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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1938

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BOWLS. Won by R. Perdriau Gold Cup Kyogle

Northern Star · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 8

The final of the Kyogle club's Gold Cup competition resulted in a victory for R. Perdriau (12 on) over O. C. Green (3 on) by 31 to 24. The match…

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Steady Though Not Spectacular Drake Mining Casino

Northern Star · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 6

Drake, a small centre between Casino and Tenterfield, where many thousands of pounds worth of gold was…

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Chrome and Cold Mining Magnates' Fortunes Bulawayo (By Mail)

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 3

Two of the outstanding figures in the dramatic mining history of Rhodesia, Mr. George Peake and Mr. Robert Asserman, have died…

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Scene of New Gold Rush Tennant Creek Women Lead Ordinary Social Life

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 8

As Tennant Creek is the scene of yet another gold rush and is being thronged by hopeful prospecters who [?] to amass vest…

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Engine-drivers Examined Mines Inspector in Lismore

Northern Star · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 9

Mr. G. E. Gabriel, an inspector of the Department of Mines, with headquarters at Armidale, yesterday examined candidates from Lismore and…

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Lucky Strike in Abandoned Gold Mine

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 4

From the Hawkins Hill mine on the Etheridge field, in Queensland, there is news of a very important recent discovery. The Georgetown Gold Mining Coy…

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Holy Moike O'Flanagan a Memory of the Goldfield Days

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 7

Recent talk of a wheelbarrow Derby reminds me of the wheelbarrow races with death which I have known when water, that then was up to 5/- per gallon in…

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Man's Body Found in Old Mine Shaft

Tweed Daily · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 7

PERTH, Friday:--The body of a man who disappeared from Green Bushes, a south-west tin milling centre, 12 months ago has been…

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Journal For Gold Cup Is Trained at Moorefield Miltiades, Bofield Should Run Well

Northern Star · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 8

A STRONG FIELD will contest the Peter Moore Gold Cup, the principal event at Moorefield today, and a wide market should prevail. The winner may be Journal, who is trained on the track and has…

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Topweights Fight Out Finish Valbeau's Win in Gold Cup Hope and The Jilt Win Narrowly

Northern Star · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 7

THE Moorefield meeting on Saturday was the first real test of the new measures designed to encourage better race attendances, but the reduced admission charges proved no great attraction. Compared with the Peter Moore Cup…

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Australian Hermits Two Queer Gold Seekers

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 5

It appears (says Innisfail "Advocate") that a certain official, whose duty takes him much into the country, visited the "Badgery Credit area recently…

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A Beautiful Gold Cup

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 4

Undoubtedly one of the finest trophies yet offered for greyhound acing is the gold cup to be competed or at the Murwillumbah Hospital…

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Production of Gold Increase Shown

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 5

CANBERRA, Monday.--The gold production in Australia in November was 128,138 fine ozs. valued at £1,108,434 (Australian currency)…

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Compelled To Aid Franco's Finances British-owned Mine

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 6

LONDON, Monday.--According to the special correspondent of "The Times," during 1937 the Britishowned Rio Tinto copper, iron and…

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16 Miners Killed COLOMBO

Northern Star · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 7

Sixteen miners were reported killed when the Plumbago mine, in the Kurunagela district, was flooded by a sudden inrush of water from a disused…

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Large Scale Dredging Operations Recovering Gold in South America

Tweed Daily · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 2

One of the world's largest dredging properties is now being equipped by Pato Consolidated Gold Dredging Ltd., In which Placer…

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16 Miners Drowned in Ceylon

Tweed Daily · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--A Colombo message states that 16 miners are reported killed from the flooding of the Plumbago Mine, in…

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Ultimatum Issued Miners Warned Against Petty Stoppages CESSNOCK

Northern Star · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 3

The management of the Aberdare Extended Colliery to-day issued an ultimatum to the miners' officials threatening to remove horses from the…

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More Gold Is Being Mined High November Return

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 6

Gold production in Australia in November was 128,138 fine ounces, valued at £1,108,434, Australian currency…

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Lindrum Leads Gold Cup Snooker Match LONDON

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 8

In the Gold Cup snooker final, the Australian, Horace Lindrum, who is receiving 10 start in each game, is leading Joe Davis by seven games to…

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