On New Guinea Goldfields
To live in the merest bush-house with the constant menace of attack from some of the most savage natives in New Guinea, is all in the day's play…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining & the mines, 1939
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Radio Guide in Coal Mine Modern Methods At Lithgow
Two-way telephonic radio communication between the engine-driver and transports carrying miners three miles along a shaft to the coal face…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£600 Gold Theft Famous Mine In W.A. Loses
KALGOORLIE, Tues.--Worth more than £600, two bagfuls of phenomenally rich gold ore were stolen last night from the famous Blue Bird gold mine at Norseman,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sharp Decline In Caledonian Collieries Income
A trading profit of £19,349 was earned by Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., for the year ended December 31, 1938, the whole of which has been provided for…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Theft of Gold. Ore Worth £600. Thieves Descend Mine Shaft. Kalgoorlie
Thieves descended the shaft of the Blue Bird goldmine, near the township of Norseman, 140 miles from Kalgoorlie, last night, and stole two bags of rich…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Mining Notes
ADELONG GOLD.—Week ended March 11[?] Treated 11,500 cubic yards for 40oz 8½ smelted gold; lost four shifts on account of leaking pontoon…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gold Rod's Dash
NOW that weights have been declared for the Doncaster Handicap and Sydney Cup, Work on "fast" mornings at Randwick will become more interesting. There was a definite "livening up" of horses yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian Gold Price
The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended March 10, is at the rate of approximately £8/9/4½ per…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Govt's Ability to Pay Miners
The Victorian State Government can afford to give the State coal mine employees reasonable conditions and wages. Judge Drake-Brockman said this in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidents at Mine. Goulburn
Arthur Gainsford, 35, a trucker, employed at Lake George Mining Company's mine at Captain's Flat, had a thumb severed while working underground…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coal Speed Ups Shorter Hours Needed
Mechanisation and speed-up methods in the coal industry have resulted in increased loss of life. Mr. C. E. Mundy, of the Amalgamated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →How. Smith Profits Coal Strike Effects
Accounts of Howard Smith Ltd. for 1938 show the adverse effects of the coal strike towards the end…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →"Grunching" of Coal. "Hopeless Method," Says Witness
Criticism of the "grunching" method of winning coal was offered at the Royal Commission into safety and health in coalmines yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Finance Editor's Column N[?]ahere Gold Prospects
FORMED in November, 1936, Ngahere Gold Dredging, Ltd., has not yet reached the production stage, but it is expected that dredging will begin about…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Weaker Tendency. Mining Scrip. Kanieri Advances
In spite of improved turnover, yesterday's trading in mining shares resulted in a preponderance of price falls…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Higher Prices for N.z. Gold Dredging Shares
Keen demand for New Zealand gold dredging shares developed yesterday, leading to fairly substantial appreciation in Kanieri and Arahura. Nine hundred Kanieri's changed hands…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Gold at Temora Second Nugget Found. TEMORA
Great excitement prevails in Temora because John Bray found a second nugget of gold this morning. On Sunday Bray found a slug…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Faster Work. Gold Rod Back to Form. Caesar and Feminist Do Well
The appearance of the weights for the Doncaster Handicap and Sydney Cup has had the effect of sharpening up the gallops at…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Gold Rod Retains Track Speed Brilliant Five Furlongs at Randwick Hawkesbury Candidates In Final Trials
GOLD ROD showed yesterday morning that he has lost none of his track galloping speed, by running five furlongs in 1.3 at Randwick. He ran on the A grass, and the value of the gallop was…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Work at Old Goldfields. Goulburn
As a result of the high price of gold, the old mining fields in the Tallong district are been worked again after many years of idleness. New sluicing machinery has been taken…
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