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Mining & the mines, 1931

4,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 213

Cause of N. Guinea Stagnation Monopoly Blamed Why Gold Production Has Slumped (To the Editor)

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 8

Sir,--The balance-sheet of New Gulten Goldfields, Ltd. as at December 30, 1920, shows an interesting state of affairs and stagnation since they obtained a…

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Get-rich-quick Hope of Ludendorff Contract with "Gold-maker" Wanted 75 P.C. BERLIN

Evening News · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 1

GIVING evidence to-day at his trial at Munich, the "gold-maker," Tausend, declared that Berlin financiers who secured money for his…

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GOLD-MINING. Allocation of £10,000. Government Action

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 9

The Government has made available £ 10,000 for encouragement of gold-mining. Within a week 900 applications have been received by the Mines Department and granted…

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Junction North Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 11

Our Broken Hill correspondent telegraphs that a special meeting of the compensation scheme Joint committee was held yesterday, when consideration was given to further…

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Wiluna Gold Corporation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 11

The attorneys of Wiluna Gold Corporation, Ltd., have been advised that applications for the convertible note issue will be received from Australian shareholders until January…

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Grains of Gold

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 3

THINK that the eye of God is ever on you, and that you must die, and you know not when. The mind put to useful purpose has…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 11

Gold was quoted in London on Tuesday, our correspondent cables, at 84/11[?] per oz fine, a decrease of [?] since Friday…

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Topics Australia's Gold

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 24

WITH increasing interest in prospecting, and various movements afoot to exploit our mineral wealth, we are hearing of nuggets and promising gold…

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A.w.u. Miners' Merger

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 4

The conference of A.W.U. and Miners' representatives, which is dealing with the proposed amalgamation of the two organisations, met…

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Mines and Metals: a Languishing Industry

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 5

AT no time in the history of Australia has it ever been so imperative that the quest for gold should succeed. In this respect the action of the Government, in assisting unemployed prospectors, is to be commended. A rich gold strike at the…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 11

Mining share prices were irregular in yesterday s market Business in base metal concerns was again representative Barriers opened firmer, but reaction carried them…

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Western Miners. Protection of Unemployed. LITHGOW

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 13

At a meeting of employed and unemployed miners, it was decided to form a committee to take stock of the position created by the large number of men being dismissed in…

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Miners' Grim Duel Underground LILLE France

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 1

PERHAPS no duel way ever set in such extraordinary surroundings as that fought by [?] miners in St. [?] yesterday…

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To Investigate New Guinea Gold Trouble

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 1

MR. W. KING, a gold mining expert, who was loaned by the Western Australian Government to investigate the New…

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Meagre Mining Workings Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 5

[?] worked regularly. Bollbird Coillery has worked only 11 days in the last seven weeks…

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Badly Injured by Fall of Coal Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 5

Struck by a fall of coal at Wa[?] colliery William Thomas Neil [?] of Catherine [?] Ray. [?]miner was admitted to the [?]uka Hospital suffering from…

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Fined for Stealing Bag of Coal Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 5

Charged with having at Port Waratah on December 9. stolen a bag of coal the property of the Railway Commissioners, Harry Rawson Brien of Mitcheli St.,…

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Proposed Merger. A.W.U. and Miners' Federation. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 9

The voting of northern miners on the proposed merger between the A.W.U. and the Miners' Federation is awaited with interest in Newcastle…

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£1,000,000 for Gold Prospecting London

The Sun · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 1

"We are arranging with the Queensland Government to put diamond drills at work at Palmer and other goldfields to test Mr. Lockhart…

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Lure of Gold £10,000 Allocated Equipping Fossickers

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 1

THE lure of gold has had a [?] fillip recently, and the Minister for Mines. Mr. Baddeley has had £10,000 allocated out of relief funds…

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