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Mining & the mines, 1936

4,419 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 221

Fiji Gold Prospects. Expert Completes Survey AUCKLAND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 18

A geological survey of Tavua goldfield, Fiji, has been completed by Dr. J. Loftus Hills, and a party. Dr. Hills, who is a passenger for Sydney by the Mariposa, said very…

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Money, Mines & Markets City Gossip Cash Orders (Amalg.) New Occidental

The Sun · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 2

Cash Orders (Amaig.) New Issue Directors of Cash Orders (Amalgamated), Ltd., have decided to issue 139,291 ordinary shares, of 12s each…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Feb. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 18

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/1/1 an ounce fine, no change on yesterday's quotation. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day…

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Gold Racing Cup Stolen From Lady Kidman's Home. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 18

The Moonee Valley Gold Cup won in 1927 by the late Sir Sidney Kidman's horse, Silvius, was stolen last night from Lady Kidman's home at North Gate, St. Millswood. Four gold…

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Gold Cup Stolen Won in 1927 by Silvius at Moonee Valley

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday. -- The Moonee Valley Gold Cup won in 1927 by the late Sir Sidney Kidman's horse, Silvius, was stolen last night from Lady…

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Car Overturns. Mining Officials Injured. Cricketer's Critical Condition Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 18

Five persons were injured late yesterday afternoon when a motor car in which they were travelling from Norseman to Kalgoorlie overturned twice following the collapse of a…

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Small Moruya Mine N.S.W.'s Only Dividend Payer How the Critics Have Been Answered

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 11

FROM a point where Pitt St. miners looked upon it with feelings akin to contempt to the stage where it is…

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Blot On Gold Rod's Escutcheon A Champion, But There's a Defeat That Rankles Fidelity's Rivals

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 9

N.S.W. two-year-old form must look formidable to Victoria with the two successes of Gold Rod and Ilium at Caulfield on Saturday, the unbeaten…

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Carelessness in Mining Methods Has Led to Many Failures Govt. Should Set Standards For Assays

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 11

THE basis of mining operations and investment is the value of the ore waiting to be dealt with. But judged from…

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The Changing Opinion of Fiji's Gold Is Reflected In Share Prices Only Two Companies Have Proved Payable Values Others Have Bored For Nothing Worth While

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 11

WITH the drilling records of companies which have bored thousands of feet on the field, to support the contention, opinion is steadily growing that Fiji's gold is largely mythical, and that what is there is close to the surface only. Records to date certainly do coincide with this growing impression. But against them…

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Old Gold

Truth · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 20

RANK of Italy Governor Azzolini has been making many prominent European people squirm. After going over the…

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Miners Stage Film Brawl

The Sun · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 20

"They wanted to stage a brawl in a country pub, so they picked on us," said George Standen, one of a party of miners who came from…

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Mining Mandated Alluvials

Truth · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 25

THE demand here was strong all the week, and they were taken from 4/9 to 8/6. Important developments are likely, it is said, to take…

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Mining Reports in Brief

Truth · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 25

SWAN BITTER: Recovered in January 101 oz. by amalgamation and 101 oz. by cyanidation, worth £1,580. Expenses were £675, and the surplus £905. About…

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Cycle of Overseas British Investment Swings Away From Mining

The Sun · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 25

Judging by the decline in overseas investments in Australian mining in 1935, compared with 1934 and the improvement in economic conditions throughout the Commonwealth, it would appear that history will repeat itself and the cycle of investment will take another turn. The direction points to private capital which must depend on dividends rather than public…

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Hope for Our Coal Industry Premier to Investigate Oil Extraction Lithgow

The Sun · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 7

"The salvation of the coal industry lies in the development of an economical means of oil extraction," said the Minister for Labor, Mr…

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Man Buys a Mine at 90 Hard Work--long Life, He Says, So He Launches Out Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 13

A man of 90 has bought a coalmine. He is Mr. Tom Curphey, head of T. Curphey Pty., Ltd., lime, cement and builders' hardware merchants, of Richmond. Few who know Mr. Curphey…

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Sires' Produce Prospects Gold Rod to Win It Clash With Fidelity Sure to Have Record Quaking MELBOURNE

Truth · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 3

THE Sires' Produce Stakes next Saturday could easily have been specially put on for Sydney, as the Harbor City youngsters, Gold Rod and Fidelity, appear to dominate the field. General opinion is that they will…

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Alma Stakes Rival for Gold Rod Beech wood One Out Of the Box Won First Up Caulfield

Truth · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 2

ANOTHER star has risen in the two-year-old firmament, and he is one who might upset the Fidelity and…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 11

New Occidental Gold supplied the main interest in an otherwise quiet mining share market on Saturday. The shares sold down following publication of the annual report,…

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