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Mining & the mines, 1938

4,311 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 216

Tons of Ore Crush Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 2

ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday. -- Engulfed by tons of ore from a chute at Mt. Morgan, two young miners were killed…

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Two Miners Killed Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 8

Two men were killed by a fail of earth from a chute at Mt. Morgan mine last night. Kevin Johnson, 21, and Frederick Winters, 22, were…

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Coal Exports for March Show Rise

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Coal shipments from Newcastle this month totalled 328,863 tons-- the second largest monthly exportation in the last 10 years…

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Saved Five Men in Mine Ottawa

The Sun · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 5

The heroism of William Altken, "fire boss," saved five lives after an explosion and fire at a colliery in Alberta, which trapped 10 miners…

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"Dangerous" Horse Cause of Mine Dispute. LITHGOW

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 13

The dispute at the Steelworks colliery at Lithgow is still unsettled. Three wheelers refuse to work a horse, which they declare is dangerous…

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Avalanche of Ore. Miners Overwhelmed. Mount Morgan Tragedy Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 14

Engulfed by tons of ore, which rushed down upon them from a chute at Mt. Morgan mine last night, two young miners were killed. They were Kevin…

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Inside Reports on W.A.Mines Broken Hill's Gold

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 23

BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY continues to secure satisfactory results from its show at the north end of the Kalgoorlie belt. Around 8dwt…

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Smith's Financial Review More About Coal Companies Production Figures Of Various Mines

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 23

THE mystery surrounding coal companies is elucidated to some extent by the following production figures unearthed by "Smith's Weekly." But complete elucidation is denied shareholders by the…

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Death of Mine Engineer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 7

The death has occurred of Mr. J. W. A. Archibald, widely known as a mining engineer in Western Australia and New South Wales…

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"Killer" Horse Lays Mine Idle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 7

LITHGOW, Friday.--Lithgow Steelworks Colliery has been idle two days because a wheeler refused to use a horse which he considered dangerous…

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Lithgow Dispute Deadlock Steelworks Colliery Remains Idle Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 8

A deadlock has been reached in the dispute which has resulted in the Steelworks colliery being idle since Tuesday. Mr. T. Schroder. district secretary of the Miners'…

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Torture Chambers of the G.P.U. Gold Mining with the Rack. Grimmest Secret of the Kremlin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 7

[The section of Mr. Lyons's book from which the following extracts are taken is headed "Disillusionment." It deals with the grim methods adopted by the agents of the Kremlin to extort "valuta—that is, treasure: gold, silver, jewels—from citizens, principally Jews, who were suspected to have…

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Fireman's Heroism in Mine Explosion. Ottawa, April 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 11

The heroism of William Aitken, of the fire brigade at Hinton, Alberta, saved five lives. An explosion and fire at the colliery trapped 10 miners…

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Italy Remains Sure of Gold from Ethiopia

Italo-Australian · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 3

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, April 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/0½ an ounce fine, being unchanged from yesterday. BASE METALS. Base metals were quoted at noon to-day as…

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Lithgow Colliery Dispute Lithgow

Truth · Sunday 3 April 1938 · page 19

The Lithgow Steel Works Colliery dispute continues. Over 200 miners are idle. The trouble occurred when a wheeler was suspended for refusing…

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Mining

Truth · Sunday 3 April 1938 · page 27

STEADY fills in base metal prices again affected the mining market. Barriers and other dependent stocks recorded several rather…

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Mining Reports in Brief

Truth · Sunday 3 April 1938 · page 27

LOLOMA: During four weeks ended March 23 treated 2,020 tons for 2,856oz. fine gold and 464oz. fine silver. Residus assay 1.9dwt. per ton…

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Old Miner Treads On Gold Thorn PERTH

The Sun · Sunday 3 April 1938 · page 1

Luck came painfully to a 72-year-old down-at-heel prospector at Mulgabbie, near Kalgoorlie, to-day…

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Christianity Like a Coal Mine Minister Draws Some Comparisons

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 4

True Christian life was compared with a coal mine by the Rev. Leland Parsons, of All Souls' church, Leichhardt, last night, in a sermon…

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