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Mining & the mines, 1935

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Price Op Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 9

gold was quoted in London on Saturday a £7/1/8 per ounce fine, a rise of /3½ on the day. (By cable.)…

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Financial. Gretamain Collieries, Ltd. Dividend Approximately 3 Per Cent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 9

Oretamaln Collieries, Ltd reports a net [?] of £1170 for the year ended November 30 compared with £1480 the previous year. The only revenue is interest, which amounted…

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Gretamain Coal Nets £1170

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 10

A profit of £1170 was earned by Gretamain collieries, Ltd., for the year ended November 30, 1934, total income consisting of…

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Attempt on Bridge Midnight Explosions on Colliery Train

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--An unsuccessful attempt was made to-night to blow up the bridge on the public road leading from Aberfield Colliery…

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Coal Exports. Victoria's Big Shipment

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 4

The quantity of coal, including bunkers, shipped at Newcastle during the week for places beyond the State was 41,100 tons, of which 1800 tons…

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EXPLOSION. Attempt To Destroy Bridge. Leading to "Black" Colliery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 8

An attempt was made shortly before midnight to blow up a bridge leading to Aberfield Colliery, two miles south of Swansea, Lake Macquarie…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 9

The market for gold shares was a trifle firmer on Saturday though small movements afforded no clear-cut trend. Placer Development had the largest turnover. Profit, taking…

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FELL 50 Ft. Down Mine Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 7

Falling 50 feet down a shaft at Yellowglen Mine, Ballarat, on Saturday. Leslie Jervis, 41, sustained fractured ribs, legs and ankle. He…

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Lost Gold Trailing a 'Plane LONDON

The Sun · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

THE police are engaged in a treasure hunt in Essex, Kent, and Sussex for the gold which dropped from the Paris-England…

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Fierce Gale. British Isles Swept. Gold Lost from Plane.) (British Official Wireless and Australian Press Association.) LONDON, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 7

A furious gale, reaching a velocity of 30 miles an hour, and accompanied by storms of snow, sleet, and hall, is sweeping the British Isles…

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Gold Bars Drop From Airliner in Storm Whole of Britain Is Battered Described As Worst In Memory Gale at 86m.p.h. LONDON

The Labor Daily · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

DURING a terrific storm which is sweeping over the British Isles, £6000 worth of bar gold was lost overboard from a Hillman Airways…

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Mining Investors' Guide Eureka Gold Mines Valued At £10,416

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 12

IF the 8d. a share uncalled capital on the contributing issue of Eureka Gold Mines N.L. be used for development, thus raising the cost price to a purchaser at 15. to 21, and the vendors' shares be valued on this basis, then a profit of £10,416 will be…

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Govt. in Gold Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 9

PERTH, Monday.--There were no developments locally to-day regarding the goldfields dispute, though the Acting-Premier (Mr. McCallum)…

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Damagejto Bridge. Explosions Near Colliery. Police Investigations. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 9

Prepaiations were made to-day for repahs to the wooden blidge which, as reported in the late editions of this morning's "Herald," was damaged by a series of explosions near…

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Gold, Dollar, Franc London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 7

The price of gold to-day was £716 an ounce fine. The dollar was at 4.821 to the £ sterling, and the franc at 74 11-16…

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Find Plane's Lost Gold LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 8

Bar gold, said to be worth £20,000, which fell overboard from a Paris-London air liner, has been found at New Romney…

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Gold Quest Old Man Missing MILTON

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 11

Police and relatives are searching in rough country for James Claydon. about 80, who left a week ago to look for gold supposed to exist…

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Lost Bar, Gold Worth £22,000 LONDON

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 1

SCOTLAND YARD has announced that the value of the two cases of bar gold lost from the Hiliman Airways' 'plane, is £22,000. Despite…

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No Trace Gold Lost From 'Plane LONDON

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 1

A Kentish landowner informed Hillman's Airways that the gold lost from a 'plane during a storm had been found on his property, but later it was…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 9

The price of gold to-day was £7/1/6 an ounce fine, compared with £7/1/8 on Saturday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES…

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