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Mining & the mines, 1935

4,579 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 229

100 Ft. Down Mine to His Death Found by Brother and Uncle Following Accident To Relative Empty Bucket Orange

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 1

FALLING from a bucket in which he was ascending on a winch at the Lucknow Sulphide Mine, Lucknow, Edward Beasley,…

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Consistency Of Dromos Rewarded In Gold Cup a Stylish Win After 3 SECONDS Struck Trouble And Came Home Fast Australia Fair

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 2

CONSISTENCY melt with a due reward at Moorefield yesterday, the richly-endowed Gold Cup being won by Dromos, who went to…

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Gold Mining Shares. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 15

The "Evening standard" says: "Gold mining shares, already rising, are indirectly helped by the Japanese Government's decision to increase the domestic price of gold…

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The Boom in Gold Mining Production Increased and Market Most Active Tin Restrictions Were Modified

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 26

WHILE the investment section of the Stock Exchange has been enjoying a boom of remarkable and unusual activity, mining shares have been even more active. The reasons influencing the boom in both sections, while being remotely associated, have been quite different on the surface. Whereas investment prices have risen because interest rates have fallen,…

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Gold. Dollars, Francs London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 7

Gold was 5d an ounce higher to day than yesterday, the quotation being £719½. Dollar and franc exchange rates…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 17

A hesitant tone was evident in the market for gold shares yesterday, and the turnover though well-spread, was the lightest of the week. Price movements were on a moderate…

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Mining Exchanges. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 17

To-day's sales included:- Copper: Mount Lyell, 17/2. Silver-lead: Barrier South, /[?]; North Broken Hill, 101/[?] 101/; Sulp[?] Corporation, ord., [?]/5, [?]/[?],…

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News From Mines Further Rise in Tin

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 11

Further enhancement in tin, which has enjoyed a substantial advance during the week, featured the London metal market on Thursday. Other metals were irregular…

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Foul Air in Mine. Propector Dies. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 12

The presence of foul air in the old Balgay Mine shaft, in the Cape River district, North Queensland, is thought to have caused the death of Wilfred Fisher, 28, of Charters…

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"Is Methodism Growing Gold?" (To the Editor.)

The Methodist · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 4

"It seemed a curious coincidence in your issue of 5th instant, there should appear a letter from 'Macedonia' on the subject, Is Methodism Growing Cold?' in the course of which he says some…

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To Aid Strikers Proposed 21 Per Cent. Levy on Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 7

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--To build up a strike fund to assist more than 1000 striking miners from South Bulli and Wonga Willi collieries, the…

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Other Miners, Too Golden Mile Strike May Reach Other Centres

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 9

PERTH, Friday.--Efforts to include miners in other centres than Golden Mile in the strike against the 88- hour fortnight instead of the 44-hour…

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Went to Moscow for Miners Death of Alderman J. Shakespeare

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 8

CESSNOCK, Friday. -- Alderman Joseph Shakespeare, one of the most popular men in the Cessnock district, died in Cessnock Hospital this…

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The Progress of Queensland in 1934 was Phenomenal Mining Industry Wakes Up What Gold Has Meant To Queensland Spirit of Enterprise and Endeavor

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 27

LOOKING back on the year that has just ended, it can be said that the State of Queensland has shown considerable gain as far as the wealth production from mining is concerned…

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Max Gold Got From An Unnamed Mare Sandbath Memories

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 3

WHEN the pony Max Gold caused a stir by winning a heat of the Ascot 14.1, many people a[?] fait with…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 16

The price of gold to-day was £7/1/9½ an [?]unce fine, compared with £7/l/4½ yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES…

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£30,000 Lost in Wages. Miners' Strike in W.A. KALGOORLIE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 15

No fresh development in the dispute between the gold-mining companies and the workers in Western Australia is expected before next week, when the craft unions…

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Max Gold Case

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1935 · page 47

Regarding Max Gold, a pony which won at Ascot recently, the inquiry started by the A.J.C. stipendiary stewards appears to be a long way…

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Cyclist Pioneer Gold Prospecting Is Perilous

Truth · Sunday 13 January 1935 · page 16

"LASSETTER'S 'lost reef' will never be found. It is non-existent," said D. Friedman to "Truth" yesterday, who has…

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Joe Shakespeare Dead "Fighting Miner" with Heart of Gold

Truth · Sunday 13 January 1935 · page 16

ALD. JOE SHAKESPEARE, thrice Mayor of Cessnock, and widely known as the "Fighting Miner," was struck by a gall of coal at…

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