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Mining & the mines, 1937

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London Stock Market Industrials and Mining Issues Drop London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 October 1937 · page 5

Despite a fairly cheerful start, the London stock market later developed irregularity, with renewed weakness in trans-Atlantic issues, but oils were…

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Son of Mine Dies From Bee Sting Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 8

Stung on the tongue by a bee, Mr. Sol Green's imported stallion. Son of Mine, died at Bacchus Marsh to-day. The horse became frenzied with pain…

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Gold Poaching Case Settled Out of Court Defendants to Pay £6200 MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 6

A Settlement out of court was effected Monday in the claim by the Central Blue Gold Mines N.L., of Berndigo, for £20,000 damages against the…

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The Gold Cup Big Event at Moonee Valley

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 5

The Moonee Valley Gold Cup wil. be the most important event to-morrow on the Valley programme, and has attracted quite a number of…

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Township's New Lease Of Life Mining Revival at Captain's Flat Growing Population Company Is Spending Thousands

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 22 October 1937 · page 4

On the verge of extinction after years with its sole industry at a standstill, Captain's Flat township has been given a new lease of life by the re-opening of the mine, and now seems on the threshold of an era of prosperity unprecedened since It…

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Rich Iron Mine Discovered in Manchukuo May Solve Japan's Problem Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1937 · page 1

"Nichi Nichi" reports that one of the richest iron mines in the world has been discovered at Kaiyuan (Manchukuo). Tests showed the presence…

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Coal Mine Fire Burning for Half Century

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 28 October 1937 · page 4

The United States Government has just begun a task which mutt be one of the strangest an Administration, has ever uuderaken. It is spending…

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Lucky Find Kidney of Gold and Quartz May Be Worth Thousands Perth

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 October 1937 · page 6

At Mt. Sir Samuel two prospectors, Ernest Tuck and Leslie Gray, unearthed a kidney of gold and quartz estimated to contain from 200 to 500 ounces…

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Man's Death in Mine Kurri

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 November 1937 · page 4

The slab of stone which killed John Nuttal, aged 55 years, shot-firer, at Pelaw Main colliery on October l4 was so heavy that three men were needed…

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Stolen Gold Found Perth

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 November 1937 · page 1

Clever tracking by two aboriginal trackers led to the discovery to-day of £400 worth of gold amalgam which was stolen from the Norseman State…

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Griffith Gold Cup

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 November 1937 · page 3

In to-day's advertising columns will be found a most attractive programme which is promoted by the Griffith Coursing Club for Friday, November 12…

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Idle Collieries Cessnock

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 November 1937 · page 2

Five collieries were idle on the Cessnock fields to-day, 1300 men being out of work. In three cases there were disputes between the miners and the…

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Colliery to Reopen Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 November 1937 · page 4

After being closed for eight weeks the Sunbeam Colliery at Korumburra will be reopened next Monday under an agreement which provides for the…

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Dusty Gold Killed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1937 · page 12

Dusty Gold, the well known greyhound hurdler, owned by Mr. F. Norden, of Narandera, slipped his collar while being exercised on Sunday morning and…

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Eviction Leads to Mine Stoppage Broken Hill

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1937 · page 5

Because an employee who is a landlord evicted an old age pensioner, all the miners in Broken Hill have been urged not to work with him. The…

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Old English Lead Mines Rising Prices Cause Revival

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1937 · page 4

Many old lead mines in Derbyshire, Wales, and Scotland, which have been idle for years, are being worked again because of the rising price of ore…

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Dredging for Gold Damage to Alluvial Lands

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 November 1937 · page 14

Following a Visit to Tumut-Gundagai district, during the week past, the President, of the N.S.W. Graziers' Association, Mr. J. P. Abbott,…

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The Christmas Gift Mine

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 8 November 1937 · page 2

An electrically, driven fine grinding and cyaniding plant has been installed at the Christmas Gift mine, Cullinga, and will commence operations on…

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The Monthly Gold Escort

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 November 1937 · page 6

One brief item of news concerned the last monthly gold escort which is pr[?]mably for the colony; it reads thus: Braidwood (which would include…

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Coal Steamer Missing with Cargo From Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 November 1937 · page 4

ST. JOHN (Newfoundland), Monday.—The steamer Calgadoc, with a crew of 15, carrying a cargo of coal from Sydney, is six days overdue, and…

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