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Mining & the mines, 1937

4,349 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 218

Huge Dredge For Gold Area

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 15

What is claimed will be the largest dredge in Australia will shortly be launched in the Bell River, a few miles from Wellington…

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Strike Threat. Mine Dispute at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 11

Following closely upon the settlement of the dispute at the Zinc Corporation mine, a fresh dispute has occurred at the North mine. Underground contractors are asking for an…

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"Gold Diggers of 1937" Lilting Show at Regent

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 4

"BECAUSE of the variety of song numbers used in the Warner Bros musical picture, "Gold Diggers of 1937." now at the Regent, two…

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Newcastle Coal Trade 70,061 Tons Shipped Last Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 5

The coal trade at Newcastle last week was the busiest for months. More places were on the market, and there was a pleasing increase in…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 12

The price of gold to-day was £7/2/3½ as compared with £7/2/4½ on Saturday. VISA AGREEMENT. WASHINGTON, March 15…

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Miners Oppose A.L.P. NOMINEE Queensland Protests State’s Confiscation of Explosive

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 2

IPSWICH, Mar. 9.—A number of protests were contained in motions carried last night by the Queensland district committee of…

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Future of Wonthaggi Is in Doubt Resumption of Work in Mine Delayed Indefinitely Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 8

THE cavil which was to have been drawn for the resumption of coal-getting in the State mine at Wonthaggi to-day, following the recent explosion and deaths in No. 20 shaft, has been postponed indefinitely…

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Smart Trials in Rain at Rosebery Wet Weather Track Saved Trainers Gold Rod and Allunga Sprinted Well

The Sun · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 2

ROSEBERY racecourse was the salvation of trainers of good horses this morning. While most tracks were closed, or under water, this great wet weather course provided…

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Daily Telegraph Classified Information Section Finance and Commerce Markets and Mining Further Strong Rise in All Metal Stocks

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 14

STIMULATED by the strong weekend recovery in metal, which was achieved in face of a 10 per cent. increase in the tin quota, Eastern dredging shares were again the medium of keen support yesterday…

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Comet Gold Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 17

Options over four gold mining leases and three prospecting areas have been exercised by the Comet Gold Mines Limited, in which Great Boulder Mining and Finance holds a…

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Abandonment of Coal Mine Unlikely

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The abandonment of the Wonthaggi State coal mine and the purchase of coal from Maitland (N.S.W.), instead, was most…

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Gold Cup

The Sun · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 2

The Wagga Gold Cup, presented by Mr. Harry Leitch for the Murrumbidgee Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting at Wagga on April 14 and 15…

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Lake George Mine Agreement

The Sun · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 15

Cabinet to-day approved of an agreement between the Government and the Lake George Mining Corporation Ltd. which proposes to…

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Southern Miners' Strongest Lodge

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 20

BULLI, Tuesday.--By permittinig the men from three pits controlled by the Broken Hill Proprietary, Ltd., to combine for industrial purposes, the…

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Mine Workers Dislike Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 1

BULLI, Tuesday.--While 150 miners sweated underground at Coalcliff colliery today, surface hands went home because they objected to getting wet…

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Miners Idle Three Weeks

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 20

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--Mr. L. Hanbury, secretary of Millfield Miners' lodge, said today that the Millfield Greta miners had now been…

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Reported Gold Return

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 20

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--Mr. J. Rhone, of Cessnock, claims that at Coolongolook, via Bullahdelah, five tons of ore from the old Carreeki gold…

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Miners Believed Dead From Fumes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 3

TOKIO, Tuesday.--Choked by fumes after, a change of wind, 41 miners are feared dead in a fire in a coal mine at Shizuoka Prefecture, west of…

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The Price of Gold

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 18

At London yesterday the price of gold was £7/2/4 an ounce fine as against £7/2/6 1/2 an ounce fine on the previous Tuesday…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 17

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended March [?]2, is at the rate of approximately £8/2/3…

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