A Gold Rush Epic. Edward Arnold's Brilliant Performance. Gold! Gold! Gold!
That was the cry that started thousands of greed-maddened men for California, that sent them in frenzied hordes across towering mountains,…
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Mining & the mines, 1937
125 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 7
Rich Deposits. North Australia Gold Results of Survey
Rich gold deposits have been located by the North Australia Aerial Geological and Geophysical Survey in Portland Roads mineral field, Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Price of Gold
The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the week ended January 29, is at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rural Electricity Extension to Valla. Switched on by Minister for Mines and Forests
Last Friday night, which was ideal from all points of view, marked an important event in the history of electrical…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Baker's Creek Gold Mine
The manager, Mr. T. Snow, issues the following progress report under date 8237: Since my last report, and for the week ending 5237, we…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wonthaggi Mine Disaster. Melbourne
Further details of the Wontha[?]gi mine disaster indicate that all the trapped men have perished, the rescue parties being unable to make much…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wonthaggi Mine Disaster. Thirteen Men Believed To Be Dead
Entombed in a shaft 200 feet below the surface, at the State Coal Mine, Wonthaggi, Victoria, thirteen men are believed to have perished as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Disaster 12 Men Entombed
An explosion at 10 a.m. on Monday in No. 20 shaft of the State coal mine at Wonthaggi (Vic), resulted in 12 men being trapped 190 feet underground…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Mine Disaster. At Wonthaggi, Victoria. MELBOURNE
Twelve men were Happed 190 leet underground by a terrific explosion in No. 20 shaft at the State Coal Mine at Wonthaggi at 10 a.m. to-day, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Rings That Change Color
In a recent Issue of the "British Medical Journal" reference is made to gold rings which change color according to the health of the wearers. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bodies in Mine 12 Recovered Lord Nuffield's Gift
All the bodies of the victims of the Wonthaggi mine disaster, except that of Harry Harper, 55, oversman, have now been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Port Macquarie Football Club. Presentation of Gold Cups
At a smoko in the Masonic Hall on Friday night last, the Scahill gold cups, won by the local cup team, were presented to 15 players, and one to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bodies in Mine. 12 Recovered. No Hope for Last Victim. Lord Nuffield's Gift. Melbourne
All the bodies of the victims of the Wonthaggi mine disaster, except that of Harry Harper, 65, oversman, have now been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Turf a High Class Field This Year for Caulfield Futurity Stakes Many Notable Weight carrying Sprinters to Contest Rich 7 Furlong Stake. This will bo the Test of Gold Rod's Superiority
The high-weight who came home beet of all in the Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield on Saturday was Regular Bachelor. He was last when the field had gone a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Having a Good Time Your Idea and Mine
It means such different things to different people, doesn't It? And sometimes it is so difficult to realise that your own idea of a good time may…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stay-in Strike at Wallarah Mine Police From Newcastle Sydney
Thirty-one miners started a stay-in strike this morning by barricading themselves in the North Wallarah Mine. Police from Newcastle were rushed to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Freighter Strikes Mine. Paris, 1337
The French freighter Marie Theresa Le Borgne was damaged by a mine to-day off Barcelona, in the same sector as the Liandovery Castle struck…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mandated Gold Production. Canberra
The total gold production of the mandated territory of New Guinea last year was valued at nearly two million pounds, which makes a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Buried in Mine
Percy Christopherson (50), of Bdstobrick, a married man with a wife and three children, was buried under a fall of several tons of earth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Turf Gold Rod Will Meet the Weight-for-age Talent at Warwick Farm Is Cup Favorite Silver Standard ready for the Sound Test at Warwick Farm on Saturday? Caulfield Winner Mitsui is in the Doncaster
There will be a somewhat different twist to the Chipping Norton Plate, Sydney's next weight-for-age race, if Gold Rod contests it. And probably he…
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