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Mining & the mines, 1931

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Gold Seekers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 47

The gold "fever" is spreading to Harden. A local syndicate, as well as two other Sydney syndicates, has a large area pegged out on fue old…

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Gold and Molybdenite

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 15

Residents of Edea are firmly convinced that huge quantities of gold and molybdenite could be won from Jingera Mountain. The formations…

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Licensing of Gold Buyers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 33

As there are no licensed gold buyers in the State, prospectors cannot claim the gold bonus offering, because, to secure it they must first sell the gold…

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Premium on Gold Increased

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 15

Following the recent advance in the rates of exchange, the premium on gold paid by banks, which, hitherto amounted to approximately 5/ per oz., has…

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Gold in Trance Paris, January 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 4

"The Bank of France cannot refuse gold brought to it," said M. Germain Martin (Finance Minister) in an interview published in the Paris…

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Economic Position American Gold Loan Proposal

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 1

According to a statement made by the general secretary of the Australian Workers' Union (Mr. E. Grayndler) on Monday, there is no proposal…

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French Gold Stocks Effect of Low Bank Rate

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 6

Coupled with the reduction in the French bank discount rate to 2 per cent. attention is directed by financial papers to conversations between…

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£20,000 Worth of Gold What the Putlands Say

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 7

"Yes, I am confident, from the width of the scam, that we have £20,000 worth of gold in sight." the elder of the three Putland brothers remarked…

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In Bendigo Streets. Gold Seekers Sink Holes. BENDIGO, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 3

The Bendigo City Council has granted the request of goldseekers to sink holes in some streets in areas which formerly yielded large quantities of…

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Gold Bounty Not Applicable to New South Wales Inadvertance in Act

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 6

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) said on Tuesday that owing to an inadvertence in the drafting of the Gold [?]nty Bill, the be[?] of…

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Gold Nugget Picked Up. Boy Enriched by £5,500. PERTH, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 3

A seventeen-year-old boy picked up a 78lb. nugget or gold, worth £5,500, at Larkinville, West Australia. It was 26 inches long, 12 inches wide…

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Tom Thumb Gold Competition

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 5

A great deal of interest was manifested in the competitions which were held on Friday evening last in connection with the Tom Thumb Golf…

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The Wages Tax May Be Amended Miners Bitterly Resentful

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 1

The outcry in coal mining and in other Industrial centres regarding the wages tax of 1 in the £, is so serious that it is…

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Gold Prospecting at Jindera

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 8

Mr. J. Crowe, who has been prospecting for gold in many parts of Riverina for several years, has been granted aid by the State Government…

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Record Nugget of Gold Discovered at Kalgoorlie

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 30

A sensational nugget, weighing 78 lb. avoirdupois and containing over £5500 worth of gold, was found in Larkinville. Kalgroorlie. W.A. by the…

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Gold in Victoria Surveys to Be Made

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 8

Mr. Keane, M.H.R., of Bendigo, who is in Sydney, is conferring with gold-mining companies, interested in the old goldfield's around Bendigo. It is…

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Three Deaths in Mine Disaster Hobart

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 1

H. Clabtree. 37 miner, J. Clare. 10, miner, and Pat Burke 14 lost their lives through a fail of earth at Williams ford, Tasinsnia, yesterday. They…

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Omeo 1,000,000 Ounces of Gold

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 1

Omeo has arrived at Its 93rd year of settlement. John Prendergast went to Omeo Plains in 1837 and took up land across Morass Creek from Omeo…

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Prospecting for Gold Road to Be Stripped

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 4

The Tullangatta Shire Secretary has received from the Country Roads Board a communication from Mr. G. Cooper. of Mitta Mitta. Applying for…

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Gold Mining Grant

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 14

The New South Wales Government has made available £10,000 for the encouragement of gold mining. In a week 900 applications have been…

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