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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1939

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Goldfield's Memories How the Mayoress Ordered a Shin of Beef

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 3

The O'Brehoun read a story the other day of a joke that was reprinted In these columns, and rightaway his memory flew back to publican…

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Address on Coal Resources of Richmond

Northern Star · Saturday 11 March 1939 · page 14

"The development of the Richmond River coal resources" will be the subject of an address by the managingdirector of the Electric Construction…

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Highest Gold Production For 22 Years

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 5

CANBERRA, Monday:—Austrarlia's gold production for 1938 was the highest for 22 years. The output was 1,590,406 fine ounces,…

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Son Sees Father Die In Mine Tragedy KALGOORLIE

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 1

While his 21-year-old soil watched, powerless to assist. Thomas Henry Manning (60) was killed when a bucket of rich ore fell on him at Westonia…

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Rand Gold in 1938 Record Production Worth £84,203,530

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 5

JOHANNESBURG, Sunday:—The December revenue figures of the Transvaal gold mines were a new alltime record. Although production,…

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Gold Ore Worth More Than £600 Stolen From Mine Kalgoorlie, Tuesday:—

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 15 March 1939 · page 2

Worth more than £600, two bags full of phenomenally rich gold ore were stolen last night from the Blue Bird gold mine at Norseman,…

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Developing Richmond Coal

Northern Star · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 9

With the question of the development of the coal resources of the North Coast a live one at the present time, the address by Mr…

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Coal and Barium Large Deposits Near Casino CASINO

Northern Star · Thursday 16 March 1939 · page 11

Dyraaba branch of the Returned Soldiers' League decided to inform the Casino Chamber of Commerce that substantial deposits of coal and…

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Queensland Gold Yield

Tweed Daily · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday:— The gold yield in February was 11.555 fine ounces, valued at £49,082. The chief sources were: Mt. Morgan 6,028…

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Dredging for Gold 2700-Ton Craft "Eats" 70,000 Cubic Yards Gravel Weekly. Romance of the Macquarie's Golden Bed

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 3

An insight Into modern methods of wresting gold from tho earth was given to members of the Dubbo Chamber of Commerce who visited…

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Queensland Gold Yield

Tweed Daily · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday:—The gold figures issued to-day by the Mines Department were quoted in the British standard value rate of approximately…

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Czech Gold Reserves In London

Tweed Daily · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday:—The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir John Simon) stated in the House of Commons to-day…

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Germany Takes Gold Reserves From Czech. Bank Ruthenia Bemoans Her Betrayal by Nazis Prague

Northern Star · Saturday 18 March 1939 · page 9

THE German Reichsbank has taken over between £14,600,000 and £18,250,000 worth of gold and foreign exchange reserves from the Czech National Bank. Germans are taking over the Czechoslovak legations…

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Chemist Makes Real Gold (From A Special Correspondent.) LONDON, February 26

Northern Star · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 4

WOMEN will soon be we aring clothes made of real gold at a cost within the reach of quite moderate incomes. Professor Charles Stanley Gibson, 55-year-old…

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Lecture on Coal Resources

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 9

Messrs. Gordon Faine, of the Electric Construction Company of Australia, and A. D. Arnold, the Ballina engineer-manager of the…

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Men Injured in Coal Mine While Safety Commission Is Investigating CESSNOCK

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 8

While members of the Royal Commission investigating the health and safety in coal mines were investigating one section of the Aberdare Central…

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Steam Generation Would Reduce Cost Of Electricity Moonem Coal Deposits

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 10

FUEL costs would be reduced by two-thirds if the Electric Construction Company of Australia Ltd. were generating electricity from coal at Swan Bay. This reduction would enable the company to…

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Far North Coast Coal Field Minister Replies To Request For Survey

Tweed Daily · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 8

Tyalgum, where a coal seam some 3 ft. 6 inches in thickness and from which approximately 46 tons are being used weekly, appears to be the most important coal bearing locality yet prospected on the Far North Coast,…

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More Power Than the Dictators Six Men Who Fix The Price Of Gold

Tweed Daily · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 3

Few trades are more romantic than that carried on daily in the London bullion market. There, solid gold is bought and sold by weight just like tea, sugar, or bacon. In ordinary times dealings in gold in the city are made through…

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North Coast Coal Possibilities for Generation of Current

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 8

Mr. Roy S. Vincent, Minister for Mines and Forests, writes to the "R.R. Herald":-I am forwarding herewith copy of a report compiled by the Government…

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