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Mining & the mines, 1938

4,311 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 216

Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 14

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Ban[?] for gold, including jewellery, lodged at ths Melbourne Mint for the week ended May 6 is at the rate of approximately £9/19/8 per…

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Stations, Mines and Road Gangs. Organiser Atkins's Report

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 17

Since last report I visited Borambil and again reported accommodation to the inspector, who had not been at Condobolin at last shearing. I then…

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Unions Rally on Wharf Dispute Miners, Seamen, Give Support

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 2

THE N.S.W. Trades and Labor Council will hold a public meeting at the Trades Hall to-morrow night to protest against the Federal…

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Barriers Uncertain. Tin Shares Firm. Scattered Gold Dealings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 14

Though an increased range of shares was dealt in, business in yesterday's mining share market remained along quiet lines…

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Guinea Gold's Capital Covered Seven Times By Net Assets

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 11

Guinea Gold, N.L., has distributed £296,458 in cash and shares to shareholders over a period of 12 years. This amount is equal to 5.36 times the capital…

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Cinderella's Page Goldfields. Canada

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 47

THE mining town of Goldfields is situated on the shore of Goldfieids Bay, an arm of the Athabasca River, It is a very lovely place surrounded on three sides by pine and poplar trees…

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Goldfields Hotels 7-Day Week Perth

The Sun · Wednesday 18 May 1938 · page 11

The Arbitration Court had actually made provision for the breaking of the licensing laws by making an award for…

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Miners Agree to Resume Today

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Wednesday.--The dispute at Aberdare Extended colliery, over the refusal of the management to pay dip yardage rates, caused a further hold-up…

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Son of Virgin Gold

Referee · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 10

ROTEX, winner of the Kurralta Hep, for two-year-olds at the S.A.J.C. meeting. Adelaide, is a bay colt by imported Virgin Gold from Eastgate…

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South African Gold Boom

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--Rumors of extremely rich gold deposits in the Orange Free State are causing a boom on the London Stock Exchange…

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Coal to Supply Oil in Crisis

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 5

Australia could supply her own oil from coal if the overseas supply of flow oil was cut off, according to the general manager for New South Wales of…

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Boots Missing, Mine Laid Idle BULLI

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 7

Because a miner's boots were missing from the bathhouse, 250 men at the Excelsior Colliery lost a day's work today…

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News From Mines Mt. Kasi Ore Reserves

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 21

The chairman of Mt. Kasi Mines, Ltd. (Mr. E. J. Coote) said at the annual meeting yesterday that the company aims at a monthly treatment of 300…

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27 Cars to Race for Gold Helmet

The Labor Daily · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 11

SPEED car racing at Sydney Sports Ground next Sunday afternoon promises plenty of sport, for there should be at least 27 cars on the track, including several built on latest American lines. MAIN event will be the Gold…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold, London, May 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 10

Gold was quoted to-day at £7 an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/1½ yesterday. BASE METALS. Base metals were quoted at noon to-day as…

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M.P.'s Defence of Kalgoorlie. Effect of Climate on Miners' Thirsts. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 May 1938 · page 10

Allegations by Mr. J. Edwin Orr, an evangelist, that Kalgoorlie is the wickedest city of Australia, were hotly contested to-night by the member of the…

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Miners' Officials

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 7

CESSNOCK, Thursday.--Neath miners' lodge has elected the following: President and treasurer, Mr. W. Purcell; secretary. Mr. J. Harrison; check weighman, Mr. A. Lowbridge…

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Only 28—But Dusted! Miners Roused

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 1

It was no wonder that the miners on the South Coast were taking the dust menace seriously, said the president of the Southern District…

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Mount Kasi Mines. Prospects of Expansion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 10

At the annual meeting of Mount Kail Mines, Ltd., the chairman, Mr. E. J. Coote, said that during 1937 the management had concentrated on a wide reorganisation, and as…

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Wiluna Gold Developments London

The Sun · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 16

The eagerly-awaited Wiluna Gold Mines return, in expectation of which the shares had risen considerably in recent weeks, indicates that…

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