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Mining & the mines, 1933

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Short Price Saved Tindall's Tin Maid O' Mine Mowed 'Em Down at Mentone MELBOURNE

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1933 · page 3

THROUGHOUT his career, Billy Tindall has made it a practice not to lay odds on any of his prads…

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Magnetic's Bad Failure Stocks Slump for Cup Gold Digger Wins Denman Topical's Run

The Sun · Sunday 1 January 1933 · page 10

MAGNETIC'S Tattersall's Cup stocks slumped badly by his utter failure in the Denman Handicap yesterday. Evidently his finishing run from…

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Ruse Wins Natives Role of a Medicine Man Succeeds Gold Shown Cairns

The Sun · Sunday 1 January 1933 · page 2

PLAYING the role of medicine man to a tribe of unfriendly and reputably hostile natives, one of a party…

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Magnetic Moved Like a Mediocre Moke No Wonder Stipes Got Busy After "The Last" Gold Digger Proved He's an 18 Carat Sort

Truth · Sunday 1 January 1933 · page 2

HAD the A.J.C. Stipes not inquired into Magnetic's running in yesterday's Denman Handicap they would have flopped as custodians of the "Sport of Kings." HE went out at almost prohibitive odds, after having won "four…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1933 · page 7

Gold sas quoted in London on Saturday at £6/3/9 per ounce fine, our correspondent cables, a fall of /8 on the day…

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Mt. Isa Mines Report Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 2 January 1933 · page 4

The Mount Isa Mine's report for the week ended December 24 last shows that 10,286 tons of are were dealt with vielding a production of…

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Oil From Coal Project to Start at Once Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 2 January 1933 · page 5

Now that the State Government has decided to make a grant--£500--available to assist Lyon Brothers in a larger scale…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 8

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

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Miners Resume To-day Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 6

After the usual Christmas holiday of ten days, the mines will resume to-morrow. In the absence of any definite signs…

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News From Mines Golden Plateau Values

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 6

Golden Plateau, N.L., reports:--Crosscut south from winze. 35ft., hard quartz, traces. Started to drive west from crosscut at 15ft.: all lode, average 15dwt…

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Gold Cup Billiards LONDON

The Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 11

The Cold Cup billiards tournament in which Lindrum, McConachy Davis and Newman have entered begun under the 200 baul[?] rule. Lindrum will con[?]…

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Miners' Chief T. Hoare Re-elected President NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 10

Mr. T. Hoare has been re-elected president of the Northern Miners' Federation, with a majority of 370 votes, and Mr. J. Kollock…

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Mining. Rand Extension. The New Exploration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 11

An announcement was made recently of the important possibilities of the western extension of the Rand gold reefs. As a result of the activities of the New Consolidated Gold…

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Platinum and Gold. Rich Find Reported. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 9

A rich discovery of platinum associated with gold is reported to have been made in a Papuan jungle, 120 miles from Samarai. A message received from Cairns to-night…

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Gold-bearing Stone Unearthed by Car Wheel. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 6

Following the discovery of a gold-bearing stone in peculiar circumstances, much excitement prevails on the old Ravenswood goldfield, A motor car became embedded in a shallow…

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New Era May Dawn in 1933 Science to Rescue Oil and Gold ?

The Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 8

WORKING incessantly in the interests of economic progress, Science is ever on the threshold of great discoveries, and some of these…

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Stuck On The Mud Noumea Cruise Recalls War Incident Sweating Soldiers Had to Shift the Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 6

In the excitement of arrival and the French people's welcome to the Oronsay at Noumea, there were men on…

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Nat. Park Suspect Released Satisfied the Police He Was Not with Bessie O'connor Gold Buyer

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 5

THE young man who was detained at Corrimal shortly before midnight on Sunday was later brought to Sydney by Detective Keogh, of…

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Western Collieries. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 12

Collieries on the western field resumed work this morning, following a break since Christmas Eve. Forty-five men were re-engaged at the State mine, the personnel of which is a little…

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Few Collieries at Work Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 8

Although to-day marked the resumption at the mines after the Christmas vacation, very few collieries were at work. In the Kurri field. Richmond main was…

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