when a small bottle of gold was delivered in the mail from a country member…

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Record Gold Prices

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 13 October 1933 · page 2

The Commonwealth Bank on Monday offered £7/10/7 an ounce for standard gold, equivalent to £8/4/3 per ounce fine. This the highest…

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A Tale of the Goldfields. For East is East and West is West And never the twain should wed. (The incidents related in this story are founded on fact; but the names of the main characters are fictitious). Part I.

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 October 1933 · page 3

"This narrative of love and revenge, which I am about to relate to readers of the "Macleay Chronicle," is absolutely true, taking those who do read…

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Current Topic. Gold and Copper From Copeland

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 20 October 1933 · page 2

Mr. F. Brockwell deposited in the Bank during the week some beautiful specimens of alluvial gold from Copeland Creek. The four pieces were…

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East Is East & West Is West. a Tale of the Goldfields. (The incidents related in this story are founded on fact but the names of the principal characters are fictitious). Part 2

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 25 October 1933 · page 5

And what an opportunity of enriching myself I had let slip me by. Three ounces of gold, and I had declined the kind offer of little Stella Rowles to…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 3

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended October 20,…

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Increased Coal Exports. Newcastle

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 5

The interstate and overseas exports of coal from Newcastle in the last nine months totalled 1,573,451 tons, valued at £1,324,302. Compared with…

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Miners on Strike Again. Newcastle

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 5

Seven hundred miners who returned to work at the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's Burwood colliery yesterday, have resumed their…

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Young Girl Diviner Finds Water, and Gold Too

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 27 October 1933 · page 4

A 17-year-yld Gloucester (England) girl, possessing remarkable powers as a water-diviner, is proving a saviour to drought-stricken fanners. She…

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Strike Resumed at Burwood Colliery. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 October 1933 · page 4

Seven hundred miners, who returned to work at the Broken Hill Pty. Co's Burwood colliery yesterday, have resumed their strike. They have decided…

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Coal From Newcastle Increased Exports. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 28 October 1933 · page 4

Inter-State and oversea exports of coal from Newcastle in the last nine months totalled 1,573,451 tons, valued at £l,324,302. Compared with the…

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Fed From the Air. Food by Parachute. Gold-seeking in Canada. Old and New Methods

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 31 October 1933 · page 4

An English prospector and his wife were snowbound in their wilderness camp with only a little flour left. A pilot of the Canadian Airways,…

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East Is East & West Is West a Tale of the Goldfields. Part Iii

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 1 November 1933 · page 4

Paddy's lucerne grew right into every doorway; out from the old yards, just a little way, there was a grave, grass-grown among the brier brambles. Joe…

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"Gold Pass Grab" Reminiscences of Attempt That Failed

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 November 1933 · page 6

"The Federal salary grab reminds me of the gold pass grab, which was attempted by a big section of the New South Wales State members in…

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Gold and Copper From Copeland

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 November 1933 · page 8

Mr. F. Brockwell deposited in the Bank during the week some beautiful specimens of alluvial gold from Copeland Creek. The four pieces were…

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Colliery Closed Down. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 7 November 1933 · page 5

The management closed down the Paxton Colliery, near Cessnock, throwing 250 men out of work. It is understood the management is…

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