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Mining & the mines, 1934

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Gold Options in N.z

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 14

Cracow Gold, N.L., Gold Dredging Option, N.L., Gold Holdings, N.L., and Roma Blocks Co., N.L., have combined to provide funds for testing a gold dredging area…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 13

The mining share market yesterday was quiet and gold shares particularly were comparatively neglected. Interest in this section was chiefly centred on the better class…

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Coal Shipments. 50,260 Tom Exported

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 3

The recent improvement in the coal export trade in Newcastle was maintained during last week, and for the third time this year the weekly total…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 11

The price of gold was quoted to-day at £6/10/10 an ounce [?]ine, compared with £6/16/10½ on Saturday. DOLLAR AND FRANC QUOTATIONS…

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Financial. Gold Hoards. Immense Sums in London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 13

What gold is hoarded in Sydney? There is no means of knowing, but that hoarding has taken place and has done so since 1914 is certain. Recent high prices for gold…

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Fall Down Mine Shaft? Alsatian Fails in Search for Man

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 9

NOWRA, Monday.--It is feared that A. C. Coombes, 65, who has been missing from Yalwal goldfield, about 16 miles from here, since early…

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Gold Flight Neale On Way Back From N.T.

The Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 15

A message has been received in Sydney that a Percival Gull 'plane, piloted by Captain Frank Neale, arrived at Charleville yesterday, on a…

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City Gossip N. Kalgurli United Issue Goodyear Tyre Co. Rush for Gold Co. Shares

The Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 4

To an offer by North Kalgurli United Gold Development, Ltd., a new Western Australian float, in London, of 480,000 shares, of 5s each,…

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New Goldfield Discovered In The Transvaal JOHANNESBURG

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 1

A GOLDFIELD has been discovered in the south-west of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, near Kronstad. The reef, it is believed, runs in a circle, with a…

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Italy's Coal Supplies

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 5

In the order placed by the Italian State Railways for 20,000 tons of Monmouthshire coal for shipment over the next few months, it is…

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Price of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 8

LONDON, Tuesday.--The price of gold to-day was £6172 an ounce fine. The dollar was at 5.06 12, and the franc at 77 1-16…

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Western Australian Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 15

Princess Royal Gold Mining, N.L. (during February), crushed 550 tons for a return of 290 fine ounces, our Kalgoorlie correspondent telegraphs. The mill ran 412 hours, and…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 15

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the week ended March 2, is at the rate of approximately £7/14/10 per…

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A New Metal Like Gold

The World's News · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 27

Mr. G. B. Brook, chief chemist at the laboratory of the British Aluminium Company, Kinlochleven, has produced a new metal which is a secret blend of…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 15

The mining share market showed no change yesterday trading still being quiet with a weaker trend evident. More attention was given to tin stock, and generally these were…

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Mining Exchanges. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 15

To-day's sales included:- Copper: Mount Lyell, 24/8. Silver lead Barrier South, /6½; North Broken Hill, 94/3…

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Belgian Coal. Objection to Import Limitation

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 5

An attack against the coal import limitation measures adopted in Belgium was recently launched by the Antwerp Chamber of Commerce…

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Long Flight. Mining Engineer's Survey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 14

Captain Frank Neale landed at Mascot Aerodrome at 2.45 yesterday afternoon, after having flown from Charleville. He left Darwin at 7.45 a.m. on Sunday, reached Camooweal…

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Petrol From Coal. Contract Placed by Air Force

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 5

Only small quantities of petrol extracted from coal were used by the Royal Air Force for a test and experiment prior to last year, when our…

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Mica Miners' Victory. Higher Wage Rates and Less Working Hours

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 15

A SPLENDID working-class victory has been won by mica miners in Central Australia who were locked out of their jobs because they joined the North…

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