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Mining & the mines, 1939

3,890 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 195

Barriers Improve. Brisk Trading. Gold Shares Ease

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 14

With inquiry fairly active, leading base metal shares developed a somewhat improved feeling yesterday. Elsewhere, the market lacked…

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Mummified King In Gold Mask CAIRO

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 3

A sarcophagus, believed to be that of King Shishak, was opened in the presence of King Farouk today…

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Newcastle Coal Exports 80,287 Tons For Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 5

Newcastle coal shipments last week totalled 80,287 tons, an increase of about 25,000 tons on the previous week's shipments. Victoria was…

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Enemies to Work in 'Death' Mines London, Tuesday. Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 3

A PLAN to select criminals and enemies of the Hitler regime to work in the uranium pitch-blende mines in Joachimstal, Sudetenland, has been, submitted by a group of Nazi officials. The miners in this district,…

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Dispute at Colliery. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 5

A proposal to overcome a long standing disput, at the Wallerawang colliery will be submitted to the Lidsdale Miners' Lodge, and it is expected that the scheme will be adopted…

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Shareholder Critic Colliery Business Under Fire

The Sun · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 3

"Neither your management nor your board can be complimented on the inglorious achievements of your company over the last 10 years." said…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 6

Al CONSOLIDATED GOLD.—No. 11 intermediate level, north prospecting drive of old stope extended 5 feet, total 30 feet, stone smaller, but giving fair prospects of coarse gold; No. 10…

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Miners' Lodge Picnic. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 5

The annual picnic of the Steelworks Miners' Lodge at Blackheath was attended by 778 people, including 335 children. A special train was chartered for the occasion…

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New Mining Company

The Sun · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 45

A new company entitled Toolleen Gold Mining Company, N.L., with a capital of £75,000, in 75,000 shares of £1 each, has been formed to take over…

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Bad Feeling: Judge On Coal Industry

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 5

"It strikes me that bad feeling between the unionists and the employers is peculiarly strong in this industry." Judge Drake-Brockman said this in…

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Market Pausing. Improved Tone. Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 6

Business was more limited in scope in the investment market yesterday, indicating on the part of investors a tendency to pause while awaiting the…

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World Gold Price Depends On Dollar Relations

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 27

"The world price of gold at present depends on the purchasing figure of the United States Government and the relations of all other currencies to the…

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No Help for 3 HOURS Miners Protest After Accident

Daily News · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 6

THIRROUL, Wed.--Seriously injured in an accident in Excelsior Mine yesterday, Thomas Richards, miner, Thirroul, was nearly three hours in reaching Built…

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Base Metals Firm. Trading Dull. Gold Shares Better

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 6

After the activity of the previous two days, mining shares relapsed into quietness yesterday. Leading base metal counters…

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Rosehill Form & Doncaster St. Constant Impressive But Gold Rod Drops Backers

Referee · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 9

SEVERAL Doncaster Handicap candidates ran at Rosehill on Saturday, and none impressed more than St. Constant. One of the last lot after going a quarter of a mile in the Westmead Handicap, he finished within a neck of Caesar…

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Mining Supplies in War. Warning to Industry. Sir Colin Fraser's Speech. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 9

A warning that the mining industry should accumulate essential supplies from abroad, in order to protect itself against the possibility of war, was given…

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Randwick Track Trials in Gale Gold Rod Impresses at Half-mile Fortune And Avant Tout In Speedy Gallops Caesar's Good Form

The Sun · Thursday 23 March 1939 · page 47

Values of track times at Randwick to-day were difficult to assess because of the howling gale and the difference in the choice of galloping ground on the course proper…

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Caledonian Collieries Ltd. Directors Criticised

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 8

Mr. A. Howard-Smith, presiding at the annual meeting or Caledonian Collieries yesterday, referred to the industrial stoppage at the Aberdare collieries last August. The…

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Queensland Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 8

The Queensland gold yield for the first two months of this year was 24,405 ounces, an increase of 3,327 ounces compared with the corresponding period of last year. The yield for…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 8

CARPATHIA TIN.—Two weeks ended March 18— Mine: 40 tons of ore were broken and hauted, no advance being made: ore was obtained from a [?] chamber which is being cut in the wall of the…

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