Wonga Bill Wins Gold Cup Record at Dogs Rain Marred The Programme
Wonga Bill registered a fine performance in defeating a very strong field to annex the J. L. Stimson Gold Cup at Saturday…
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Mining & the mines, 1936
432 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 22
Gold Stolen Valued at £480 ADELONG
During the week-end, gold valued at £480 was stolen from the gold dredge at Mount Horeb. Three mats which catch the gold won by the sluice were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Rod- Early Melbourne Cup Favourite Cantered Record Newmarket Win for Ex-North Coaster
At the V.R.C. Autumn Carnival, in the Pines Hurdle the local horse, Blackford, was sent out a warm favourite at 5/4. In winning he had to establish new world's figures to defeat African, the ex-Sydney horse. Indeed it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ninth Fatality Mining Accident at Kalgoorlie
KALGOORLIE, Wednesday:-- While standing in an ore bin below the 2,500 ft. level of a shaft at Lake View mine, Enoch Portch (38), married, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bank of England's Gold Worth About 320 Millions
A new record was added to the many others created last year, when the Bank of Poland announced the purchase of £515,557 of bar gold in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.I.F. Gold Cup Play-off Necessary SYDNEY
Three competitors with cards of three up tied for the A.I.F. cup at Manly golf course to-day and a playoff will be necessary. There were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Turf Topics. Can Allunga Stay the 2¼ Miles Speed or Stamina for Gold Rod's Future
Our horse, Amalia, was terribly unlucky to be beaten half a head in the Brunswick at Flemington on Saturday. She got into all the bother in the world…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miss Jean Batten Gold Medal for Atlantic Flight
PARIS, Thursday:-- The Academy of Sport awarded Miss Jean Batten a gold medal in recognition of her record-breaking trans-Atlantic flight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Advance on Gold Bashful Prospectors
At a Dorrigo bank recently, two prospectors produced a packet of retorted gold and asked the manager to let them know the value of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Stay-down" Strike Shortlived Victorian Mine MELBOURNE
Excitement prevailed at the Sunbeam mine at Korumburra to-day when five miners led by two union officials ceased work…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tyalgum Coal to Be Used Mur-bah Power House "Should Decrease Costs"
It was reported by Ald. A. R. Black to Murwillumbah Municipal Council at . its last meeting, that coal was being successfully mined…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Ablaze Seals Blown Out CESSNOCK
Bellbird Colliery, which a few years ago was the scene of one of the worst disasters on the northern coalfields, a Dumber of men losing their lives as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tyalgum Coal. Being Used in M'bah Power House
It was reported by Ald. A. R. Black to Murwillumbah Municipal Council at its last meeting, that coal was being successfully mined at Tyalgum. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nightmare Experience Four Injured in Mine Deluge Bulkhead Burst PERTH
While Ian Marshall (26), single, was showing a party of friends over the Iron Duke mine at Boulder…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Four Persons Injured Dam Bursts In Mine Two in Serious Condition
KALGOORLIE, Tuesday:--Four persons were injured last last night when a dam of water burst at the bottom level of the Iron…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oil From Coal. No Chance for Australia
In an address at Lithgow, Mr. J. N. Lawson, M.P., declared that he would like to see an oil-from-coal industry established in Australia with Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold for Currency Base?
Australia, an important gold- producing country, is vitally interested in the possibility of the restoration of gold as a basis for a stable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sluicing for Gold at Balliea
The sluicers wash the deposits of black sand on the beaches, and the men at this site estimate that one ton of sand yields metal worth several pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Inman Won Gold Cup LONDON
The "Daily Mail" gold cup was won by Melbourne Inman, who in the final match decided last week was beaten by Horace Lindrum by 8880 to 5923…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mine Disaster in Scotland Five Men Buried Alive
LONDON, Friday. --Five men and two ponies were buried alive at Bardykes colliery at Ballantyre, near Glasgow. Seven men were working…
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