Looking for Gold Girl Turns Prospector Stirring Adventures
Thrilled with the spirit of fresh adventure, Miss Zelma Poga, aged 25, has donned a hiking suit and gone looking for gold (says the Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1932
523 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 27
New Guinea Gold Well Under Control. Administrative Officer's Souvenirs
Diverse souvenirs of an astoundingly diverse country are carried by Mr. H. Downing, Assistant District Officer of the Mandated Territory of New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Scheme for Moonem Coal. Power Station at Swan Bay
Moonem Electricity and Development Company is still endeavoring to hold on to the franchises that were granted some time ago by different shire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Revival of Gold Industry Effect of Bonus Great Activity at Bendigo
MELBOURNE, Friday:--That a fillip has been given the gold mining industry by the gold bonus is well illustrated by Bendigo, which is on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road of Gold Young Men Sweep it Up But Law Steps in
They don't dig holes looking for gold in Bendigo now. They just sweep up the dust from the roads and wash it at a dam…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Batavia Goldfield
Unable to work their claims, owing to the flood rains, nine gold diggers from the Batavia (N.Q.) fields, are aboard the Kallatina on their way…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Use Of Aeroplanes New Guinea Goldfields
Tractors, dredging plant, mining machinery, and pianos are carried by aeroplanes from the ports to the inland goldfields, in New Guinea, assisting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mild Gold Rush Follows Finding of Nugget Ballarat District
SYDNEY, Sunday:--A mild rash to diggings near Brown Hill, Ballarat, followed the discovery of an 8-ounce nugget by J. Brooks and C. Sharp…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Yield Increases
Almost twice as much gold was won in Victoria last year as in 1930, according to figures issued by the Mines Department. This was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Where Dust is Gold
Bendigo does not need to pay men to sweep dust off the roads. Hundreds would do it gratuitously, but the municipal authorities do not want it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold for the Unemployed
Prospecting and "fossicking"—reexploring the old goldfields—by unemployed men increased the value of the State's gold yield for the first eight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Bonus Discontinuance Urged CANBERRA
Efforts will be made by several Ministers to force Cabinet into removing the gold bonus when the matter is discussed this week. Their main…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Bearing Reefs Strikes in North Queensland
ROCKHAMPTON, Monday:-- Rumors of a gold strike in New Zealand Gully, where much alluvial gold was found years ago, have been prevalent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Discontinue Gold Bonus Pressure on Federal Cabinet Ministers' Views
CANBERRA, Monday:--Efforts will be made by several Ministers to force the Cabinet to remove the gold bonus when the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boiled Billy Over Gold Hoard Chagrined Swagmen Recovery of Stolen Ingots Remarkable Story
SYDNEY, Monday.:--To discover, too late, that they had boiled their billy over a small fortune of gold was the experience of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boiled Billy Over Gold Hoard
To discover, too late, that they had boiled their billy over a small fortune of gold was the experience of two sundowners in Queensland, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gold Bounty Perth
Any movement for the abolition of the gold bounty will provoke a strong protest from Western Australia. The Premier (Sir James Mitchell) said…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Strong Opposition Abolition of Gold Bonus
PERTH, Tuesday:--Strong opposition is being organised against the proposal to abolish the gold bonus. It is pointed out that the promise of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Hunting Not for Councils Moonem and Clarence
AId. S. J. Hosie does not think it is any part of the duty of a local governing body to go prospecting. He made the statement at a meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Bounty "No Longer Necessary"
MELBOURNE, Wednesday:--The Director of Geological Survey (Mr. W. Baragwanath) expressed the opinion to-day that there was no longer any…
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