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Mining & the mines, 1931

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900 Gold Seekers Rush for Assistance From Government

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 9

Over 900 applications were deceived last week from gold prospectors anxious for Government assistance…

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Note Inflation Correspondents' Views Gold Bonus (The Editor, "The Daily Advertise")

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 2

Sir,—I wish to thank you for publishing my letter on January 16, in which I had reached the stage where the note issue had amounted to…

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Gold Strike Reported at Hillend "Best for Years" Bathurst

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 3

The best gold strike for years is reported at Hillend, at mines worked by A. Carver and H. Sach. The latest crushing resulted in more than £200…

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Pope's Gold Coins

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 4

The Pope has approved designs for the new Vatican City coinage submitted to him by Professor Aurelio Mistruzzi. The coins will be stamped at…

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Tragedy of Broken Hill Old Miner's Views Doomed If Mines Close Down

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 4

There are at present about 2,200 unemployed in Broken Hill, said, an old miner who arrived in Renmark last week, says "The Murray Pioneer."…

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Mining Directors Arrested in Sydney Alleged False Statements Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 5

A sensation was caused late this afternoon by the arrest of two well known business men who areidentified with a number of gold mining…

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Splitter's Creek Gold Prospectors' Luck an Extensive Field

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 6

A visit to Spitters' Creek, the scene of the sensational gold find, in the Tumut district, affirms the contention of those associated with it that…

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Price of Gas Inquiry Resumed Increased Cost of Coal Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 1

The Royal Commission of inquiry into this standard price of gas was resumed to-day before Mr. Justice Davidson, when the accounts of the…

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Alleged False Statement Company Promoters Charged Affairs Of Mining Company SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 2

At the central Court to-day Frederick Ortel, aged 42 years, and Clive Ashley Cooper, aged 43 years, company promoters, were charged with having…

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Mining in Junee District

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 7

"The Cross" says: on all sides one hears rumors of great gold discoveries round about Junee, but when such rumors are investigated it…

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Mining Directors Arrested in Sydney SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 6

A sensation was caused late yesterday afternoon by the arrest of two Well-known business men who are Identified with a number of gold…

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Mining Disaster Explosion of Gunpowder Linton (Indiana)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 1
Also in Cootamundra Herald

More than a score of coalminers were killed by an explosion of 600lb. of gunpowder in a mine near here to-day…

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Gold Specks in Street. Women Pick up £10 Worth KALGOORLIE

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 1

Menzies had a mild gold rush. Miss J. Allan "specked" a small piece of gold about 10 yards off the footpath in Shenton street, and obtained other…

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Gold Specks in Street Women Pick Up £10 WORTH . Kalgoorlie (W.a.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 2

Menzies had a mild gold rush last week. Miss J. Allan "specked" a small piece of gold about 10 yards off the footpath in Shenton street, and…

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India's Hoard of Gold

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 6

For centuries Indians, high and low, have conserved their wealth by meeting down gold and silver coins and transforming them into bracelets, nose…

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The Pope's Gold Telephone

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 3

The new automatic telephone system inaugurated at the Vatican City is said to be the most efficient in the world…

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Tumut Goldfield Limited in Extent Departmental Report Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 4

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) said to-day that he had received a report from the Government Geological Surveyor (Mr. Harper),…

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Mine Disaster 28 Lives Lost Many Heroic Rescues London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 2

Rescuers relate terrible experiences in Haig pit, the under-sea colliery at Whitehaven, where 28 lives were lost as the result of an explosion last…

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Tumut Goldfield Limited in Extent

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 3

The Minister for Mined (Mr. Baddeley) said that he had received from the Government geological surveyor (Mr. Harper) a report that the gold is…

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