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Mining & the mines, 1939

3,890 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 195

Gold Spark Hope at Menangle

The Sun · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 15

Trainer A. G. Papworth is strongly represented in the M[?]nangle Park Handicap tomorrow…

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Market Inactive. Barriers Gain. Arahura Gold Higher

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 8

Base-metal counters completed an active week on Saturday by recording further gains. Otherwise trading was inclined to be…

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"Pure Gold Would Have Won" Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 15

Pure Gold would have easily won the Gibson Carmichael Stakes for two-year-olds at Flemington on Saturday if he…

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Strip Miners' Leader Nazis' Action At Frontier Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday.--Mr. Will Lawther, acting-president of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, was stripped and searched by Nazi officials on crossing the…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 12

Gold was quoted yesterday at £7/8/3 an ounce fine, which was unchanged from Friday. —A.A.P. QUADRUPLETS IN DENMARK…

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Hints for the Woman Gardener On the Gold Standard; Glory All the Year Round

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1939 · page 11

GOLD—not the elementary metal which is dug from one hole in the earth, to he deposited later in another within the walls of a bank, but gold that holds the glory of…

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Wants Colliery Rumors Probed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 4

When a reference was made yesterday at the Royal Commission on the safety and health of coal miners concerning a fire at Waratah Colliery and the Ayrfield…

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Reports From the Mines

The Sun · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 20

PLACER DEVELOPMENT. -- For three months to March 1. Pato Consolidated Gold Dredging, Ltd., dredged 3,750,000 cubic yards for 16,214 ounces line gold, and recovered…

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Mining N0tes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 8

BLACK JACK GOLD.—No. 2 south level now shows 5ft of fair quality stone. COPELAND MINES.—Period ended March 4: Erected head frame main shaft: engine and Wlnch…

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Mine Safety. "Ugly Rumours." Inspector's Complaint

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 12

At yesterday's sitting of the Royal Commission on safety in mines, the senior inspector of collieries, Mr. R. P. Jack, said that there were some very…

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Gold Production. Increase for January

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 8

The production of gold in Australia in January was 119,315 fine ounces, valued at £A.1,096,618, an increase of 6,518 fine ounces, and £A.124,592 compared with the figures for…

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Nugget of Gold Found. Temora

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 7

John Dray found a nugget of gold about hall a mile from the town. It was lying on the ground, and apparently had been uncovered by the recent rains. The nugget…

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Gold by the Foot! Temora

The Sun · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 10

Mr. Jack Bray, who yesterday kicked up a nugget of gold worth £50, unearthed another this morning weighing about…

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Consolidated Gold Areas. Purchase of New Leases

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 8

Consolidated Gold Areas, N.L., has reached an agreement with the Western Australian Government under which the company will pay £23,000 for the Celebration and Golden…

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London Mining Sales London, March 13

The Sun · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 20

Sales of mining shares on the Stock Exchange to-day included: North B.H.. 36s 3d; B.H. Prop.. 44s 9d; Sulph. Corp., ord.. 5s 2¼d: Mt. Lyell, 21s 10½d: Gt…

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Miners Killed By Neglect False Security in Faulty Rescue Equipment

Daily News · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 5

MINERS toling underground are liable to be killed or maimed at any time, quite unnecessarily, because of inferior rescue equipment. Mr. J Connell, Northern District check,…

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Metal Shares Harden. Good Support. Firmer Tone for Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 8

Leading base metal shares resumed a firm trend yesterday, and all that were traded on a cash basis finished on higher levels…

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Wagga Gold Cup. Meeting in April. £1,100 in Prizemoney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 5

The Murrumbidgee Turf Club will hold its Wagga Gold Cup meeting at Wagga on April 26 and 27, Prize-money for the two days will aggregate £1,100. The…

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Industrial Shares Mostly Firm Bonds Harden on Active Trading Base Metal Stocks Are Easier, Gold Steady

The Sun · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 20

Industrial shares generally presented a fairly firm front on the Stock Exchange to-day in spite of a slightly easier tendency overseas. Any downwards movement in prices was mainly…

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Gold Rod's Dashing Trial Galloped on Outside of Slow Track Leading Trainers Back For Big Autumn Meetings Delmestor at Top

The Sun · Tuesday 14 March 1939 · page 21

Interest in track work quickened to-day with the return of leading trainers from Melbourne and concentration on horses to race at the important autumn meetings…

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