Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Mining & the mines, all years

Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

4,249 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 213

Their Luck Gold Finds in W.A. PERTH

The Sun · Sunday 29 March 1931 · page 2

From a claim abandoned 15 years ago a prospector, K. Solly, has struck a rich reef officially assayed this week at 9oz. 3dwt. 22gr. of fine gold…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

No Longer M.L.C. Good-bye, Gold Pass!

Truth · Sunday 29 March 1931 · page 23

IN view of the fad Out H. D. McIntosh is now bankrupt, a provision of Section 19 of the Constitution Act, 1902, is interesting. This Section provides,…

Continued on Trove, page 23 →

Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1931 · page 13

Gold was quoted in London on Friday at 84/10¾ per oz fine, our correspondent cables (an increase of one farthing on the price ruling since Wednesday)…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Zig Zag Miners to a Man Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Monday 30 March 1931 · page 1

At a meeting of the Zigzag Colliery Lodge last week the members unanimously decided to join the Australian Labor Army, and instructed the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Shale Deposits. Committee's Report. Suggested Expenditure of £200,000. Help for Miners. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1931 · page 10

The opinion that the oil shale deposits of New South Wales Justify a full programme of investigation and demonstration to determine the extent to which the industry can…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Perkins & Co. Heavy Loss Brewery Holding Co.'s Loss

The Sun · Monday 30 March 1931 · page 6

A loss of £85,775 is disclosed in accounts of Perkins and Co., Ltd., a Queensland concern, which has interests in brewery undertakings in…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 5

The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies, with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Gold Find Reported. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 16

After having been out of work for a long time, George Simpson, of Bowral, went prospecting. He chose the rough country between Nerriga and Braidwood. He is now reported…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Oil From Coal. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 5

Sir,—The summary of Dr. Rivett's report, as published in your columns of the 25th lnst., will not increase the prestige of the Commonwealth Department of Science and Industry…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Wages of 36 Unions Cut by 10 Per Cent Court's Order Will Operate To-day Miners Not Affected Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 8

At its sitting to-day the Arbitration Court made a number of orders for a reduction of ten per cent. of wages. In the matter of the Waterside Workers Federation, however, it was decided that the rates of pay fixed by the…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Bright Prospects in Shale Oil Industry Report of Committee Is Hopeful Miners Likely to Benefit Grant by Govt. Canberra

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 5

Opinion that the oil shale deposits of New South Wales justify a full programme of investigation and demonstration to…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 15

New Guinea Goldsfields, Ltd., has received the following progress report for the weet ended March 14, from the Mining Trust, Ltd., consulting engineers for the company:—…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

New Guinea Goldfields

The Sun · Tuesday 31 March 1931 · page 6

A progress report for the week ended March 14, issued by the Mining Trust, Ltd., consulting engineers for New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd., states that at Location 3 the…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Gold and Credit

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 8

SPEAKING at Bendigo on Monday, Mr. Fenton said that within about three months the U.S.A. and France would be releasing gold and…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 19

Tongkah Harbour dredge output last week totalled 19 tons tin oxide, 7½ tons being from harbour dredging and 114 tons from Bldor. Coal, Oil (N.Z.), Limited, reports:—…

Continued on Trove, page 19 →

In Quest of Gold: IV

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 42

In previous articles of this series I have explained how to make the simple appliances necessary for the work of prospecting, how to beach for flood gold, and how to run down the boxes. Here some further hints are given regarding washing up, dishing, etc…

Continued on Trove, page 42 →

Mining in the West

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 19

Our Kalgoorlie correspondent telegraphs that at the annual meeting of the Western Australian Chamber of Mines, commenting on the progress of the mining industry, the…

Continued on Trove, page 19 →

Mount Isa Mines. Capital Increase Agreed To

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 19

Our London correspondent cables that a meeting of debenture holders, in Mount Isa Mines, Ltd., on Monday, carried unanimously a resolution to increase the capital of the…

Continued on Trove, page 19 →

Mt. Pleasant Miners and Lang Plan Balgownie

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 5

Mount Pleasant Miners' Lodge, at a well-attended meeting last night, carried a resolution adopting the Wollongong Conference proposals for the formation of…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Miners Pleased Court Decides No Cut in Wages

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 April 1931 · page 8

Miners' Federation officials were pleased yesterday at the refusal of the Federal Arbitration Court to grant the application by the owners…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →