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Mining & the mines, 1938

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

General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 18

Gold was quoted to-day at £6/19/9 an ounce fine, compared with £6/19/8½ yesterday. BASE METALS…

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Teruel Battle. Children Victims. 100 Die in Mine Explosion. Loyalists Claim Successes. LONDON, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 18

A hundred children, who had taken refuge in cellars, were killed by the explosion of a mine which Government troops had placed under the Santa…

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Race Programmes. To-day's Principal Fixtures. Open Race at Moorefield. Chance for Valbeau in Gold Cup

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 21

Moorefield, Epsom, and Albion Park tracks supply the principal meetings on to-day's racing calendar. At Moorefield there are seven races, prospects for which were discussed in yesterday's "Herald."…

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Mining

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1938 · page 11

THE mining market, dominated as it is by the base metal section, was not very active. Metals have improved slightly since…

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Mining Reports in Brief

Truth · Sunday 9 January 1938 · page 11

SWAN BITTER: During December treated 500 tons for 190oz. gold and cyanided 720 tons for 68oz gold. Mill closed down December 16…

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"Untapped Gold in New Guinea"

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sunday.--New Guinea has rich undeveloped goldfields, but savage natives stand in the way of getting to them, and administrative officials…

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Miners' Sons. Promising Quartette for Australian, Picture

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 11

Font bots who Rive pi omise of successful plctuie theatie taieers will appear in the forthcoming pioduction of the Australian film Below the Suiface Uley come fiom…

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Gold Cup Snooker. London, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 13

Horace Lindrum (Australia) beat Alec. Brown (England) by 39 frames to 32 in their snooker match in the Gold Cup tournament. Brown was in receipt of 14 points in each frame…

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Mining the Share Market. Hesitant Tone Persists

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 11

Ihe mining share matket was not able to throw off lus hesitant tone on Saturday Apart fiom fuither appieciatlon in New Bioken Hill Consolidated trading was almost…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 10

Gold was quoted on Saturday at £6/19/9½ an ounce fine, compared with £6/19/9 on Friday. FOREIGN OFFICE APPOINTMENT…

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Gold and Silver Found on N.T. Resident's' Property Darwin

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 8

H. Sargent, of Stapleton, arrived at Darwin by train yesterday with specimens from his mine. The first assays gave one ounce of silver and…

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Gold Mines of Papua

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 13

Gold Mines of Papua Ltd., has received cabled advice from the general manager that he expects to commence crushing about January l8…

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Miners’ Leaders and Parliamentarians

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY.—It is considered likely that the meetings of the miners’ leaders v. with the coalfields parliamentarians, which was postponed from the end of last year…

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Mining Reports

The Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 15

BISMARCK DEEPS (LUCKNOW).-- Overhauled surface gear and completed arrangements with Lucknow Gold, for use of its steam plant at the Uncle Tom sh[?]ft, in…

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Miners' A.l.p. Ballot

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 8

CESSNOCK, Monday.--A reflex of the political opinion, of the miners was shown today in the ballot for representation on the A.L.P. Executive…

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Mine Stoppage On New Award Rates

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 7

CESSNOCK, Monday.--Because, it was alleged, the timber supplied had not been paid for at the new award rates, Aberdare Central miners refused to work…

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Nell Gwynne (B.m.l.) Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 13

The lease and pumping plant of Nell Gwynne (B.M.L.) Mines. N.L., has been disposed of to Central Nell Gwynne Gold Mining Co., N.L., which has also entered into an…

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News From Mines G.m. Papua to Crush Next Week

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 13

Cabled advice has been received from the general manager of Gold Mines of Papua, Ltd., that he expects to start crushing on January 18…

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Demands by Miners. Labour Fight. "M's.L.A. Must Support Federation."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 12

Demands that Labour politicians, representing coalfield constituencies, should support the policy of the Miners' Federation in the Labour…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £6/19/9 an ounce fine, compared with £6/19/9½ on Saturday. BASE METAL PRICES…

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