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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1937

189 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 10

Treasure of Lima £13,000,000 in Gold and Jewels

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 30

In a cave the size of a small room, which has been discovered at the bottom of a 58-ft. shaft sunk down through a cliff at Queenscliff (Vic.)…

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Mine Shaft at Yarrawonga Weir Site

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 3

Evidence of gold-mining operations of 40 years ago was discoverered on Wednesday of last week at the site of excavation work which…

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Overcome by Gas. Four Miners In Jeopardy, SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 November 1937 · page 2

Four miners were overcome by carbon monoxide, at the Rhondda Colliery, Ipswich, Queensland. Thos. Mills, mine deputy, after assisting one…

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Mine Strike Over 1000 Men to Resume

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 December 1937 · page 33

The strike which has held idle 1000 employees of the Broken Hill Pty. Company's Burwood and John Darling collieries for the last 11 weeks ended…

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The Orchard Gold Storage of Apples

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1937 · page 24

Growers may find the following notes on the behavior of different varieties of apples in cold storage of value…

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Shipping Warned Danger of Mines London, December 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 December 1937 · page 33

The British Admiralty has given notice to mariners that mining in Spanish waters has been intensified, and British vessels are warned that…

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Mine Fatality at Gundagai Man Buried by Fall of Earth

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 December 1937 · page 39

A shocking fatality occurred on Friday a few iniles from Gundagai when a mine in which three young men wore working collapsed without…

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He Sold Himself to the Devil Traded a Circle and Got All the Gold He Wanted

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 December 1937 · page 29

Here is a legend old as time itself—the story of a man who sought to find good in evil The immortal story of Faust…

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Short Story Gold Digger

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 December 1937 · page 28

"GET to it, you black devils!" Piet Deventer, white miner, shouted above the thunder of the drills to the crou[?]ehed and sprawling natives…

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Coal Will Cure Your Cough

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 December 1937 · page 15

AMONG the newest cough cures, there are several which contain creosote, a disinfestant obtained from coal as one of the numerous…

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