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Mining & the mines, 1938

4,311 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 216

Mining Shares Quiet. Barriers Hold Firm. Gold Shares Tend Stronger

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 8

Barriers had the benefit yesterday of another small recovery in metal prices. Though quiet, the group retained an improved tone…

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Newcastle Coal Shipments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 4

Although more than 30,000 tons of cargo coal were shipped to Victoria, the coal shipments from Newcastle to interstate ports last week were…

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Gordon Gold's Ore

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 22

At the annual meeting of Gordon Gold. N.L. yesterday, the mine manager (Mr. A. E. Dainton) estimated' that there was about three to four months' supply of ore in the mine,…

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Victorian Gold Output

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 8

Gold produced in Victoria in the four months ended April was valued at £355,668, and showed a decrease of 7,042 ounces fine compared with that produced in the…

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Criticism Of Coal Act

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 2

The Coal Mines Regulation Act was strongly criticised at a conference of miners' officials yesterday…

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Gold Output Steadily Rising

The Sun · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 44

Australian production of gold continues to move steadily on the upgrade. During March, according to…

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Gold Fields Australian. £30,420 Received in Dividends

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 8

Gold Fields Australian Development, Ltd, London, received £30,420 in 1037 from its shareholdings in Western Australian goldmining companies. The balance of the share…

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Film News of the Week. a Feud in California. "Gold Is Where You Find It."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 26

ONE of the burning questions of California in the seventies was whether the land belonged to the wheatgrowers, who reaped their crops…

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Australia in Gold Boom

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--A gold share boom is in full swing on the London Stock Exchange. Speculative activity is spreading to…

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Gold Shares Still Boom in London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday.--The gold boom on the Stock Exchange continued today. Western Holdings (Orange Free State gold mine shares), which last month…

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Mine Idle As Men Seek Lost Mate Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 5

DAVID HUMPHRIES, of Park Street, Swansea, missing from his home since Tuesday night, was responsible for Wallarah Colliery being thrown idle today…

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Miners Foresee Disaster Unless Law Is Amended Dust, Mechanisation, Speed-up

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 1

SYDNEY.—Australia is likely to experience one of the worst explosions in the history of mining unless drastic steps are taken immediately by the Miners' Federation and the Mines Department to eliminate the dangers in one of the largest…

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180 to Lose Jobs Stress on Shorter Working Week Miners’ Struggle

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, May 25.—In three weeks 180 men will be cavilled out at Richmond Main colliery. So the vice-president of the Northern…

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Mount Isa Mines. 10 Per Cent. Increase in Tonnage. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 10

Mr. J. Kruttschnitt, chairman of directors of Mt. Isa Mines, Ltd., states that an increase of 10 per cent, in the silver-lead tonnage milled would result from certain…

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Barriers Fall Back. Metal Prices Disappoint. Steady Tone in Gold Shares

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 10

Disappointed by the short-lived recovery trend in metal prices, the market for leading base metal shares relapsed yesterday…

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Miners' Windfall

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--An unexpected windfall of £200 between then, provoked jubilation among the miners…

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Consideration of Mine Claims

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 2

MAITLAND, Friday. -- The Delegate board of the Federated Mining Mechanics' Association will consider tomorrow a number of important matters,…

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Mine-layer Sinks Berlin

The Sun · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 5

A German mine-layer, the Triton, sank to-day. Of the crew 26 were rescued and four are missing…

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To Load Coal Cargo For Hongkong

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 4

The steamer Romanbank, which left Wanganui on the 25th inst. for Newcastle, has been chartered by the Caledonian Collieries to load a cargo…

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Coal Cutter Causes Stoppage. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 7

The Aberdare Central Colliery, which is one of the largest on the field, has been idle since Tuesday following a report that a new coal-cutting machine had given off a…

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