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Mining & the mines, 1933

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Mining

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 November 1933 · page 2

From the Perserverance Mine, near Muttama, a fair quantity of good looking stone is being got out, and within a fortnight there should be a…

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Hogan Gold Cup Competition Third Round Places Teams in Interesting Position

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 6 November 1933 · page 3

The third round of the Hogan Gold Cup competition contained two big surprises. Firstly that of the defeat of the Gundagai XI by Tumblong, and also the decisive victory of the wanderers over back Creek. Coolac secured a four point…

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Strike Collapses Broken Hill Miners Work to Be Resumed Under Old Conditions Broken Hill

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 November 1933 · page 4

The Workers' Industrial Union, the principal union concerned in the strike at the South Mine, hold a further meeting yesterday, and as a result the…

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Local and General "Gold Rush" at "Milton"

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 November 1933 · page 2

From last Saturday's social function at "Milton," Cootamundra, by the courtesy of Mr and Mrs L. Brooks, who assisted admirably the Girl…

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Price of Gold Nearly 33 Dollars in New York New York

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 November 1933 · page 1

The Treasury to-day paid 32 dollars 84 cents an ounce for gold, which is 17 cents above Saturday's price, and 38 cents above the London quotations…

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Oil From Coal Origin of Discovery Speech by Founder of Process

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 November 1933 · page 3

The discussion on hydrogenation at the World Petroleum Congress was expected in the circumstances to be interesting, but, in fact, it exceeded…

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Gold Boom in South Africa The Most Prosperous Place in the World

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 November 1933 · page 6

It is boom time in the Land of Gold, Johannesburg, lives again In the spirit of 1895. Everybody is going to make a fortune. Everybody is dabbling in…

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The Dollar Civil War Levels Increase in Price of Gold New York

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 November 1933 · page 1

The dollar broke civil war levels to-day following a further increase in the price of gold by the Government., A reduced flight of capital also…

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District Mining Activities

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 November 1933 · page 2

A Sydney company is taking an option over Mr. W. Argus's "Red Jacket" mine at Muttama. At Collis's claim, nearby, a Sydney…

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15 Killed Fire Damp Explosion In English Coal Mine LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 November 1933 · page 1

FIFTEEN miners were killed in a firedamp explosion in Grassmoor colliery, near Chesterfield…

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Fifteen Killed Fire Damp Explosion in English Coal Mine London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 November 1933 · page 2

Fifteen miners were killed in a fire damp explosion in Grassmoor colliery, near Chesterfield…

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English Mine Tragedy Fire Damp Explosion Heroic Work of Rescuers Inexplicable Disaster London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 November 1933 · page 2

Many acts of heroism marked the rescue operations to-day when is miners were killed in a fire-damp explosion at the Grassmoor colliery, near…

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Gold Discovery

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 November 1933 · page 2

A party of Prospectors at Black Hill, near Ballart, are reported to have struck a pocket of gold weighing 260 ounces…

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Gold Strike at Ballarat Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 November 1933 · page 1

The gold strike made by five men near Ballarat yesterday has caused considerable excitement and many more prospectors have gone to the…

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Miners to Resume Aberdare Dispute Settled Cessnock

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 November 1933 · page 1

Having agreed to conditions submitted by the proprietors, the miners at the Aberdare Extended Colliery will resume work on Monday…

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Convention of Unions Not Favored by Miners Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 November 1933 · page 1

The progress counts in the plebiscite whether the Miners' Federation should hold an Australian wide convention of unions shows that while…

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Gwen Emma Tin Mines

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 24 November 1933 · page 2

Mr. W. E. Jackson, the manager of the Gwen Emma Tin Mines at Devlin, when interviewed recently, stated that the main shaft tad been sank a further…

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Return to Gold Standard Sought by Bankers Washington

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1933 · page 2

The most powerful attack that President Roosevelt has yet encountered developed to-day when it was revealed that the Advisory Council of the…

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Oil From Coal Hydrogenation Process Experts on Way From England Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1933 · page 2

Steps which are being taken to encourage the production of oil from coal and stale were described by the Minister for Health (Mr. Marr), when…

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South African Mines Chamber's Gift of £300,000 to Benefit Societies Cape Town

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1933 · page 1

Described as the greatest benefit scheme undertaken in any world industry, the Chamber of Mines, in a letter to the Workers' Union,…

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