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Mining & the mines, 1935

134 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 7

Current Topics Alluvial Gold

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 2

We were shown a nice sample of alluvial gold by Mr. Sid Harris a few days ago, which came from this district. This was all coarse gold, with…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1935 · page 2

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

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Gold Prospecting in New Guinea. Won Thorough Despite Misfortune

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1935 · page 1

How sheer grit and determination triumphed over an incredible run of misfortune on the goldfields of New Guinea—that is the story of Edric C…

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Gold Ore

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 15 May 1935 · page 1

A correspondent writing from Tacoma April 3, says:—Soviet Russia, building up a vast sold reserve in the United States, is well launched on spring…

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Gold Mining Stir. Will Hill End Boom Again?

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 4

It looks as if Hill End might regain some, at least, of the glamor of its old days of gold discovery. Things have been moving in the…

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Injunction. Against Working a Gold Mining Lease. Walcha Warden's Court

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 1

Before Mr. G, J. Johnstone, P.M., in the Warden's Court at Walcha on Friday last, Robert Duncan McRae, miner, residing at Mummell, Walcha…

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Mining Deal Reported by Young Man. Leads to His Fortune

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 1

Mr. W. G. Lawler, a young Englishman, who arrived in Sydney recently by the Monterey, stated that with £20 he made a deal in Fiji that led…

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Gold King Died in Poverty Millionaire's Tragic End

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 May 1935 · page 8

Alexander Pokol, once the richest man in the Balkans, who presented King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Rumania with crowns of solid gold…

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Injunction Against Working a Gold Mining Lease. Walcha Warden's Court

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 29 May 1935 · page 4

Before Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P. M., in the Warden's Court at Walcha on Friday, May 17, Robert Duncan McRae, miner, residing at Mummell…

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Injunction Against Working a Gold Mining Lease. Walcha Warden's Court

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 3

Before Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P.M., in the Warden's Court at Walcha on Friday, May 17, Robert Duncan McRae, miner, residing at Mummell,…

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Mine Tragedy in Japan. Tokio 29535

Macleay Argus · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 5

Ten are dead and 40 miners hopelessly entombed in the Iriyana colliery at Fukushima…

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£3000 Gold Consignment Stolen. Central Australian Mystery. Adelaide

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 2

A bullion consignment worth £3000 has disappeared mysteriously from the Alice Springs-Quorn train, A baffling problem confronts detectives…

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Colliery disaster in Japan. Miners Hopelessly Entombed. London

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 8

A Toklo message says ten are dead and 40 miners hopelessly entombed in Iriyana Colliery at Fukushima…

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Japanese Disaster Miners Entombed Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 4

Tokio: Ten are dead and 40 minors are hopelessly entombed in the Iriyana colliery at Fukushima…

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£3000 of Gold Missing From Train

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 5

A bullion consignment worth £3000 disappeared mysteriously from the Alice Springs-Quorn train. A baffling problem confronts detectives, who have…

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The Lure of Gold

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 June 1935 · page 3

Far away on a frontier gold camp of the forty-niners in the Californian scramble for the yellow god that had lured men from all parts of the world,…

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Gold Standard. Effect on Sterling

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 4

The abandonment by France of the gold standard within a fortnight, thus causing a depressing effect on British sterling is the next big move…

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Mining. Geological Survey. Arranged by Government

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 1

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Vincent) last week arranged for geological and geophysical investigations of four large areas within the State…

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Goldfields Flop. Hopes and Quotes Soared Buyers Not Biting

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 1

Leaseholders who had visions this week of cashing in on a big scale are wiser and sorrier men now. Hopes and quotes soared skywards…

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ONE of the Worlds Wonders. Marvellous Witwatersrand Goldfield

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 3

"The goldfield of the Witwatersrand, on which the city of Johannesburg is situated, is one of the wonders of the modern world," said Mr. Firmin…

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