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Mining & the mines, 1931

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German Miners Wage Reduction Ultimatum Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 1

The agreement between owners and miners in the Ruhr has collapsed. The Ruhr owners have decided to dismiss 300,000 miners unless the men accept…

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Gold At Tumut Rich Discovery Reported on Red Hill Station Tumut

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 2

A rich discovery of gold is reported on Red Hill station, about 22 miles north-east of Tumut. It is stated that a band…

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State Coal Production Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

Coal hauled to Bullock Island, the point of export at Newcastle, for the year amounted approximately to 2,608,000 tons, only 500 tons more…

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Broken Hill Miners Offer From Owners Broken Hill

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

The mine owners have made a new offer to the Miners' Industrial Union concerning rates of pay, and there is a feeling that it may be accepted,…

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Gold Every - Where Prospecting Revives the Industry Burrajong Strike

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

One of the most pleasing things in connection with mining heard here for a long time was the striking of good. are in the Currajong Tunnel,…

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Gold Galore. Gundagai, Tumut and Adelong Strike it Rich. Welcome News for Long Tunnel Syndicate

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

The syndicate that has been finding the money to re-open the once famous Long Tunnel mine, Reno, received a Rood Christmas box, by…

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Phenomenally Rich Gold Find at Splitters' Creek, Red Hill Station a Seam of Solid Gold 2in Wide Specimens on Show £100 Worth of Gold Brought Into Tumut on Monday Another £300 Worth on Tuesday Putlam Bros. the Lucky Finders Big Sums Offered for Option of Purchase Over the Prospectors Property a Rush Sets In. Many Authorities to Enter Applied for

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

Sensation was caused in Tumut on Monday when the three Poland Bros., who had been prospecting and fossicking about the old Splitters…

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Trade Depression Gold Stabilisation Urged

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 2

Viscount D'Abernon, speaking at Liverpool on November 14 at a dinner of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, analysed the causes of the…

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Rich Gold Finds Oberon and Tumut

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 11

It seems fairly certain that, with the intensive search now being carried out by experienced prospectors, under government assistance, big…

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British Miners Stoppage in South Wales London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 8

The Miners' Federation announces officially that it has instructed the South Wales miners not to work to-day. It is hoped that the stoppage will…

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Barrier Strike All Miners Called Out Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 11

A largely attended meeting of the Workers' Industrial Union rejected the mining companies' terms for a [?] of w[?], and decided to…

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Broken Hill Miners Owners' Terms Rejected Strike Likely Broken Hill

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 4

A largely attended meeting of the Workers' Industrial Union rejected the owners' terms for the resumption of work, and it was decided to call…

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More Gold From Tumut Discovery Tumut

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 2

The Putland brothers brought another £300 worth of gold from their gold find at Splitter's Creek. The town is…

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French Bank Rate Checking Gold Importation London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 1

The opinion is expressed that the reduction of the French bank rate will eventually check gold importation, which is becoming a source of…

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Splitters' Creek Gold Nuggets Still Being Produced in Prospectors' Mine Developments on Other Blocks Reveal Presence Op Good Gold an Extensive Field Country Pegged for Miles Surrounding Country Forest Reserve with Exception of Prospectors' Show

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 2

A visit to the Splitters Creek sensational gold find by a representative of the TUMUT and ADELONG TIMES affirms the contention of…

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Miners Undecided Owners Take Initiative No Work at Aberdare Cessnock

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 1

The South Maitland colliery opened to-day for the that first time since the Christmas holidays, and a strike occurred at the Aberdare Extended pit…

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Gold Reef at O'keefe's Creek Struck Accidentally 10in of Mineralised Quartz at 4ft Visible Gold in Stone Find Only Two Miles From Tumut

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 2

While engaged getting granite to slab the cow yard at McCormick's dairy on O'Keefe's Creek, two miles out from Tumut on the Gocup road, a…

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New Guinea Goldfields Dredges Shipped From Sydney Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 1

Two dredges for the Edic Creek and Bulolo goldfields (New Guinea) were shipped from Sydney to-day by the steamer Montoro…

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Items of News Gold Rush From Junee

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 4

Two parties left, Junee for the gold rush at Red Hill Station, near Tumut. Those in the first party were relatives of the Putland brothers, who struck…

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Splitters' Creek Gold Fresh Developments Another Reef, 2ft 9in Wide in Prospectors' Mine Mines Inspector Inspects Satisfied the Gold Is There, and Being Won But Reticient on Prospects of Field Reefs Sampled Results and His Impressions to Minister Only

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2

At the suggestion of the representative of the "Adeiong and Tumut Express", who pointed out to the prospectors when examining their…

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