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Mining & the mines, 1938

4,311 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 216

Mining. the Share Market. Firm Prices for Barriers

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

Chief interest in the mining share market yesterday appeared to be centred on Bar[?]rs and Mt. Lyell. Stronger prices for [?] metals in the markets overseas induced [?]…

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Miners to Make Decision on C.U.F. Conference Representation Ltthgow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 5

Members of the Western Miners' Federation vote to-morrow to determine whether delegates will be present at the Communist United Front…

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Oakleigh Plate Exodus Sydney Horses For Melb. Sprint Gold Rod & ACTOR

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 2

SPEED and the early brilliancy to get a position is essential to win the Oakleigh Plate. This year's race, to be decided at Caulfield on February 12, has attracted the best sprinters in training on Sydney tracks. Gold Rod will be found among the…

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Supply of Timber for Mines Increased Rates Or Hold Up Say Men N'thn Fields

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 6

FOLLOWING the cessation of work by a large, number of members engaged in supplying pit timber to mines in the Cessnock and Maitland…

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Ukalunda and the Sunbeam Mine

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 2

IN 1895, in the days when the lumbering thirty-horse waggon teams drew their loads out from the little seaport of Bowen on their lonely three months' trail…

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The Price of Gold

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 20

At London yesterday the price of gold was £6/19/8, an ounce fine, as against £6/19/6 an ounce fine on the previous Tuesday…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 19

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended December 31, is at the rate of approximately…

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Employment of Indian Women in Mines

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 5

A FURTHER step in the process of gradual abolition of the employment of women-underground in mines was recently taken by the Government…

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Northern Miners. Support for Timber Cutters. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 14

The Northern Miners' piesident, Mr. T. Hoare, said to-night that the decision of the management committee this afternoon to support claims by timber cutters for…

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All That Remains of a Famous Queensland Mine

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 2

One of the old boilers and part of the dump at the Sunbeam, Ukalunda…

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Newcastle Coal Trade 19,635 Tons Shipped

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 5

The closing of the Northern mines for the holidays affected the coal trade at Newcastle last week, although there was an increase of almost 5,000 tons…

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An Old Copper Mining Town

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 14

Dear "Worker,"—I was very thrilled with myself when I saw my first letter published in "The Worker," so I decided to write again to the dear old…

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Gold Medal Sent to Page Canberra

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 4

The Minister for commerce, sir Earle Page, has been presented with a gold medal and, gold-filled pencil by the board of director, of the…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 18

Gold was quoted to-day at £6/19/8 an ounce fine, compared with £6/19/0 yesterday. BASE METALS…

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Mining. the Share Market. Wider Inquiry for Barriers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 19

Improved prices in the oversea metal markets gave distinct encouragement to purchasers of base metal shares in the mining share market yesterday. With the gold…

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Gold Medal for Australia. Canadian Trade Fair Exhibit. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 16

The Canadian Exhibition Association has awarded Australia a gold medal for the excellence of her exhibit at the Canadian Exhibition. The medal has been sent to the…

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Grievance of Timber Cutters Miners Will Give Men String Support New Castle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 7

THE Northern Miners' Management Board to-day decided unanimously to give all possible support to the Timber Workers' Union in…

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Raub Australian Gold. Quarter's Mine Profit £ stg. 11.807

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 13

The Raub Australian Gold Mining Company, Ltd, for the quarter ended December 4, made a mine profit, subject to depreciation, of £stg. 11,807…

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Aust. Gold Prices

The Sun · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 44

Prices fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold lodged last week at the Melbourne and Perth Mints are £7 18s 6d a standard ounce, and £8 12s 11d a fine…

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Stoppages at Collieries 1700 Men Idle At Cessnock CESSNOCK

The Sun · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 10

Seventeen hundred men are idle on the Cessnock field to-day as the result of disputes at three collieries. Aberdare Central and Bellbird…

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