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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

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Gold in Coffs

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 6

During excavation work for a new building alongside Gerard's garage in Moonee-street, excitement was caused when a small piece of quartz was…

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Price Cutting in Coal

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--In a review of the coal industry it is stated that the problem caused by price cutting has become acute. Some coal…

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Mt. Isa Mines Additional 100 Men Employed

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 2

MT. ISA, Monday:-- An additional 100 men were registered at the mines to-day. To date 250 men have been re-employed, and it is expected all…

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Gold Price Unchanged New York

Northern Star · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 5

The price of gold was unchanged again to-day, as the Reconstruction Finance Corporation revealed [?] foreign purchases so far have exceeded…

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W.A. Gold Output Perth

Northern Star · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 5

The value of the gold produced for the year was £4,893,000. During December the return was 55,112 fine ounces, and the total for the year…

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Mining Disaster's Toll

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 4

PRAGUE, Thursday--The death roll due to the Dux mining disaster is now 131. Rescue work was abandoned when four of the mine shafts…

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Mining 45 Years Ago

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 1

In 1889, 417 miners were working over the Solferino-Tenterfield-Fairfield mining divisions. The gold obtained during the year 1889…

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Mt. Isa Mines 332 Men Re-employed

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 3

MT. ISA, Thursday:- So far, 157 men are working underground, most of them breaking ore, and it is expected the first lot of ore since the…

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120 ENTOMBED Mine Explosion Rescue Difficulties Prague

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 7

Nearly 120 miners have been trapped in the mines at Ossegg, near Dux, following a firedamp explosion…

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Militant Policy New Miners' President Strike Threatened NEWCASTLE

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 7

The policy to be followed by Mr. J. Jack, who was elected president of the northern branch of the Miners Federation last week, was…

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160 Miners Entombed Czechoslovakian Disaster Awful Toll Feared Tragic Scenes at Pithead

Tweed Daily · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 3

PRAGUE, Wednesday. One hundred and sixty miners were trapped at Dux, following a firedamp explosion. The entrances to three mines connected by underground passages were destroyed and the miners…

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Deathroll Now 131 Mine Disaster PRAGUE

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 7

The deathroll as a result of the mining disaster at Dux yesterday is now 131. The rescue work has been abandoned, owing to the four…

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Most Elaborate Sets in "Gold Diggers"

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 4

Dances and ensembles for Warner Bros'[?] musical and dramatic spectacle, "Gold Diggers of 1933," which comes to the Star Court Theatre shortly, are…

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New Methods of Prospecting W.a. Goldfields 'Planes Cars and ' Cameras

Tweed Daily · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 6

The romance of the West Australian gold-fields is likely to be continued in a second volume early this year, in which airplanes,…

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Gold Bag Ascot Five Hundred Half-length Win Melbourne

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 6

Gold Bag scored a half-length win from the dead-heaters, Stardom and Karomin, in the Ascot Five Hundred at the Victorian Trotting and Racing…

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Country and City Week-end Sporting Persian's Moorefield Gold Cup Started Favourite Bombus Surprises Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 6

Backers at Moorefield to-day received a shock when the 20 to 1 outsider Bombus won the Juvenile Handicap by half a length from Bon…

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Moonlight Excursion at Evans Head with a Path of Gold Upon the Water Romance—when the Heart Is Young

Northern Star · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 2

The picturesque Evans River, on the night of December 31, presented perhaps one of the most interesting and beautiful sights that has been seen upon it, when it was the…

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Dux Mine Disaster. Officials Arrested

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 4

PRAGUE, Monday-- The general manager and ten officials of the Dux[?]oal mine, in which 142 miners were [?]ed last week, have been arrested…

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Treasure Search Million in Gold

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 2

Preparations are being made by G. E. van Arsdale, an American, for a bid to wrest bar gold and silver believed to be worth more than…

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The Bankrupt World Suggested Use of Gold

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 4

"The world is bankrupt, find it lacks courage to face that fact and to put itself into the hands of n policy of receivership," declared Dr. Nicholas…

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