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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

225 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 10 of 12

Gold Area to Be Developed

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 1

The stage is now set to commence developmental work in connection with the Bobo King Mine, a six months' option of which was…

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Sunken Gold

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 3 October 1934 · page 7

Madrid news says that treasure-trove said to be lying sunk in the wreckage of 10 Spanish galleons near Vigo is shortly to be the objective of the…

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The Gold Bath

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 3

The medical correspondent of the London "Times" says: "There are few activities so hedged about with preconceived ideas as this activity of…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 3

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the week ended October 5, was…

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Record Gold Price. Few Have Sovereigns Left

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 3

For the third time in a month the Commonwealth Bank offered a record high price for sovereigns on Saturday last, when it quoted £2/0/10,…

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Ocean Gold Billions of Pounds Worth, But Not Payable

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 6

American chemists recently extracted a pin-point of gold from 12 tons of the Atlantic Ocean, which usually contains one grain of gold…

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Latest Cables. Thousands Hunger-striking Miners. Budapest, 161034

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 16 October 1934 · page 5

"Unless our demands granted you can order a thousand red coffins" was "the ultimatum sent up by a thousand hunger-striking miners who are…

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Mining Authority

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 17 October 1934 · page 1

Alex. Kennedy was granted authority to enter the property of John Hugh Cameron to mine for gold. Cameron said he was taking Kennedy…

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Chrome Ore. New South Wales Mine

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 17 October 1934 · page 6

Hundreds of tons of chrome ore, which is used for hardening steel, have been mined in the Fine Flower district, about 25 miles from…

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Gold Mining

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 19 October 1934 · page 2

Reporting on 15/10/34 the manager of Copeland Mines, N.L., states:—Bridge and Newton's number four winze was sunk one and half feet,…

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Miners Favor Resumption. Newcastle

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 October 1934 · page 5

Pending a conference with the management a combined meeting of Aberdare Central and Aberdare Extended miners lodges decided in favor of a…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 19 October 1934 · page 2

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the week ended October 12, is at…

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Richest Man in the World Nizam of Hyderabad Palace Full of Gold, Jewels and Gems

The Northern Champion · Saturday 20 October 1934 · page 6

The Nizam of Hyderabad is going to London next year. He is the richest man in the world A special liner will be chartered to take him and his…

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Gold Resources

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 2

Aided by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, to which has been allocated £5000 a year for five years, the Government aims at…

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Beach Mining Project

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 26 October 1934 · page 5

It is understood that Zircon Rutile Ltd. has purchased about two and a half acres of land from the Railway Department, situated…

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Gold Divining

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1934 · page 3

Somebody in Victoria has got hold of a gold indicator which does it job. Miners using the instrument near Tarnagulla, Bendigo district, where…

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"This Man Is Mine!" R.k.o. Comedy at Mayfair

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 30 October 1934 · page 5

A superbly colorful and vivid Irene Dunne is the treat promised with the arrival of Irene Dunne's latest comedy-drama. "This Man Is Mine"…

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Brown Coal

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 31 October 1934 · page 3

A Melbourne, Victoria, correspondent says that ample opportunity will be given to centenary visitors to inspect the great agricultural and industrial…

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Current Topics Australian Price of Gold

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 2 November 1934 · page 2

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the week ended October 26, is at…

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Home Op Mine

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 November 1934 · page 7

Home of mine, I hear you calling Though I'm far away, Through the misty hours of dreaming, Through the weary day;…

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