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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

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Our Only Hope Revival of Gold Mining Melbourne Agitation

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Meeting of business men held in Melbourne on Friday decided to form a committee to investigate the proposal to revive gold…

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Mining and Aeroplanes

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 2

According to the reports that Mr. Walcott, Commonwealth Public Service Inspector, has brought back with him from New Guinea, the…

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More Gold Won Melbourne

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 7

A yield of 114 ounces 12 dwts. of gold from 120 tons was obtained by two brothers who are working a claim at Duke's Flat, near Bendigo. At their…

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Newcastle Coal. Exports Lowest for Years. Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 2

Coal exports from Newcastle beyond the State last year were the lowest for thirty years…

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Search for Gold Big Finds Australia's Great Need

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 3

Some people have the Men that it would be a good plan to send the unemployed broadcast throughout Australia looking' for gold. Mr. E. T. Dunn, the veteran…

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Great Future New Goldfield PERTH

Northern Star · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 5

A great future is held out for Larkinville goldfield where the huge "Golden Eagle" nugget was unearthed. A number of big…

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Telegraphic News. Mine Closes

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Mt. Farrell mine, Tasmania, is about to close down, throwing between 500 and 600 people idle…

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Gold Maker. Scheme Goes Wrong

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 2

MUNICH, Monday. -- The trial has begun of another alleged gold-maker, when Tausend was charged with swindling people for nearly £100,000. He…

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Strike Aftermath. Coal Export Trade Dwindles

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday -- The coal exports from Newcastle beyond the State last year were the lowest for 30 years…

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Big Goldfield Larkinville Promising

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 3

PERTH, Tuesday.--Larkinville, where a youth last week found the "Golden Eagle" nugget, worth more than £6,000, is considered to give…

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Making Oil From Coal

Northern Star · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 10

Full exploration of all potential oil sources in this country, including the production of oil from coal, as a means of relieving unemployment and…

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Eight Injured Mine Cage out of Control SYDNEY

Northern Star · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 4

Fifteen, minutes after Mr. Reed, policc magistrate at Cessnock had dismissed a charge alleging insufficient supervision in the winding apparatus…

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Five Miners Killed. Others Entombed. London

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

Five miners were killed in an explosion in Auckengeich colliery, Lancashire, while five were entombed in Hanley colliery. The explosion…

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France and Gold Hoarding Like Miser Drain on England

Northern Star · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 11

At the end of 1927, or shortly prior to the stabilisation of the French franc, gold holdings of the Bank of France amounted to 954,000,000…

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Gold Revival Will History Repeat Itself? British Bonus Suggested

Tweed Daily · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.--In a letter to the Press, Sir James Connolly, commenting on the finding of the Larkinville nugget in Western Australia, says…

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5 Miners Killed Colliery Explosion LONDON

Northern Star · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 7

Five miners were killed by an explosion in Auchengeich colliery, Lanarkshire, and five entombed in Hanley colliery. The explosion followed the…

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Five Miners Killed. Five Others Entombed

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.--Five miners were killed in an explosion in Auchcngeich colliery (Lanarkshire), while five others were entombed in Hanley…

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Five Men Killed British Mining Disasters Two in One Day

Tweed Daily · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Five miners were killed by an explosion at the Auchengeich Colliery, Lanarkshire, and five were entombed when…

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More Gold Nuggets Melbourne

Northern Star · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 9

While searching for gold in the Gladstone Creek, about eight miles from Briagolong, a prospector named Jorgensen, yesteday unearthed a 10½…

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Mine Disaster 11 Killed; 80 Injured CALCUTTA

Northern Star · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 5

Eleven men were killed and 80 injured as the result of a rock burst in Oorgaum gold mines, in Mysore State, yesterday. Nine bodies were…

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