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, 1932

4,003 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 201

Diamond Mines Closing in South Africa. CAPETOWN, Feb. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 10

The economic crisis and been accentuated by the closing down of the De Beers diamond workings, on which the town of Kimberley is solely dependent, and the projected closing…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Rush for Gold Claims Queensland Lode Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 5

Following the Success of digging On the Mount Wand oo gold fields, residents of Mareeba are pegging claims of from five to forty…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Mostly on the Basic Wage Miners' Fanciful Earnings Some Facts Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 5

Northern Miners' leaders yesterday challenged the statement of the Federal Attorney General, Mr. Latham, regarding…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

We Cannot Eat Our Gold World's Absurd System Mad Finance

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 6

"Why should we limit the food we can eat, the clothes we wear, or the houses we live in by the quantity of gold that can be dug…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

City Gossip New Guinea Goldfields W. W. CAMPBELL N.G. Goldfields' Activities

The Sun · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 3

Shareholders in New Guinea Goldfields were informed by the chairman (Mr. Frank Hambridge) at the adjourned meeting held to-day that…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Rich Gold Strike. In Abandoned Mine. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 10

At Mt. Clifford, near Anakie, in the Emerald district, what is claimed to be the biggest and best fissure of gold-bearing ore in Queensland has been opened up by Messrs. Fahey…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Newcastle Coal Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 11

Time worked by the principal northern collieries in the fortnight ended on Saturday included:—11 days Maitland Main: 10 days, Elrington, Pelaw Main, Stanford Main No. 1;…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Weston Miners Urge Action

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 4

Sir,-- The name L-A-N-G might truly stand for "Long Advocacy Noble Government. This terse phrase expresses the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 11

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, but not sovereigns, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the week ended February 19, is at the rate of…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Collie Miners. Strike Declared. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 10

An aggregate meeting of members of the Collie Miners' Union to-day decided to cease work at the mines of Amalgamated Collieries, Ltd. A dispute arose originally as a result…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Gold Watch On Sunken Yacht

The Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 5

Dragging operations were continued to-day between Fort Denison and Kurraba Point in an effort to locate Mr. A. Wedderburn's yacht, N.S.W. II.,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Supposed Mine Untraced Seen Twice by Fishermen

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 8

CAIRNS, Monday.--An intensive search along the coast today failed to trace the floating object believed to be a mine…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

News From Mines New Shaft at Bismarck

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 11

The mining warden at Orange yesterday granted full surface rights on P.G.L. 71 to Bismarck Range Co. The management will now be able to commence sinking a…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Greater Gold Production In New Guinea Testing Ore at Depth N.G. Goldfields Policy

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 11

IT is expected that production by New Guinea Goldfields Ltd. will commence at the Golden Ridges area in May, and…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Miners' Wages. Mr. Latham Replies to Criticism. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 9

The Attorney-General (Mr. Latham), who in the House of Representatives last week, quoted figures of high wages in certain cases being earned on the coalfields, to-day replied…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Nine Die at Mine Tragic Explosions in India 13 Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 7

CALCUTTA, Monday. For the second time within a few days a fatal explosion has occurred…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Money, Mines and Markets Steady Wheat Cargoes Prices London, February 22

The Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 4

Trade in wheat cargoes was quieter, due to lower foreign advices, but quotations were nominally unchanged. Parcels of Manitoban were steadier because…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Homes in Flames Chinese Army's Desperate Resistance Holds Up Japanese Advance Land Mines Beat Tanks Japanese Change Tactics Attack Made on Flank Stray Shells Menace Whites London

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 1

ALTHOUGH the Japanese had boasted that they would crush the Chinese Army in a vice of Steel and explosive, they are finding it a harder out to crack than they anticipated. Foiled in their advance, the Japanese are now engaged in an outflanking…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd. Ore Treatment in May

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 11

At the adjourned annual meeting of New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd., yesterday, the chairman (Mr. F. Hambridge) said the mill in course of construction at Golden Ridges should be…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Country News Gold Mining Coy. Busy

The Sun · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 15

ALBURY, Wednesday.--A large consignment of machinery has arrived here from Sydney for the Talgarno Gold Company…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →