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Mining & the mines, 1939

3,890 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 195

Yellowdine Gold Areas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 8

Yellowdine Gold Areas, N.L., has abandoned the option over Elliott's property. Sampling disclosed very low grade ore…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 8

ABERFOYLE TIN.—Week ended March 31[?] Milled 300 tons; concentrates, firsts 7½ tons, seconds 9 tons. BUNDI TIN.—Recovered 77 ounces gold bullion in…

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Miners Put M.L.A.'s On Mat CESSNOCK

Daily News · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 2

COALFIELDS politicians who supported the Lang candidates in the Hurstville and Waverley by-elections…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, April 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 12

Gold was quoted yesterday at £7/8/6 an ounce fine. CAPTAIN G. A. SCOTT. Captain G. A. Scott, formerly…

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Gold Rod Favorite For Doncaster Now Additional Doubles with Him St. Constant at Longer Odds

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 22

GOLD ROD has ousted St. Constant from favoritism for next Saturday's Doncaster Handicap at Randwick. After last Saturday's racing at Warwick…

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Doncaster Complication Weather Might Upset Randwick Ideas Wet Track Against Gold Rod And St. Constant Hamurah's Prospects

The Sun · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 19

Weather conditions might yet add to the complications of the Doncaster Handicap, which has been made more open by results at Warwick Farm. Gold Rod, who has advanced by leaps and…

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Imperial Gold Mines Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 12

A month's frer sampling option over a goldmining jease at Bardoe, Western Australia, has been taken by Imperial Gold Mines, Ltd. The company has also engaged two…

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No Work In Five Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 9

BULLI, Monday.--Five mines on the South Coast were idle today. They represent half the mines on the Coast, and employ 1500 men…

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Canadian Mines. Increase in Activity

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 12

While the value of all mine production in Canada in 1038, about 440,000,000 dollars, was 4 per cent[?] less than that of the preceding year, activity throughout the greater part of…

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No Sympathy for Owners Judge At Miners' Award Hearing

Daily News · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 2

"Do not appeal to me for much sympathy for this, because I think you had a brutal disregard for the rights of the public."…

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Rise in Coal Price Attacked County Council Debate

The Sun · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 11

Sydney County councillors to-day contended that increases in the price of coal for the council's £451,000 annual contract constituted an unjustifiable charge to electricity consumers…

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Newcastle Coal Shipments 42,415 Tons Last Week

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 5

Interstate and oversea transfers of Newcastle coal totalled 42,415 tons last week compared with 65,088 for the previous week…

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338,000 U.S.A, Miners Strike New York

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 3

MORE than 338,000 mine workers on the Virginia coalfields have ceased work. Deadlock has been reached by the…

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Mine Dispute in 1929. Judge Blames Both Sides. "Wretched Business."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 17

Describing the coal-mining dispute in 1929 as "a wretched business," judge Drake-Brockman said in the Federal Arbitration Court yesterday…

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Gold Fields Development Company. Results for December Quarter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 12

In a report for the quarter ended December 31 on the various properties in which Gold Mines Australian Development Co., Ltd., is interested, the directors state that on the…

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M.H.R. GETS 28 Out of 369 VOTES Miners Withhold Support

Daily News · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Monday. -- The decision of Hebburn No. 2 Miners' Lodge to support Mr. R. James, M.H.R. for Hunter, is stated to be the result of a snap vote. It is added…

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Mining Shares Firm. Souths Rise. Recovery in Oil Search

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 12

Leading base-metal shares resumed a firm tendency yesterday. A [?]ull in dealings reduced the turnover. Broken Hill South, which…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 10

COCK'S ELDORADO GOLD.—Week ended March 31, dredge ran 104 hours, treating 22,700 cubie yards, yield gold 67oz, smelted tin concentrates 2 tons, estimated value £983. Lost time amounting…

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American Coal Strike Grows

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tuesday. -- Nearly three-quarters of America's soft coal mines were idle today. Another 10,000 men ceased work,…

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Belgian Miners' Wage Strike Brussels

The Sun · Wednesday 5 April 1939 · page 5

Ten thousand miners in the Charleroi and Liege fields have struck as a protest against a 21 per cent, cut in wages…

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