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Mining & the mines, 1933

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Gold Mining Department will Consider Application for Aid

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 10

"Prospector" asks whether he would be allowed by the Government to work a gold reaf that he has discovered. Answer.—You should, of causes, have a…

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Grains of Gold

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 3

NOTHING can constitute good-breeding that has not good-nature for its foundations—Bulwer. To think little of oneself in the midst…

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News From Mines N.G. Goldfields Should Earn £200,000 a Year

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 10

Referring to the position of New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd., at the annual meeting of the Milling Trust. In London, Mr. L. Urquhart said that at December 31 the…

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Mount Isa Mines. Production and Costs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 11

Production and costs of Mount Isa Mines, Ltd., were dealt with by the chairman of directors (Mr. Leslie Urquhart) of the Mining Trust Ltd., at the annual meeting in London…

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A Deserted Mining Town

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 10

NORMA PERKINS (Fladbury).—Father has been receiving the "Farmer and Settler" for quite a while now, and we all look forward to reading it each week, as we consider it a…

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Gold Stocks Recede Higher Prices for Loans

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 10

The recent downward trend in gold mining stocks was accelerated by all-ronnd selling pressure on the Stock Exchange…

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Man's Body in Mine. Mysterious Murder Recalled. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 9

Police at Cairns have received information that the body of a man has been found in an old mining shaft at Boonjie, where a mysterious murder occurred five years ago. The…

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War Debts "Impossible to Continue Payments in Gold"

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 2

[?] remarks on war debts were made last week by Mr. F. O. Goodenough, chairman of Barclay's Bank, Ltd. Mr. Goodenough declared that there must be…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 9

The price of gold to-day was £6/1/1½ an ounce fine, compared with £6/1/7/ yesterday. MR. ROBERT SIEVIER. At the public examination in bankruptcy of…

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Manufacturing Gold. Swindlers and Their Methods. How Professors Were Duped

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 28

A cable message from Paris published recently stated that the Pole, Dunikowski; who Had claimed to be able to manufacture' gold, and had swindled various…

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Gold for the Mint. Racing Cups and Medals. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 10

In 1932, the Melbourne branch of the Royal Mint received through licensed gold buyers various articles of value. including racing cups, medals, and trinkets of a gross weight of…

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Drowned in Old Mining Dam Girl Was Bathing with Friends

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 7

INVERELL, Wednesday.--Lucy Eileen Grant, the 24-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Grant, of Tingha, was drowned in 10 feet of…

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New Guinea Goldfields. Estimate of Profits

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 11

At the annual meeting of the Mining Trust, Ltd., in London last month, the chairman of directors (Mr. Leslie Urquhart), in reviewing the progress of New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd.,…

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News From Mines Palmer River Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 14

The manager of Palmer River Gold Co., N.L., reports that following heavy rain, followed by floods, dredging was resumed on December 26, working day shift, and has…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 11

The directors of the Golden Junction (Cracow). N.L., announce that the mine is being managed temporarily by Mr. C. Lonsdale Smith, manager of the Golden Hill (Cracow) N.L., owing to the…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 5

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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Gold at Stuart Town

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 11

Our Wellington (N.S.W.) correspondent reports that the annual returns from Stuart Town for the past 12 months show that gold is still being won at this old mining centre…

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Price of Gold London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 9

The price of gold to-day was £624½ per fine ounce, compared with £611½ yesterday…

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Skeleton in Mine. Mysterious Murder Recalled. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 9

A start was made to-day to recover the skeleton of a man believed to be Joseph Maurice Kelly, which was accidentally discovered yesterday afternoon by a prospector…

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Mining. Sulphide Corporation. Improved Costs and Milling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 11

After a fifteen months' close down the Central mine, Broken Hill, responded to a normal tonnage output in the first three weeks after reopening last April. Having mentioned this…

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