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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

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Fifteen Hundred Years' Coal Supply Enormous Deposits at Yallourn

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 4

Yallourn stands in the Latrobe Valley, which contains 27,000,000,000 tons of brown coal. Probably 20,000,000 years ago the country…

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Feaful Colliery Explosion. 160 Miners Entrapped. PRAGUE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 2

Nearly 160 miners are trapped in mines at Dux following a fire damp explosion. The entrances to three mines, connected with underground…

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Search for Gold Equipment Assembled

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 1

With the arrival of the motor trucks and trailers at Kalgoorlie last week all the field equipment and personnel of the Western Mining Corporation is…

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Gold Mining in New Guinea. Aerial Transport

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 3

New Guinea one of the least known corners of the world, and the world's second largest island, has of recent…

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Mining Notes

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 2

Just previous to Christmas, there was a crushing at the Government Battery, at Rutherglen, and a clean up gaye the following results:--…

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Dux Mine Disaster. Prague

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 2

The general manager and ten officials of the Dux coalmine, in which 12 miners were killed, last week, have been arrested…

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Gold Production in N.s.w

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 2

The Minister for Mines said on Wednesday that the production of native gold of New South Wales origin during 1933 was 29,252 ounces an…

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Big Western Mining Scheme Huge Area to Be Surveyed for Gold

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 3

What is described as the largest and best equipped aerial surveying expedition ever organised has now commenced operations in Western…

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Dredging for Gold

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 2

Applications by large companies for leases of certain areas of river flats in Victoria have been causing a great deal of perturbation on the part of…

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Great Tale of Gold Story of George Honeyball

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 3

The eyes of men are once more turned to gold, the most romantic metal in the world. Dr. W. MacDonald, a South African raining scientist, tells in the…

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This World of Ours News, Notes and Views From Here, There and Everywhere the Lust for Gold

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 4

It is an as[?]nishin thing what a tremendous attraction money has for the [?]erant wayfarer and the lengths to which he will go to secure that to…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Rich Gold Find

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 3

A rich gold discovery is reported from Tennant's Creek, but the utmost secrecy is being maintained concerning the position of the find, which is…

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Serious Rioting. Miners and Foreigners. At Kalgoorlie and Boulder. Daggers and Rifles Used. the Premier on the Outbreak. Perth

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 2

Following the death on Monday, of Edward Jordan (29), from a blow, which he received on Saturday, and the subsequent arrest of a foreigner…

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Serious Rioting Miners and Foreigners at Kalgoorlie and Boulder Daggers and Rifles Used the Premier on the Outbreak

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 1

Following the death on Monday, of Edward Jordan (29), from a blow, which he received on Saturday, and the subsequent arrest of a foreigner,…

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The Kalgoorlie Riots. Mass Meeting of Miners Decides to Resume Work

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 2

At a mass meeting on Saturday, of the A.W.U., held at the Boulder City Town Hall, the 500 miners present decided to accept the offer of the…

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The Price of Gold. Record High Levels. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 2

The price of gold reached a new record price, to-day, selling at £7 an ounce. SYDNEY, Tuesday…

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Mr. Lyons on the Riots. Miners Resume Work. Mussolini's Gift. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 2

Mr. Lyons says that all right thinking Australians must view with contempt the action of the Kalgoorlie miners responsible, for the recent…

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[?] Mines Working

The Independent · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 3

The six [?] mines on the Golden Mile, Kalgoorlie, were working at full capacity on Tuesday. The five men who were suspended from the [?]…

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Kalgoorlie Mines Working

The Independent · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 2

The six leading mines on the Golden Mile, Kalgoorlie, were working at full capacity on Tuesday. The five men who were suspended from the Lake…

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Record Price for Gold

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 2

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold lodged at the Mint from January 29 to February 2 inclusive is £8103 a fine ounce,…

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