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Mining & the mines, 1939

3,890 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 195

Mining Shares Slow. No Marked Trend. N.G. Goldfields Ease

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 8

Featureless trading, which has been experienced throughout this week in mining business, persisted yesterday. Buyers were hesitant, and although…

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Tell Story of Mine Ordeal Kalgoorlie

Daily News · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 1

GRAPHIC stories of the triple tragedy at the Maybell mine, 150 miles from here, were told to-day by the 3 survivors. They told how yesterday…

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"Torpedo" May Have Been Mine WASHINGTON

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 1

A stray mine may have destroyed the unknown ship which radioed that she was sinking in mid-Atlantic after…

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Home Truths For Coal Shareholders. "Losing Fight For Years"

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 21

LOOKING at the coal mining industry from the long term viewpoint shareholders cannot but agree with the opinions expressed in…

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Armed Forces To Defeat Miners Orr's Attack on Big Monied Interests

Daily News · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 5

ON several occasions the armed forces of the State have been used to defeat the industrial claims of the miners, Mr. W. Orr, general secretary of the Miners Federation, told Mr. Justice…

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Cutting Machines Displace Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 2

BULLI, Sunday.--Twenty-four miners, shiftmen, and wheelers at Excelsior Colliery have received 14 days' notice. The reason given by the management…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 8

NEW ZEALAND PETROLEUM: Totangl No.1 well has now reached a depth of 2.320ft:no in[?] in deviation has occurred. KALIMNA OIL: Pian compiled from information…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold London Feb,26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 12

Gold was quoted yesterday at £7/8/2½an ounce fine, compared with £7/6/3½on Friday. THE SALVATION ARMY. Colonel E. Harewood, of the Salvation…

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Clash at Meeting Gold Mining Company

The Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 2

Sharp exchanges between shareholders holding opposing views occurred at the annual meeeting of the…

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Water Shortage at Colliery. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 7

The water supply at Invincible colliery, Cullen Bullen, is diminishing, and there is a fear that, unless rain falls within a fortnight, there will be a curtailment of activities…

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Miners Injured. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 7

While working 600 feet underground at Captain's Flat, John Clout, a miner, was struck by a fall of earth. He received bruises to his back and a deep scalp wound…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 8

CURNOW'S TIN.—No. 6 level, drive north advanced to 92ft from crosscut; lode 15 inches thick, mostly chlorite showing traces of tin; No. 5 level, underhand stoping north from winze also…

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EDITORIAL Coal Barons and Dividends

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 1

Asked if he knew anything about the companies in winch he had interests, a witness in the Divorce Court last week replied: "ONLY ABOUT GETTING DIVIDENDS THAT’S ALL LIKE ANY DIRECTOR”…

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B.H.P. TENTACLES Miners Produce Novel Chart SYDNEY

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 3

A chart just printed by the Miner’s Federation shows how, by common shareholders and…

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Euchre Game That Made Fortune Story At Coal Inquiry

The Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 10

"In the early history of the B.H.P. we find that the fortunes that have come from it are not due to savings. In one case it was due to a game of euchre," said Mr. W. Orr, for the Miners'…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London. Feb. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/8/2 an ounce fine, compared with £7/8/2½ on Saturday. BASE METALS. Base metals, all firm, were quoted at noon…

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South African Gold Mines. Capetown, Feb. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 13

Replying to a Nationalist proposal in the House of Assembly that the Government should appropriate half the gold premium, the Minister for Finance, Mr. Havenga, said…

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Deficiency Places Miners Buck

Daily News · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 7

KEIRA mineworkers are expressing resentment against evidence given by the mine manager, Mr…

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Australian Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 13

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended February 24, is at the rate of approximately £8/9/1…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 13

ADELONG GOLD.—Week ended February 25: Treated 15,000 cubic yards for 61oz 19dwt smelted gold. L'AIGLON GOLD AND TIN.—Week ended…

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