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Mining & the mines, 1936

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Warning to Miners Conditions in Western Australia

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 20

Miners who may be thinking of going to. Western Australia would do well to heed the following warning which comes from the Secretary of the Westralian…

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Another Easy Prize For Gold Rod

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 4

OLD ROD has another £1900 awaiting him at Randwick today. That is the first prize in the A.J.C. Champagne Stakes. Gold Rod will have plenty of…

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National Gold Reserves. United States' Enormous Increase

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 15

Gold holdings of the world as at or about December 31 last are estimated by the authors of the Annual Bullion Letter of Samuel Montagu and Co., at 2,718,888,705 sovereigns. This…

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Little Use To Look Beyond Gold Rod

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 1

WITH such case has he scored at each of his last three starts, Gold Rod is certain to start at long odds on for to-day's A.J.C. Champagne Stakes, and it seems useless to look beyond him for the probable, winner. Four firsts from five starts is this colt's record, and none who saw him go down to…

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Gold Rod Left At Post He Slipped

The Sun · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 13

THE Champagne Stakes at Randwick to- day will be responsible for heated arguments for weeks. The…

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Coal on Own Trucks Supply for County Council

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 10

COMMENTING yesterday on a report that northern colliery interests had intervened in the proposal that the Sydney County…

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Gold Anzac Medal For War Museum Service Arrangements

The Sun · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 10

The Minister for Defence (Mr. Parkhill) will attend the Anzac Memorial morning service at Manly on Anzac Day, following the ceremony,…

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Gold Nugget Worth £850 Ploughman's Luck Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 9

His plough stuck, and when he investigated there was a 100oz. gold nugget, worth approximately £850, nestling about a foot below the surface…

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Ploughed Up 100 Ozs. of Gold Melbourne, Tues

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 1

UNEXPECTED weatlh came to Stuart Hurnell, 19, while he was ploughing at Armstrong,…

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Mining. Lead Position. In Favour of Producers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 15

From a low point of £10/1/3 a ton in February, the price of lead rose to £19/15/ in August, and closed at £15/12/6 in December, thus showing a marked rise on the year…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, April 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 14

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/10 an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/10½ on Saturday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES…

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Rich Find. Gold Nugget in Paddock. Ploughed Up by Farmer. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 14

While working with a scarifier and three horses in a paddock of 20 acres on his father's farm near Armstrong, Stewart Hurnall unearthed a nugget of gold weighing 100oz…

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Weight-for-age Prospects. To-day's Events at Randwick. Queenslanders in Handicaps. Gold Rod Seems Certain to Have Easy Race

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 17

Small fields in the six races on the programme for the third day of the A.J.C. autumn meeting to-day do not indicate poor racing. The three principal races, the All Aged Plate, the Cumberland Plate, and the Champagne Stakes, seldom attract many starters. Gold Rod should…

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Sport Italiano Nel "Goldfields"

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 7

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Mining. Gold Production. Widespread Increase in 1935

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 13

Practically all gold-producing countries show increased yields for 1935. An estimate of the total output, a[?] quoted in the Annual Bullion Letter of Samuel Montagu and Co., is…

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Mine Disaster. Cages Fall 2000 Feet. Sixty Miners Killed. Tokyo, April 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 11

Sixty miners were killed and 23 were injured when the winding gear at Sumitomo co[?]ery, Fukuoka district, baroke, and the cages crashed 2000 feet to the bottom of the…

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Gold Fox Case

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 27

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--At the next meeting of the V.R.C. Committee on Friday week, the appeals in the Gold Fox case, in which S. G. Ware…

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Mine Disputes On South Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 8

THE Southern Miners' Delegate Board yesterday decided to hold a meeting of the Wongawilli lodge at Dapto today, to recommend that the men return to work…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 13

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended April 10, is at the rate of approximately £7/19/7…

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Gold Nugget Valued At £900

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Tested on the family scales, a nugget found by Stuart Hurnell, on his father's farm at Ararat, weighed 100oz., but at the…

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