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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1939

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Children's Corner Exploring a Salt Mine

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 4

Seven or eight miles out of Cracow lie the famous salt mines of Wieliczka which have been supplying Poland, and the world as well, with savoring…

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Huge Gold Sale

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

A laconic announcement posted on the Bank of England notice board that the bank had sold £200,001,571 worth of gold in bar, informed the…

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Negligee in Gold A Paramount Star

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 8

Gold cloth makes a glamorous negligee for Joan Bennett, costarring with Jack Benny in Paramount's "Stranded in Paris." The…

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"Gold Is Where You Find It"

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 1

The Liberty Theatre's next feature attraction is the new technicolor production, "Gold is Where You Find it," costarring Olivia de Havilland…

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Gold Production. 88,708 Ozs. for 1938

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 5

Gold production of New South Wales for 1938 was 88,708 ounces fine, valued at £A785,966, compared with 68,607 ounces fine, valued at £A600,705 for…

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Gold' Production

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 2

Gold production of New South Wales for 1938 was valued at £785,966, an increase on the previous year…

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Liberty Theatre Shows Technicolor Movie Saturday and Monday. "Gold Is Where You Find It."

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 6

With George Brent and Olivia de Havilland as its stars, "Gold Is Where You Find It," a thrilling melodrama of California in the 1870's, has its…

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New Gold Mines. More Difficult to Find

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 2

Gold mines suitable for exploitation by large or small companies are becoming increas[?]ngly difficult to find, according to the Chemical…

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Big Gold Revaluation

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 10

Gold stocks of the Bank of England will shortly be written up by nearly £100,000,000 as a logical sequel to the transfer of £200,000,000 in gold in…

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"Gold Is Where You Find It."

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 5

"Gold Is Where You Find It, an all technicolor production, starring George Brent and Olivia De Havilland, screens Wednesday, Thursday and…

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"Gold Is Where You Find It"

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 7

"Gold is where you find it," an all technicolor production starring George Brent and Olivia de Havilland, screens on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as…

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"Gold Diggers." at Mayfair Theatre To-day

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 5

the Mayfair Theatre will be the scene of a gala premiere tonight when "Gold Diggers in Paris" has its initial showing. The latest and most…

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Gold Diggers in Paris."

The Northern Champion · Saturday 18 February 1939 · page 1

The latest and most elaborate of Warner Bros, musicals comes to the screen on Monday and Tuesday under the title of "Gold Diggers In Paris."…

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China Mining

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 3

Shanghai news says that information from Chungking shows that the Nationalist Government is manifesting no defeatist attitude because of…

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Miners Fatally Gassed. Kalgoorlie

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 4

Three men were fatally gassed when overcome by fumes in the Western Mine at Dundas. They were Thomas Gomm (38), Alfred Robins…

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Soap From Coal

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 7

Coal is one of the dirtiest commodities known, but in Germany they are making fat from the oil extracted from it, and from this oil a soap is…

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Men Gassed in Dundas Mine. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 5

Kalgoorlie: Three men were fatally gassed when overcome by fumes in the Western Mine at Dundas. They were Thomas Gomm (38), Alfred Robins (30)…

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World-famous Mine. Closing Next Month. B.H.P. Decision

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 2

Mr. W. N. Cranz, manager of the Broken Hill Proprietary mine, said on Friday that underground operations at the mine would cease on 4th…

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Nightmare on a W.A. GOLDFIELD. The True Story of a Mate's Inhuman Treachery During Early Mining Days in "The West."

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 3

I was chasing the elusive penny-weight in the Black Range district of Western Australia when I first met Rod 29 years ago. From the first I…

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Coal Miners' Demands. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 5

Judge Drake Brockman said in the Federal Arbitration Court yesterday that a six-hour day in the coal mining industry would mean an increase…

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