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Mining & the mines, 1936

4,419 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 221

Death Crash Down Mine Shaft Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 5

A Mount Isa miner, Osca Holm, a native of Norway, fell down the main haulage shaft, a distance of about 600 feet, this afternoon, and was…

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Mass Pressure Forces Relief Helensburg Miners Supported

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 3

As a fitting culmination to a brief but wide and successful campaign against an attempt by the Government, through the…

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Theft From Gold Sluices. Adelong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 9

The police are endeavouring to trace the perpetrators of a robbery which occurred on a gold dredge at Mount Horeb. The thieves robbed the sluice boxes between midnight and…

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Coal Before Oil. Says Hartigan Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 6

That it would be foolish to use foreign oils while the almost inexhaustible supply of valuable coal was at our doors, was the opinion voiced…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/1/14 an [?] fine, compared with £7/1/2 on Saturday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES…

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May Find Gold in Deserts Ellsworth Talks Of Plans On Next Visit

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 6

BECAUSE deserts, like the purple-tinted icefields of the polar regions, possess for him a strong lure, Lincoln Ellsworth, world-famed…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 15

ORA BANDA AMAL., N.L.—Nicholson lease, No. 1 [?]ast winze started at point 17 above No. 3 level advanced to total 25ft, bulk sample 55 tons [?]ssayed 13dwt. No. 3 level rise off west side main south…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 15

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended February 28, is at the rate of approximately £7/19/6…

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The Price of Gold

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 18

The price of gold in London yesterday, was £7/1/1 an ounce fine compared with £7/0/10 an ounce last Tuesday…

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Around the Mines. Organiser Gunn's Report

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 18

Since last report I have visited the following places: The new Glenfine mine at Pitfield. Good progress is being made here. The electric puddlers will be…

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Gold, Dollar, Franc London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 7

The price of gold to-day was £711 per fine ounce, compared with £7111 yesterday. The dollar was quoted at 4,99 5-16 to the £ sterling, and the…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 15

Irregular conditions prevailed in the gold section of the mining share market, but, although price declines exceeded Rains, there was an inclination for the market to be slightly…

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Some Queensland Notes Mining Revival

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 4

A REVIVAL of mining for other than gold is gathering way in Queensland. The movement extends from Cape York Peninsula to the border. Sydney…

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The Turf Gold Rod and Regular Bachelor — Australian Cup Prospects — Question of In-breeding Gold Rod

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 31

WE must give Gold Rod pride of place in these notes this week. He shines alone, a star in the turf firmament. Mr. E. J. Watt has bought a gold mine on four feet for 350 guineas. Well, he…

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Coal and Weather (To the Editor of "The Sun")

The Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 13

A discussion during the week-end regarding the unusual weather experienced here for the past few years gave rise to the query as to whether…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 14

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/1/1 an ounce fine, compared with £7/1/1½ yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day…

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Compensation for Mine Workers. No Security at Present. Organiser Anderson Explains Position

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 13

Since reporting last week I have been in the Bathurst and Mandurama districts. Though it was reported to me that a number of miners were employed…

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Remission of Taxation. Lithgow, Tuesday. Officers of miners' lodges in Lithgow Valley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 11

Officers of miners lodges in Lithgow Valley have been notified that the Taxation Department has remitted family endowment tax amounting to about £60 which had been…

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Mine Guarded by Man with Rifle . Risks In Hunt For Cape York Options

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 9

HIS prospecting hazards in Cape York peninsula, Wallace Anderson yesterday told Judge Thomson, included that…

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Aid Mining Geologic Survey National Plan Experts Consider Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 12

TO consider proposals for the establishment of a national geological survey-- a new organisation to…

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