Electric Shock in Mine. Boring Machine Blamed. NEWCASTLE
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 May 1939 · page 22
The Northern Miners' district check inspector, Mr. J. Connell, said at to-day's sitting of the Commission on health and safety in coalmines that an employee of Lambton B Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →English Coal For U.S.: Strike Roll Nears 500,000 New York
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 May 1939 · page 3
LARGE consumers of coal are frantically ordering shipments from England. The reason is an acute coal shortage, due to failure of all negotiations to settle the coal strike which, after seven weeks, is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GOLD and OIL in North Borneo Will This Land Be The Battlefield Of The Pacific?
The World's News · Saturday 6 May 1939 · page 4
Gold and oil are the two most sought after things in our present civilisation. Without these two minerals a great nation can neither live nor work. Gold is the accepted basis of international trade and exchange; oil, the lubricant by means of which the wheels of industry turn round and the world moves on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Western Gold Mines. Profit of £14,317
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 8
Western Gold Mines, N.L., shows a profit of £14,317 for the year ended December 31. During the year three dividends of 6d per share were received from Triton Gold Mines,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yellow Boy Gold Option
The Sun · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 14
Directors of Yellow Boy Gold Development N.L., report that the company has secured a six months' testing option, with a right of extension for six months, over…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Rich Gold Yield Kalgoorlie
The Sun · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 14
A phenomenally rich yield has been obtained by Quinn and Tyrrell, of Mt. Cella, near Linden, about 40 miles south of Laverton. Last week they recovered an average…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mine Fatality at Suva. Suva Ap[?]. 21
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 13
[?] Bessell, a shift boss, slipped into a [?] at the Emperor mine and suffered fatal injuries. Mr. Bessell came from Tasmania, and had…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →9 Killed in Mining Blast
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 3
NEW YORK, Sunday.--Nine men were killed by an explosion in a coal mine at Agujita (Mexico) on Saturday night. Seven were killed instantaneously…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Output Increases March Rise 7 p.c
Daily News · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 5
Australian gold production was seven per cent, higher in March of this year than in March, 1938, says the Commonwealth Statistician, Dr. Roland Wilson…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, May 7
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 12
Gold was quoted yesterday at £7/8/6 an ounce fine, which was unchanged from Friday.—A.A.P. WOMAN PROFESSOR…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Governor to Visit Coalfields. Cessnock and Kurri. Inspection of Mine. Cessnock
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 10
The Governor, Lord Wakehurst, will visit the coal mining towns, Cessnock and Kurri Kurri, on Tuesday and Wednesday. He will inspect one of the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Beer Strike Ends. Miners Went Without for Two Months in Vain. PERTH
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 13
The beer strike which began on March 7 at Marble Bar, on the Pilbarra goldfield, was officially declared off on Saturday morning, the miners having given way without…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Strike Right Is Issue U.S. Coal Stoppage Effects 486,000 Our Own Cable Service
Daily News · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 2
WASHINGTON, Sunday.--The right to conduct "sectional strikes" if necessary is the main issue in the big American coal stoppage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Flowing Back. France's Stability. New Decrees Issued. "Herald" Exclusive Service. Paris, May 7
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 12
The Minister for Finance, M. Paul Reynaud, addressing the Finance Committee of the Chamber of Deputies on Friday, defended the new rehabilitation…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →U.S. Strike Grows Despite Roosevelt Soft Coal Industry Paralysed: Supply for Only 25 Days New York
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 3
DESPITE the intervention of President Roosevelt, the strike of workers in bituminous coal mines has spread to an The 340,000 striking miners on the Virginia fields have now been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reports From the Mines
The Sun · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 20
MOUNT MORGAN. -- Four weeks ended April 19; Estimated value of production, £58,561; setimated operating costs (including removal of overburden), £45,252;…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Mining Notes
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 8
GOLDEN PLATEAU: No. 2 level, cast drive off south crosscut extended to 102ft, all lode value 3dwt; No. 3 level, ease drive [?]l No. 4 south crosscut extended to 165ft, all lode to 150ft 2dwt, from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hole Hearted Support For Miners
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 1
Ambition has been stifled again. A miner who wanted to peg out a claim in the middle of the road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Melee Ends In Court
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 7
CESSNOCK, Monday.--Three miners were involved in charges at Cessnock Police Court today in which the firing of a revolver was mentioned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Gold Prices Are Steady
The Sun · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 20
Australian gold prices were steady last week at £8 9s 6d a standard ounce, and £9 4s 11d a fine ounce. The prices, which are fixed by the…
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