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Mining & the mines, 1938

4,311 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 216

Mining the Share Market. Business Stagnant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 15

Business in the mining share market dropped to a condition of staguation on Saturday, and compriused a handful of seattereds sales on the [?]. A further fall in metal prices…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 14

Gold was quoted on Saturday at £6/19/7 an ounce fine, compared with £6/19/61 on Friday. HONOUR FOR CLOUSTON…

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Mining Reports

The Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 18

TAKUAPA.--Output for January:--Hours, 1980: cubic yards. 404,000; tin oxide, 100 tons; value, £11,153; costs, £5541. No. 1 dredge worked in tailings…

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Coal Fall Injures Miner

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 7

CESSNOOK, Monday.--In a fall of coal at Aberdare Colliery today Edward Caddis, 49, a miner, suffered head and shoulder injuries and shock. He was…

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Aust. Gold Prices Lower

The Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 18

Prices fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold lodged during the week ended January 28 at the Melbourne and Perth Mints, are £7 18s 4d a standard ounce, and £8…

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Gold Rod Couldn't Work

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 2

G. PRICE intended to take Gold Rod to Rosebery yesterday morning, but the heavy rains made it impossible. Price received word that…

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Nine Miners Burned to Death London

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 5

NINE miners were trapped and burned to death when a fire broke out in Dumbreck Colliery, Kilsyth, Stirlingshire…

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Nine Deaths in Mine Fire. London, Jan. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 12

The bodies of nine men who were trapped by fire and were suffocated by fumes, have been recovered from Dumbreck Colliery. Kilsyth…

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Speedway Stars to Race for Gold Cup

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 15

Third round of the Tooth Gold Cup will be decided at the Show Ground next Saturday night. "Bluey" Wilkinson and Jack Milne are…

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The Miners and “Labor Daily” Finance What Are The Facts ?

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 3

Apparently on the principle that if enough mud is thrown some of it is sure to stick, the “inner group,” through the “Labor Daily.” and by means of forged circulars, has carried on a consistent lying campaign against the miners' leaders on the…

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Death of Mining Pioneer. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 9

The death has occurred of Mr. Jack Mackay, 79, who discovered the Shamrock mine, which was one of the wealthiest on the Wyalong goldfields. A few years later a…

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Mining the Share Market. a Small Turnover

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 13

With few exceptions business in the mining share market was desultory yesterday. The chief base metal counters eased. B.H. South which had the only acthe trading,…

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Activity at Tingha. Expansion of Tin Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 13

An indication of the increase in interest in and activity on the Tingha mining fields is afforded by the statistics for 1937, which include the following, the corresponding…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £6/19/6 an ounce fine, compared with £6/19/7 on Saturday. BASE METALS…

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Heats of Tooth's Gold Cup At Speedway Royal On Saturday Night

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 2

THIRD round of Tooth's Gold Cup will be the feature event at the Speedway Royal next Saturday night. "Bluey" Wilkinson and Jack Milne…

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Italian Shipping in 1937 Foreign Trade Returns—Port Figures—Harbour Improvements- Coal Production—Extensive Ship-Building Programme (As Reported by "Fairplay")

Italian Bulletin of Australia · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 9

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Rosebery Rushed by Trainers Like Race Day at the Track Gold Rod And Pandava Over Half Mile Skelton's Big Team

The Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 21

Horses converged from all points on Rosebery racecourse this morning. Prior to the opening of the gates, the scene resembled a regular race meeting…

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Collieries Idle; Dispute, Breakdown

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--Two collieries were idle in the Cessnock area today. Aberdare Central was unable to operate because of a breakdown in the…

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Miners' Council

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 6

The president of the Northern Miners, Mr. T. Hoare, was yesterday re-elected vice-president of the Miners Federation at the initial session of the annual meeting of the…

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New Agreement Colliery Timbermen

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 6

Representing a distinct victory for the union and its members, the new agreement to cover timber-getters supplying timber to northern collieries provides for…

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