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Mining & the mines, 1934

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Mining. Zinc Corporation Ltd. Interest in Kenya Gold Option

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 9

Details of the manner in which Zinc Corporation, Ltd (of Broken Hill), had acquired an interest in a gold-mining venture in Kenya were disclosed by the chairman (Mr. C. A…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 9

Gold was quoted in London on Saturday at £6/6/6 per ounce fine, up /4 on the day…

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Gold Revival in West

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 10

THE diamond, drills are humming again in West Australia, testing old fields that yielded but a portion of their gold…

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More Oil-coal Tests Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 5

Following the recent successful trials with a farming tractor at Hawkesbury Agricultural College with coal oil produced at their…

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Mining. the Zinc Market. Influence of the Cartel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 11

The future of spelter prices is viewed with considerable misgiving by market circles in London, in spite of the fact that the strength imparted to commodity prices by the policy of…

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Coal Trade. Prospects for 1934. Problem of Falling Prices. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 6

The coal trade anticipates the New Year with mixed feelings. Prices have continued to fall in 1933, and the problem cf pricecutting is so scute that same coal-owning…

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Wool and Gold. French and American Purchases. Bradford's Views on a Complicated Problem. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Bradford, Nov. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 11

The currency developments in the United States and their possible effect on the value of the French franc are still being closely witched in Bradford. It is being asked…

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Coal Mining. Some Aspects Reviewed. Improved Position

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 5

A departmental return shows that coal still makes the most important contribution to the mineral production of N.S. Wales,…

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Coal Board for Queensland. Action by Minister for Mines

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 18

One of the first administrative actions of the Queensland Minister for Mines (Mr. J. Stopford) this year will be the appointment of representatives to…

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Mining Bulolo Gold Dredging. Progress Since Accounts Closed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 13

A variation of the terms of the sale of the Bulowat-Burnside properties, on which the No. 3 dredge began production in October, was foreshadowed at the annual meeting of the…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 13

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the week ended December 29, is at the rate of approximately £7/2/8…

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Miners' Federation. Militants Capture Key Positions

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 18

There was great surprise throughout the Newcastle and Maitland coalfields last weekend when it was announced that Mr. T. (Bondy) Hoare had been…

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Coal Shipments. 25,826 Tons for Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 5

The quantity of coal including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week ended Dec. 28 for places beyond the State was 26,826 tons, of…

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Coal Industry. Dispute About Fines. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 15

Miners at the Burwood colliery, which is controlled by the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Ltd., began the new year jvith a strike. As the result of a dispute about fines…

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Miners President Fails to Take Up Duty. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 12

Mr. J. Jack, whose election as northern president of the Miners' Federation was announced on Friday last, did not arrive at the Newcastle Trades Hall to take over the…

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His Policy New President Of Miners' Fedn. NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 9

The policy of the newly-elected Miners' president, Mr. J. Jack, will be the militant minority movement's policy of rank and file control…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 12

The price of gold to-day was £6/7/ an ounce fine. STERLING-DOLLAR QUOTATION. The United States dollar was quoted to-day…

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Mining Gold Mining Profits. New Consolidated Gold Fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 11

New Consolidated Gold fields Ltd., of London, one of the strongest mining organisations in tile world, shows a large increase in net profit for the year ended June 30, the amount…

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Aerial Transport Gold Mining in New Guinea

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 5

New Guinea one of the least known corners of the world and the world's second largest island, has of recent years come into prominence as a large…

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Grains of Gold

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 3

THE Lord's purpose in sending trials is always that they may be turned into a blessing. Have your trials had that effect on you? If not, we wonder…

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