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Mining & the mines, 1939

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Miners As Owners on Strike Against Themselves Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 7

That although the miners virtually owned the mine at Mt. Mulligan, they had struck work to endeavor to force themselves to pay themselves for…

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Rich Gold Find Report From Western Australia Kalgoorlie

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 7
Also in Cootamundra Herald

A rich gold find is reported at Mallocks Well, 30 miles south-east of Laverton. Thirty tons of ore returned 15.77 oz…

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Gold in Kalgoorlie Streets

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 7

Hundreds of fossickers have been out in the last few days "specking" for gold along the washed out watercourses and gutters following…

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Lucky Bather Finds Gold in River Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 1
Also in Cootamundra Herald

The townsship of Mernda is experiencing a gold rush. A few days ago a schoolboy, Peter Darke, was swimming in the Plenty River when a piece of…

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Splinter of Gold In Foot

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 12

A splinter of gold which penetrated the foot of Peter Darke,a Mernda schoolboy, when the was bathing in the Plenty River, and other finds of…

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New Leger Stand At M.T.C. Racecourse Gold Cup Race Trophies

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 10

At a meeting of the committee of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club. the tender of G. A. James was accepted for the eection of a leger stand on…

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Big Mine Explosion in Japan Tokio

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 1

A gas explosion in a coal mine in Miyadacho buried 75 miners. Five bodies were recovered, and six were rescud. Fears are felt for the remainder, The explosion occurred. five miles below the surface;…

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Looking Backward The Adelong Goldfield PART 25 Back to the Reefs—the Great Victorian Mine—w. Annetts and Party—slee's Theory—the Old Hill Line—the Middle Line—the Currajong Line—gap Claims (Copyright) Back to the Reefs

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 2

I must now turn from the field of sport far a time in order to pick up the points concerning the developments Ghat occurred in reef-mining as the…

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Pictures of the Past Back To Old Adelong (Copyright.) PART 25. Back to the Reefs- the Great Victoria Mine—w. Annees & Party— Slee’s Theory—the Old Hill Mine—the Middle Line—the Currajong Linegap Claims. Back to the Reefs

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 1

I must now turn from the field of sport for a time in order to pick up points concerning the developments that occured in reef mining as the…

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Weirs on Macquarie Gold Mining Company's Proposal

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 2

One of the matters discussed at the annual meeting of the Dubbo branch of the Graziers' Association was a proposal by a gold-mining company to…

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75 Miners Entombed Explosion in Japan Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 1

A gas explosion in a coal mine at Miyadacho, in the prefecture of Kukuoka, buried 75 miners. Five bodies have been recovered and…

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Tin Mining Application West Wyalong

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 1

Applying for authority to enter 5000 acres of land at Kikoira for tin prospecting, Mr. Edward Walter Bouwick, the representative for the Mount…

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Gold Production New South Wales Figures Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 1

The Department of Mines states that the production of native gold of New South Wales origin for December last was estimated at £35,264 standard rate…

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Kiandra Goldfield

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 2

My opinion, is more than over confirmed that the bulk of the population will be gathered next spring about the head of the Tumut River…

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Search for Gold Reef

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 5

Long camel Journeys over waterless country, a struggle with floods, which turned desert areas into a bog, and other hardships suffered during a…

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Coal Dust As Fuel Economising on Oil Tests in England

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 2

The possibility of running Di[?] engines on coal dust instead of oil is on of the subjects discussed in the annual report of the Fuel Research…

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N.S.W. Railways Deficit Freights and Fares Under Review Effect of Miners' Strike Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 1

A deficit of more than £750,000 instead of a surplus of £30,000 may be experienced on the New South Wales railways for the current financial year…

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"Dishonest Miners" Resentment in Arbitration Court at Newspaper Action Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 2

Complaints that city newspapers holding shares in the Broken Hill Pty. had reproduced evidence regarding "dishonest miners," without any…

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