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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1933

53 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 3

Rich Gold Reef

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1933 · page 7

Two prospectors have arrived at Kalgoorlie with four bars of gold weighing 1660 ounces, valued at £12,000, the proceeds of a small…

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Extraction of Oil From Coal

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1933 · page 7

A message from Canberra states that the Commonwealth Government is to be urged shortly to encourage interests such as the Imperial…

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Major's Creek Mines

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1933 · page 6

A number of the men Interested in the different mining ventures at Major's Creek were on the spot at the week-end. Residents are…

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U.S.A. Raises Gold Prices 47 Cents Per Ounce Above Market Quotes WASHINGTON

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 October 1933 · page 1

The United States Government to-day raised the price of gold to 31 dollars 96 cents., which is 47 cents above the…

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Theft of Gold

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 November 1933 · page 2

While a railway delivery van in charge of a youth was standing in Grays Inn Road, London, four men emerged from a motor car, jostled him,…

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‘Plane Scatters Gold

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 November 1933 · page 2

A French aeroplane, caught in a fog while flying from Switzerland to Le Bourget, tore off the tops of trees in a forest for a distance of 500 yards before…

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King Solomon’s Mines

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 November 1933 · page 2

The site of “King Solpmon’s Mines,” states the London “Daily-Herald,” familiar to British schoolboys through Rider Haggard’s book is believed to…

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Lake George Mine

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 December 1933 · page 2

From a very reliable source of information it is confidently expected that the New Year will see the re-opening of the Captain’s Flat mine…

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Captain's Flat Mines

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 December 1933 · page 2

That there is every likelihood of these mines re-opening very shortly was stressed by a gentleman in town yesterday who should be in a position…

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Mining Act of N.s. Wales Amending Legislation

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 December 1933 · page 2

Forecasted amending legislation having in view alterations to the present Mining Act of N.S.W. calls for the attention and interest of…

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Captain's Flat Mines Railway to Start in March

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 December 1933 · page 2

That there seems to be some truth at last in the persistent rumors of the re-opening of the Captain's Flat mines at an early dale is borne out…

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Mining

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1933 · page 2

Preliminary work is still in progress at Major's Creew in connection with one lot of leases taken up by a big company. Dr. Harris, mining…

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Mining on Private Lands

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1933 · page 6

A section, known as the "Mining on Private Lands Section" of the Mining Act was added some years ago to provide opportunities for the…

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