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Mining & the mines, 1938

4,311 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 216

Gold Developments

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 15

EMPEROR. -- All sections now treatment plant at the mine at Tavua (Fiji) operating satisfactorily; daily throughput new plant about 340 tons, and old plant 70 tons…

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ABERMAIN No. 2. Colliery Reopenjng Proposals Rejected. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 14

Another anti-mechanisation strike may develop on the northern coalfields as a result of the decision of the Abermain No. 2 miners' lodge to-night to reject propasals made by the…

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GOLD! — The Romance of the Roaring Fifties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 9

I WAS discovered in payable quantities by Hargraves at Simmer Hill Creek, near Bathurst, in 1851. Australia was made! Five thousand golden ounces won every fortnight ushered in the Roaring Fifties. Kerr's hundredweight…

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Mt. Morgan's Pref. Issue Smelting Plant At Company's Mine

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 16

Details of the proposed issue of redeemable preference shares to provide finance for the erection of a smelting plant at its mine have been…

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Mining the Share Market. Base Metals Easier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 15

Yielding to a fall in metal prices Barriers and Mount Lyell eased in Saturday's mining share market Business was small. Eastern tin shares were missing from the sale list. Local…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 14

Gold was quoted on saturday at £6/19/7½ an ounce fine, compared with £6/19/8 on Friday. MAJOR-GENERAL E. A BECK…

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Four Miners Injured Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 6

Colliery accidents in the Cessnoek district to-day injured four miners. The victims were: Herbert Bucklen, 55, Congewai Street, Abeniaro,…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 16

Prices fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold lodged during the week ended January 21, at Melbourne and Perth Mints, are 1d lower than those for the previous…

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Miners Object to Terms Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 8

Terms proposed for a resumption of work at Abermain No. 2 Colliery are not acceptable to the miners. It was decided at a meeting yesterday to refer the matter to…

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Mining the Share Market. Barriers Close Stronger

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 13

A dull market for all classes of mining shares yesterday was relieved by a stronger closing in Barriers. At first prices tended a shade [?]asier, but Norths and Souths hardened…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 12

Gold was qu[?]ted to-day at £6/19/7[?] an ounce fine, unchanged from Saturday. BASE METALS. Base metals were quoted at noon to-day as…

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Idle Collieries Hobart

The Sun · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 3

The coal mines in the north-east of Tasmania, the Jubilee, Mt. Nicholas and Cornwall, which closed a couple of months before Christmas…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 5

The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies, with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present…

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The Price of Gold

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 20

At London yesterday the price OF gold was Unaltered at £6/19/7½ an ounce fine…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 15

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended January 22 is at the late of appioximately £7/18/8…

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Gold Cup Snooker Final. London, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 17

Scores in the final match of the gold cup snooker tournament are:—Horace Lindrum (Australia), 7 frames; Joc Davis, 5 frames. Lindrum, in order to secure the cup, must win…

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Some Queensland Notes Lord Mayor's Gold Chain

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 67

FOR the second time on record the Lord Mayor of Brisbane's gold chain has left Queensland, Alderman Jones and the Lady Mayoress having taken it…

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Mining the Share Market. Easier in Tone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 15

First metal quotations of the week having moved adversely the market for base mental shares was quick and easier yesterday. Norths and Souths in the Barrier group were…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 14

Gold was quoted to-day at £6/19/7 an ounce fine, compared with £6/19/7½ yesterday. BASE METALS. Base metals (all steady) were quoted at noon…

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Letters Discovery of Gold. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 9

Sir,—It seems remarkable that the name of that world-famous geologist and scientist, the Rev. W. B. Clarke, M.A., F.R.S., F.R.G.S., has been practically omitted or slurred over in…

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