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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1935

146 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 8

Petrol From Coal

The Western Herald · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 2

A huge plant for the manufacture of petrol from coal is to be constructed in the North of France in the Lievin-Angres districts at…

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Gold Find Lasseter's Reef Rediscovered

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 3

The first section of on expedition organised by a newly-formed Sydney Company, Border Gold Reefs Ltd., is now on its way from Sydney to the…

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Keeps His Word Mr. Geo. Wilson, M.L.A. Opposes Gold Pass Privileges

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 6

Mr. Geo. Wilson, M.L.A., Member for Dubbo, opposed the measure giving gold pusses for ex-members of the Legislative Assembly, on the…

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Rich Gold Mine

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

The gold yield of the Bismarck Range Company of Lucknow represents approximately one-third of the total production of gold in New…

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Gold Dredging

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

A boring plant arrived from Melbourne this morning, to be used in testing the areas on the banks of the Macquarie, at Gobolion,…

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Mining New Occidental Gold Mine

Western Age · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 2

A report by New Occidental Extended Gold Mines, Cobar, for the fortnight ended December 29, states underground work confined to repairs of…

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New Cobar Gold Mines, N.l

Western Age · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 2

In a summary of the work carried out to date, the directors of New Cobar Gold Mines, N.[?]., state that, in addition to other preliminary work…

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Gold Find in Central Australia. Lasseter's Reef Rediscovered

The Western Herald · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 6

The first section of an expedition organised by the newly-formed Sydney Company, Border Gold Reefs Ltd., is now on its way…

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£307,594 Gold Production Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 1

The gold production in New South Wales last year was the highest since 1921, and was valued at £307,594…

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Australianities a Famous Old Goldfield

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 9

It was a delightful morning. There had been a fow cleansing showers of rain the night before and the City of Bathurst had wakened to the new,…

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New Occidental Gold Prospects for Production

Western Age · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 3

In a circular to shareholders, the directors of the New Occidental Gold Mines, N.L., outline the extent of the mine development and give details of…

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SABBOTAGE Attempt to Destroy Bridge At "Black" Colliery. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

An attempt was made shortly before midnight last night to blow up the bridge leading to the Abberfield colliery, a few miles from…

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Lost Gold Woman's Lucky Walk Puris

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 1

A woman walking across a field at Oisement, saw wooden debris and found £6000 worth of gold that fell from the Hillman Airways' 'plane…

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Aberfield Colliery Attempt to Blow Up a Bridge

Western Age · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 1

An attempt was made on Sunday night to blow up a bridge leading to the Aberfield colliery a few miles from Swansea Lake Macquarie It…

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Trapped in Mine Parkes Miner's Experience

Western Age · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 2

While working with his father and brother, 150 feet below the surface, in the Old Pioneer min, at Parkes, Waller Kable, a young miner, was trapped…

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Determined Miners Suicide Strike Second Attempt at Death Budapest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 1

The "suicide strike" has been resumed by the coal miners at Pecs, and 689 men have again voluntarily imprisoned themselves below the surface…

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Inspect Mines American Authority Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 1

Professor D. H. McLaughlin, one of the world's greatest economic geologists, is coming from America to report on a number of Australian…

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At Southern Cross Business Area Pegged As Gold Prospecting Area

Western Age · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 1

Considerable excitement has been caused at Southern Cross, Western Australia, by the notion of an Adelaide company in pegging out 300 acres of…

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Questions in the Legislative Assembly. Mining: Assistance to Prospectors

The Western Herald · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 7

Mr. Davidson: In view of the many applications by mining prospectors and syndicates for assistance in prospecting for new…

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Gold Stealing Charge. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 5

During the evidence in a case at Alice Springs in which two men are charged with having stolen five pounds of gold, a witness…

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