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Mining & the mines, 1933

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S. African Gold Share Boom Compared With 1895 LONDON

The Sun · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 8

Although the stock markets generally closed with considerable irregularity, prices of South African gold shares registered further substantial…

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100, and Is As Sound As a Bell! Harboard Ancient Who Knew Ned Kelly and Hart Gold Rushes

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 7

WRINKLED, but care-free and as sound as the day he was born, Mr. R Weatherstone, of Harbord, celebrated his 100th…

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Mount Kembla Collieries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 15

Mount Kembla Collieries, Ltd., an English company, repprts a loss of £3757 for the year ended June 30, 1932, increasing the debit at profit and loss to £5046. Coal sales were…

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Armed Guards at Gold Mine Find Causes Intense Excitement

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 7

PERTH, Friday. -- Wannaway is humming with excitement over the gold find at Shea's, the extent of which is enlarged on by precautions…

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Armed Guard at Gold Mine in W.A. PERTH

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 7

Wannaway is humming with excitement to-day over a gold find at Shea's lease, the extent of which has been enlarged upon as the result of…

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Hard Coal Gains

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 9

Pennsylvania's mines in October produced 5,050,000 tons of anthracite and 6,783,000 tons of bituminous coal, according to State estimates…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 15

St. Algnan (Lucknow) Gold Mino. N.L., reports for week ended February 2:£Main shaft: East drive off south crosscut extended 17ft on joint; total, 88ft. Have passed through severol small veins of heavily…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 6

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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W.a. Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 15

Our Perth correspondent telegiaphs that the Western Australian gold output for January was 45,755 fine ounces, worth £194,356 valued at £4/5/ an ounce. It was 3461 ounces…

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Killed by Fall of Coal

The Sun · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 3

LITHGOW, Saturday. James Tattersall, 50, shiftman, was killed to-day by a fall of coal at Cullen Bullon Colliery, He was a…

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India's Gold Sales Calcutta

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 7

It is estimated that sellers of gold from India since Britain went off the gold standard have made a clear profit of £30,000,000…

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Gold at Barrington Tops. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 14

Mr. W. J. Enright, of Maitland, in a reply to Kearsley Shire Council's inquiries concerning the advisability of unemployed miners prospecting for gold in the Barrington Tops…

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Gold Reserve. Bank of England's Gain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 15

The gold reserve of the Bank of England shows a further increase this week. It now stands at £126,402,591, as shown in the bank's weekly return as at February 1, which is…

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Miners Killed in Big Explosion Hokkaido (Japan)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 1

SIX miners were blown to pieces and 13 other seriously injured, in a coil-mine explosion here to-day…

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S. African Gold Boom in London London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 1

SOUTH AFRICAN gold shares registered further substantial gains on 'Change to-day but in many instances…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 14

The price of gold to-day was £6/1/3 an ounce fine, compared with £6/l/3½ yesterday. WORLD CONFERENCE. The Prime Minister (Mr. MacDonald) has…

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Gold Crest's Gonce Luck of a Chink Caustic Comment

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 4

BY his win of the first division of the Approved Handicap at Harold Park on Monday Gold Crest showed…

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£30,000,000 Profit on India's Hoarded Gold CALCUTTA

The Sun · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 1

It is estimated that sellers of gold from India since the demand began when Britain left the gold standard have made a clear profit of…

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Gold Shares Boom. Effect on World Economy. LONDON, Feb. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 13

"The Times" says:—"The present boom in gold mining should sooner or later exert a powerful remedial influence on world economy. It started in Australia, where the cause was…

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Jardine's Men Are "In" on Gold Boom They Plunge On Bismarcks

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 8

SOME of the English cricketers have hopes of winning not only the Ashes, but a decent-sized parcel of Australian gold. They've got the gambling fever--not the "leg theory"…

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