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Mining & the mines, 1934

4,506 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 226

City Gossip N. Guinea Goldfields Annual Meeting

The Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1934 · page 4

N.G. Goldfields Estimated Profits Profit of £77,260 from alluvial workings and £53,019 from treatment of ore at Golden Ridges mill was…

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Freight Both Ways. Polish Coal and Welsh Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 5

As a result of the Irish Free State's importation of Polish coal, a remarkable round voyage was made recently by the Finish steamer Britannic…

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Price of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.--The "price of gold was to-day £6163 an ounce, the dollar 5.10 to the £, and the france 77 12…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 6

The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present operating at…

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Easter Grains of Gold

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 12

THE use of Easter eggs is of the highest antiquity, the egg being in widely separated pre-Christian mythologies a symbol of resurrection…

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Mining Museum Report

The Labor Daily · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 6

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Vincent yesterday expressed gratification with the report on the Mining Museum, which has been furnished…

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N.g. Gold Ore Reserves

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 18

The ore and alluvial proved to date by New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd., exclusive of ore below the adit level on the Edie…

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Gas in Mine. Delinquent Deputies. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 12

In the Bulli Court to-day, South Clifton Tunnel Colliery proceeded against Thomas Smith, a deputy, for failing to report gas discovered in the colliery at Scarborough…

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Gold Worth £8000 Carried As Luggage

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 15

SEVEN men, with a golden "egg" worth about £8000, travelled to Sydney from Orange on Tuesday with no…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 12

The price of gold to-day was £6/16/3 an ounce fine, compared with £8/16/3½ yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES…

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Mosman's Win in S.i.c. Gold Cup Race

Referee · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 10

ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE held its 18th annual regatta on bane Cove River on Saturday afternoon under ideal rowing conditions. The main event, the…

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Mining Museum. The Court of Hope and Despair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 7

The Mining Museum could be appropriately called the court of hope and despair. Yet how many people know where it is? How many people who, day after day, cross over…

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New Guinea Goldfields. £A1,152,000 Profit in Sight

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 13

An informative report by the technical committee of the Mining Trust, Ltd., upon the company's development and profits in sight formed the basis of the speech by the…

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News From Mines Gold Mines Acquires New Option

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 12

Gold Mines of Aust., Ltd., has taken an option over the New Morning star mine at Wood's Point for two months, from March 22 last. If the option be exorcised a…

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Mining Western Australian Gold. "4dwt Value Now Profitable."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 9

In his address at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Mines of Western Australia, the president (Mr. R. D. Hamilton) gave approximate figures relating to the gold mining…

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Rich Gold Returns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 9

Our Kalgoorlie correspondent telegraphs that two prospectors, E. Piesse and C. Olsen, dollied three petrol tins of alluvial ore at McPhee's Patch, 8[?] miles south-east of Port…

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Support Wonthaggi Miners Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 5

The Trades Hall Executive to-day decided to give full support to the Wonthaggi miners during their dispute. The speakers will travel…

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Gold Price Drop London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 8

The price of gold to-day was £6155[?] an ounce; compared with £6166 yesterday. The dollar was quoted at 5.12½ to…

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Oil From Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1934 · page 13

Mr. J. G. Blackwood writes in part:- Sir,—Senator McLachlan's speech, the report of which appeared in the "Sydney Morning Herald" of March 24, contains some rather…

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Support for Miners at Broken Hill

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1934 · page 7

At last night's session conference suspended standing orders to allow Mr. C. Anzelark (Northern Miners) to move a resolution condemning the…

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