Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Mining & the mines, all years

Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

4,506 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 226

Price of Gold London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 8

The price of gold to-day was £616 an ounce fine. The dollar was at 5.11, and the franc at 77[?]…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 17

Active business was done in the mining share market yesterday, both tin and gold stocks meeting keen investment and speculative inquiry. Gold shares were very firm…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

News From Mines Good Stone at Tullamore

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 11

The mine manager of Tullamore Gold, N.L., reports for week ended March 17 as under:--No. 3 shaft has been sunk to 184ft. 6in. on the Underlay and No. 4 to 31ft. 3in…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Mining Exchanges. Interstate Exchanges. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 17

To-day's sales included:- Silver-lead: Broken Hill South, 70/9; Zinc Corporation, ord., 40/3, 40/. Gold: Anglo-Australian, 11/6; A.M.E., /6;…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

Oil From Coal English Co. Cannot Help For Year

The Sun · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 8

It was learned in Sydney to-day that there is no possibility until June 1935, of Chemical Industries, Ltd., erecting a plant for the…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Coal Revival A Delusion Get Other Work, Says Minister Reiterates Govt's "Wait And See" Policy Oil From Coal Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 6

HERALDED as an important announcement in connection with the extraction of oil from coal, the statement by the Minister for…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 16

The price of gold to-day was £6/16/ an ounce fine, compared with £6/16/2 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Lure of Treasure Lost Millions in Many Seas Kidd's Gold

The Labor Daily · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 8

If all the tales of treasure trove were true and only half the hunts for mysterious pirate hoards and sunken Armada…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Oil From Coal Experiment Likely Lyons Will Put It to Cabinet

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 8

CESSNOCK, Friday. -- Mr. Lyons to-day told a deputation representing mining interests that he was prepared to…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

City Gossip Mount Coolon Gold Sons of Gwalia Mount Coolon Prospects

The Sun · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 2

Addressing shareholders at the annual meeting of Mount Coolon Gold Mines, N.L., the chairman (Mr. Colin Fraser) said that, although the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Miners And Loan To A.L.P. Along the News Trail Injured In Strange Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 7

The Miners' Federation Central Council, at a meeting yesterday, instructed delegates to the State A.L.P. Easter Conference to press for…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Oil From Coal. Minister Advises Caution. Subsidy Necessary. Annual Cost to Commonwealth, £1,250,000. (From Our Special Representative.) Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 15

The Minister in charge of Development (Senator McLachlan) told a deputation to-day that the production of petrol by the hydrogenation process would, on the information now available, cost 1/3 a gallon, necessitating a subsidy of 3d a gallon…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

All Is Not Gold That's a Gold Mine Need for Inquiry Into Boom Schemes

Truth · Sunday 25 March 1934 · page 17

A GOLD BOOM IS ON—COMMON KNOWLEDGE. BUT IT IS NOT COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT SPECULATORS MUST USE EXTREME CARE WHEN PUTTING THEIR CASH INTO GOLD…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

Through the Eyes Of "Truth" Guarding Gold

Truth · Sunday 25 March 1934 · page 17

APPARENTLY the best way to guard treasurer is not to guard it at all. During the past weeks…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

Riverview Gold Cup Premiership Tussle Close Win For Mosman

The Sun · Sunday 25 March 1934 · page 24

Stroke for stroke most of the way, a timely burst of speed which sent Mosman to the front, then a dazzling…

Continued on Trove, page 24 →

Activity in Gold Scrip Justified by Prospects of the Metal's Price

The Sun · Sunday 25 March 1934 · page 54

Under strong buying trade in gold scrip is enjoying more than its usual large share of activity, and unless Great Britain can he torn from between the two exchange fires in which she stands, the buying will probably prove to be justified. And even should she he extricated there is more reason to believe that gold prices will go from firm to firmer rather than that they will ease…

Continued on Trove, page 54 →

Australia's Sheep Must Not be FILCHED Foreigners Buy Our Heritage for Pot of Gold

Truth · Sunday 25 March 1934 · page 1

FOR years "Truth" has hammered at politicians to prevent the export of our prize sheep. It is so clear that wool has been and still is the backbone of our economic life. Without wool the Commonwealth will…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Defence and the Oil-from-coal Tests Lyons' Cessnock Surprise Ministers Tour the Fields New Hope for the North Subsidy Promise

The Sun · Sunday 25 March 1934 · page 1

Are questions of national safety involved in the Prime Minister's sudden proposal to have coal-oil tests made here simultaneously with English experiments?…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 13

Gold was quoted in London on Saturday at £[?]/16/3 per [?]nce fine, our correspondent cables, a rise of /3 on the day…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 13

MOUNT COOLON GOLD MINES, N.L. (fortnight ended March 30): No mining development of importance to report. Diamond drilling: No. 5 surface bore advanced 1[?]0ft to a total of 219ft in country[?]…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →