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Mining & the mines, 1938

4,311 stories in Sydney's papers · page 73 of 216

Horses Shod with Gold

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 1

IN a recent issue (says "Wlngham Chronicle") we made reference to the several instances in the olden golden days when lucky diggers, had their…

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Australian Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 8

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint, for the werk ended June 10 is at the rate of approximately £7/19/8 per…

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Mine Host Tradition of the Inn

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 9

IN the days of old, inns were noted not alone for the goodness and abundance of their food, the softness of their beds and the qualities of their nut brown…

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23,000 Miners Found Work Through Shorter Hours In French Pits Five Day Week in the Mines Geneva, May 29

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 4

AN enlightened statement of historic importance was made to the Coal Conference held…

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Country News. Gold Rush. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 7

Gold prospectors and fossickers from all parts of the once rich Turon goldfield rushed to Red Jack, on the outskirt of Wattle Flat, when a report was circulated that a rich find…

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Placer Associates Win Gold and Pay Dividends

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 21

The following progress reports, gold recoveries, and dividend payments are announced by companies allied to Placer Development, Ltd…

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U.S. Inflation Rumor Spurs Gold Market

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.--A belief that America is on the brink of inflation caused a remarkable scramble for gold on the markets today…

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Fiji Gold Success Output Grows From Tavua

The Sun · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 48

The famous goldfield of Fiji, which witnessed a spectacular share boom and a disastrous collapse in the…

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Threatened Coal Strike. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 5

Sir,—Our prosperity depends greatly on the sane and capable leadship of Labour. Owing to the fact that Communists and other extremists have gained power in the trades…

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Scotch Miners of the South Coast "Boolin" Green Is Their Kirk

Referee · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 18

SOUTH coast of New South Wales is noted for several things; its scenery, its coal mines, and its Scotch "boolin" clubs. Among them…

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Rush to Buy Gold Shares Our Own Cable Service

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.--There has been a rush to buy gold shares in London. A wide demand for shares has been…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, June 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/0/9 an ounce fine, compared with £7/0/8 yesterday. BASE METALS…

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Uncle Wiseman Trophies Presentations Next Friday Gold Cup to Parkes Breeders

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 13

NEXT Friday morning, at the Agricultural Department, in the Minister's room, the prizes won by competitors in the 1937 "Farmer and…

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Gold Buying. Influence of a Rumour. Capital Flow Checked. LONDON, June 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 11

Gold to the value of more than £5,000,000 has been bought in the past few days as a result of a widespread rumour, emanating from the Continent,…

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Hill 50 Gold Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 8
Also in The Sun

The future of the mine depends entirely on the value of the the bodies petsisting to a greater depth than at present being marked, a report by the manager of the Hill 50 Gold…

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Mine Surveyors' Exam

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 4

Successful candidates at the examination for mine surveyors' certificates, held on May 24 and June 6, were: -- Bate, A. W.; Palmer, A. E.; Pemberton, J. L.;…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 8

BARRYTOWN GOLD DREDGING (first half of June): Hours, 23[?]; cubic yards, 102,000; yield, 272oz smelted gold. LANCEFIELD (W.A.) GOLD MINE, N.L.—Level…

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Soup Kitchens If Mine Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 2

WESTON, Thursday. -- The Northern Miners' executive officials addressed mine lodge officers from Abermain, Weston, and Kurri tonight on…

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Western Miners to Meet. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 7

The western branch of the Miners' Federation has convened a meeting of its board of management, to consider the decisions reached at a conference of district officers in…

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