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Mining & the mines, 1930

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Search for Gold Bounty Will Revive Interest Influx of Overseas Capital Expected Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 October 1930 · page 1

Certification was expressed in mining circles at the intention of the Federal Cabinet to submit to Parliament a bill to provide a bounty on gold…

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Mine Disaster Deaths Number 231 Many Asphyxiated a Tragic Incident Atx-la-chapelle

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 October 1930 · page 1

The death roll in the mine disaster at Alstorf is Now 231, with 96 injured. Throughout the night, rescue tanks cleared up the debris and found…

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Bonus On Gold Federal Proposals

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 October 1930 · page 7

The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. Fenton announced on Monday that the Federal Ministry had decided to pay a bonus on the production of…

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Mine Disaster Hundreds Entombed Explosion in France

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 October 1930 · page 16

In an explosion at a coal mine at Alsdert, near Aix-a Chapeile, France, on Tuesday, several hundred miners were informed…

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Another Terrible Mining Disaster in France Ninety Four Bodies Recovered Sydney, To-day

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 October 1930 · page 2

Reports from Saar Breucken state that ninety-four bodies have been recovered from the Mayback mine following an explosion there on…

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Bonus for Gold

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 October 1930 · page 2

It seems incredible that a mine containing ore valued at £16,000,000, end plant which cost more than £1,000,000, has been closed…

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Mine Disaster Ninety-four Bodies Recovered Twenty Men Missing Saarbrucken

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 October 1930 · page 1

Ninety-four bodies, mostly unrecognisable, were recovered after an explosion in the Maybach mine. Twenty men are still missing, and three…

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Coal Amalgamation Agreement in Britain Capital of £20,000,000 LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 October 1930 · page 5

The greatest amalgamation in the history of coal mining in Britain has resulted from a private meeting at Manchested of members of the…

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Good Gold Prospects

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 2

At Albury Mr. Beardmore, M.L.A., addressing about 250 persons from various centres who had visited the Eskdale goldfield, said the Victorian…

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Coal in Queensland Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1930 · page 1

The Mining Warden at Cairns reported to-day that JOhn Thompson and Ian Gallet had located a rich coal reef at Mt. Peter in the Cairns district…

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Mining at Sabastopol Some Promising Prospects

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 November 1930 · page 18

Old miners declare that none of the Sebastopol claims were worked cut, and that there are hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of gold…

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Legislative Council New Members Will They Retain Gold Pass? SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 November 1930 · page 1
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A QUESTION that is creating as much Interest at the Trades Hall as the actual Upper House appointments is whether Mr. Lang…

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Fail of Earth in Stanford Merthyr Colliery No One in Mine NEWCASTLE

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 November 1930 · page 1

A FEW minutes before the morning shift was begun at the Stanford Merthyr No. 1 colliery yesterday thousands of tons of earth fell…

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Fall of Earth in Stanford Merthyr Colliery No One in Mine Shift About to Enter Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 November 1930 · page 1

A few minutes before the morning shift was begun at the Stanford Merthyr No. 1. Colliery to-day thousands of tons of earth fell from the roof of the…

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Search for Gold Discovery at Coolongolook Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 November 1930 · page 2

E. Ketchin, of Coolongolook, claims to have discovered a rich gold reef in the district. He has applied to the Mines Department for a lease of eight…

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Colliery Explosion Followed by Fire 150 Miners Entombed Millfield (Ohio)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 1

One miner is known to have been killed and 150 miners are [?]ed as the result of a terrific explosion this afternoon in the No. 6 time for the…

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Swearing in Mine a Prohibitory Regulation Whom Does It Affect? SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 1

Some time ago Walker Clemson, a miner, employed at the Mt. Keira Colliery, was charged at the Wollongong Police Court with having sworn 'at…

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Mine Explosion Dead Number 76 MILLFIELD (Ohio)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1930 · page 1

The death roll as a result of the explosion in the Sunday Creek coal mine is now 76, with a possibility of further deaths from injuries. The dead…

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Lucky Find Gold in Tree Stump Perth

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 November 1930 · page 5

Next week John Dundas, aged 70 years, of Nanson street, Wembley, will receive a cheque for £239 from the Royal Mint for gold discovered in a…

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