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Mining & the mines, 1934

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Gold Mining. Copeland Mines, N.l

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 24 August 1934 · page 1

Copy of report received from manager dated 13/8/34:— SOUTHERN CROSS, 100ft Level. North drive advanced 4 feet, total…

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Solomon's Mine. Prospector's Claim

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 August 1934 · page 7

A prospector's claim to have discovered the legendary King Solomon's Mine, the search for which has cost thousands of men their lives, is…

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An Air Beacon of Gold

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 28 August 1934 · page 4

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith considers that one of the most amazing landmarks on the England-Australia air mail and Centenary air race…

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Gold Mining. Copeland Mines, N.l

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 31 August 1934 · page 1

Progress report for week-ending 18th August, 1934.— SOUTHERN CROSS, 100ft. LEVEL. North drive advanced 9 feet, total…

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Record Gold Price

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 31 August 1934 · page 2

The highest price ever paid by the Commonwealth Bank for gold lodged at the Royal Mint, £8/12/- an ounce fine, was recorded last week. In…

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Gold Watch Found

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1934 · page 2

On Saturday last the police were handed a gold watch by Mr. Langford, jun., of Waukivory, which this young man picked up at the rear of…

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W.A. Gold Production

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1934 · page 2

Perth, Saturday.—For the first eight months this year gold produced in Western Australia was worth approximately £3,600,000 in…

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Maharajah's Jubilee Gold for the Poor. CALCUTTA

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1934 · page 3

Over £15,000 worth of gold was distributed to the poor at the celebrations in connection with the 50th year of rule of the Maharajah of Gondal,…

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Gold Mining Copeland Mines, N.l

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 2

Copy of report received from manager, dated 27 th August : SOUTHERN CROSS, 100ft. Level North drive advanced 8ft., total 54…

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A Gold Mine? Development of Find on North Arm to Proceed

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 2

Mr. A. Smith, of Sydney, with whom several people here are acquainted, is at present in Macksville awaiting more favourable…

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No Sympathy for Some Miners

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 4

In a case at Rockhampton, when counsel stated that a large sum of money was owing for wages to certain miners, Judge Brennan said:…

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A New Record Gold at £8/14/31/2 per OZ

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 1

Gold brought a new Australian record price on Saturday, when the Electrolytic Refining and Smelting Company of Australia, Ltd., made a…

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Grassy Gully Goldfield

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1934 · page 2

When the History, of Grassy Gully will be written the name of one of Nowra's well-known and highly respected ex-district residents will be…

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Gold Mining Copeland Mines, N.l

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1934 · page 3

Copy of report received from manager dated 10/9/34:— SOUTHERN CROSS, 100ft. LEVEL. North drive advanced 4 feet, total…

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Pulverised Coal

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 September 1934 · page 8

London reports that definite hope is held out by the Fuel Research Board that recent experiments with pulverized coal will lead to utilization of large…

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Mining Disaster. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 25 September 1934 · page 2

In one of the worst colliery disasters ever experienced in England, 260 mine workers were entombed and lost their lives at the Gresford colliery, near…

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Miners' Wives Demand Efforts to Recover Bodies. London, 24934

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 25 September 1934 · page 5

The women of Gresford, North wales, the scene of the week-end mining disaster, believe the bodies of thir men which are still entombed in the…

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Welsh Mining Disaster. 100 Lives Believed Lost

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 25 September 1934 · page 2

Magnificent gallantry by working miners marked the terrible disaster near Wrexford (North Wales) on Saturday, in which a large number…

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Gold Mining Reports for Week Ending 22nd September. Koala Gold Mines, N.L.

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 3

The shaft has been sunk to a depth of 26 feet and timbered and laddered. The hanging wall portion of the…

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Copeland Mines, N.l

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 28 September 1934 · page 3

Southern Cross : Main shaft has been deepened 4ft., making total 106 feet. Reef is 2½ feet in width and widening, consisting of quartz and…

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