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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

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New Knowledge or Gold?

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1934 · page 2

Most people admit that it is good for the motor car to become better and its tyres to be cheaper and have a longer life. It Is also well for electrical…

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Gold and Rum in Gallipoli

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1934 · page 8

Treasure hunting for sovereigns hidden in 1915 is part of a programme of 500 ex-servicemen who are going on a cruise to Gallipoli,…

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Gold Mining Study of Technical Problems. Avenue to Employment

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 4

Investigations into means of giving work to young unemployed men have convinced the Federal Government that substantial results can be…

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Gold From Copeland

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 2

Messrs. E. & S. Harris brought in a slug of 16½ ounces from their Mount Bromley mine at Copeland yesterday. About 16 tons of stone…

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Gold-saving Machine

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 2

Mr. Reginald McAlister, of High-street, Bankstown, has invented a "fine-gold saving machine," and which he claims will greatly assist…

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Fortune in a £5 Mine

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 3

Sold for £5 a century ago, a lead mine near Wirksworth, Derbyshire, has yielded ore worth more than £500,000 within the last year. This…

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Copeland Mines, N.l Manager's Weekly Report

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 2

The Manager, Mr. A. T. Armstrong, reported on 23/4/34:— SOUTHERN CROSS MINE. Stripping has commenced on the…

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Old Gold

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 7

Madrid news says that two recent chance discoveries of hidden wealth have recalled the days of romantic old Spain when caballeros filled their…

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Mining Report

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 2

The Manager of Copeland Mines, N.L., reported for the week-ending, 30th April:—Southern Cross Mine: Stripped lower section shaft, now…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 2

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended April 27,…

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Copeland Mines Manager's Report

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 2

The Manager of Copeland Mines, N.L., reported for the week ending 30/4/1934. Southern Cross: The stripping in…

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Short Circuit Causes Mine Disaster. Munich, 7534

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 5

Though many escaped, eighty miners were entrapped when a short circuit resulted in a fire in the main shaft of the salt mine at Buggingen…

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Gold Bar Market

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 5

Mr. C. A. Degenhardt, a member of the Sydney Stock Exchange, who has just returned by the Changte from a holiday tour of the East, was amazed…

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Taree Police Court Monday, 7th MAY Before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M. Coal From Railway

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 4

Jack Curler, Ernest Buckingham, Robt Wallace, Frank McKay, Robt. McEwan and Alex. Baine were each charged with having in their possession at Taree on…

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Gold Mining Up the Hunter Promising Shows Portend Healthy Revival

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 2

We have been authoritatively informed (says the "Scone Advocate") that the negotiations entered into by Field and party for the sale of their…

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Gold Bar Market

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 2

Mr. C. A. Degenhardt, a member of the Sydney Stock Exchange, who has just returned from a holiday tour of the East, said he was amazed by…

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Copeland Mines Manager's Report

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 2

The Manager of Copeland Mines, N.L., reported as follows on 7th May: Southern Cross : The timbering of the lower section of the shaft is still…

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Alluvial Mining

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 2

The Rawdon Vale swamp paddock, which has produced a large amount of alluvial gold in the past, is to be tested for working on a larger scale…

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Gold Clause in Mortgage

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 2

Legislation to abrogate the gold clause in mortgages will probably be introduced in the State Parliament shortly, as the result of the…

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A Gold Clause

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 16 May 1934 · page 9

Some years ago a practice grew up among certain Sydney solicitors of inserting gold clauses in mortgages. The idea was to provide against inflation…

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