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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1932

13 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Combienbar Gold Mine. Another Rich Crushing. Nearly 53 oz. From Two Tons of Ore

The Bombala Times · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 1

Following on the crushing of two tons of ore from the Baby Endeavor mine, Combienbar, which yielded Con. Olsen and Noel Stagg 122 ozs. from…

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Pot Luck. Tramps Boiled Billy Over Gold Hoard

The Bombala Times · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 4

To discover—too late.—that they had boiled their billy over a small fortune of gold, was the heartbreaking experience of two sundowners in the…

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Another Gold Find Adjacent to Baby Endeavor Ounce Gold Dollied from Two Pounds of Stone

Delegate Argus · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 2

News has just come through from Combienbar that another gold strike has been made. Dixon, Hill and Barnes have…

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Gold From Australia First Shipment in 1832

Delegate Argus · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 3

Just now when everyone is talking about the gold standard and the scarcity of the precious metal in different countries, it is…

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Another Gold Find. Adjacent to "Baby Endeavor"

The Bombala Times · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 4

News has just come through from Combienbar that another gold strike has been made. Dixon, Hill and Barnes have been…

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Buried Alive. Braidwood Tragedy. Mine Tunnel Collapses Braidwood

The Bombala Times · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 4

Two men were killed when they were buried beneath nearly 10 tons, of earth which fell while they were excavating a river bank for alluvial gold…

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Mining at Combienbar Pressing Need for Government Battery Large Quantities of Stone Available Payable Ore Now in Sight

Delegate Argus · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 2

The pressing need of a Government buttery at the Combienbar field is more necessary than ever, owing to the amount of stone…

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Omeo's Millions Miners Earned £50 a Week

Delegate Argus · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 2

Among the many tales of strange accidents that revealed gold is the discovery of the Democrat mine in the Omeo district by a dog…

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The Sunbeam Gold Mine 1891

The Bombala Times · Friday 15 April 1932 · page 2

When the Sunbeam Gold Mining Syndicate, of Bendoc, went into liquidation in 1893, one of the old cash books came into the possession…

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Gold Find Near Omco

Delegate Argus · Thursday 4 August 1932 · page 3

Pebbles that a rabbit trapper look home in his boots after selling his traps resulted in the discovery of a gold field which is…

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East Gippsland Mining Tracks Subsidies from Public Works Department

Delegate Argus · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 2

With reference to the repeated requests which have been made by East Gippsland municipalities for assistance in clearing mining…

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Wool Market Factors Gold Basis and Local Prices

Delegate Argus · Thursday 22 September 1932 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—After the marketing experiences of the past two years, those interested in the sale of wool…

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Collapse of the Coal Mining Industry. Greta's Pitiable State

The Bombala Times · Friday 30 September 1932 · page 1

Our old friend, Mr. Arnold Weber, who some years ago was headmaster of the Bombala Public School, and who when he left here received a…

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