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Mining & the mines, 1939

3,890 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 195

Buried In Abandoned Mine Shaft MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 14 May 1939 · page 2

Walking away from the mouth of the 2900ft. deep No. 2 Johnson's Mine at California Gully, near Bendigo, this afternoon,…

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Miners Peg Whole Farm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 2

WEST WYALONG, Sunday.--A grazier has complained to the mining warden (Mr. F. Grugeon) that prospectors have pegged out all his land…

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Reports From the Mines

The Sun · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 14

TAKUAPA VALLEY TIN.--Output for first half of May:--No. 2 Dredge: 321 hours, 95,000 cubic yards, 30 tons. No. 3 Dredge: 268 hours, 73,000 cubic yards, 13½ tons. No. 1…

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U.s.a. Coal Strike Ends

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sunday.--The strike in the soft coal industry which threatened to paralyse transport and power services has been settled…

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Film Stars' secrets are mine to tell

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 11

I earn my living in the publicity department of a film exchange. In a game where "glammer" is as essential a commodity as breadcrumbs to a sausage king…

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Miners' Call to M.L.A.s'

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 2

The central council of the Miners' Federation decided during the weekend to call on all coalfields politicians to desert the Lang Party and join the Heffron…

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Wreck Gives Up Gold of 1711

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 1

PERTH, Sunday.--Authorities believe that coins said to have been found near the Murchison River by an aboriginal may be relics from the graveyard of a…

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Mine Hero Was Tough Three Times Near Death

Daily News · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 2

MELBOURNE. Sunday. -- "Apparently they can't kill me" remarked Tom Muxworthy, after narrowly escaping death in attempting to rescue two minors at…

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Miners Dig Through Night For Body MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 5

Mining gangs are working night and day searching for the body of John Rooney, 50, Mines Department official, who fell into a disused mine shaft more than 2000 feet deep…

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Topknot of Gold Roses. Wedding at College Chapel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 4

A topknot of gold roses was the unusual headdress worn by Miss Enid Champion, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Villers Champion, of Brent…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, May 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 12

Gold was quoted on Saturday at £7/8/5[?] an ounce fine unchanged from Friday. WEDDING IN IRAN Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, and the…

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Man Swept Into Mine Shaft. Unsuccessful Effort to Recover Body. BENDIGO

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 May 1939 · page 12

Gangs of men worked feverishly but unsuccessfully over the week-end in an effort to recover the body of Jack Rooney, who on Saturday morning was swept by a fall of…

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Little 180 Gold Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 8

The directors of Little 180 Gold Mine, N.L., Bendigo, have decided to offer forfeited shares in the hands of the company to existing shareholders at /9 per share all calls paid, making…

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Militiamen Guard Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday.--State militiamen have been called out for emergency duty in the Harlan (Kentucky) coalfield…

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Miners' Union Thinks Twice

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 2

Miners' Federation officials have reconsidered their attitude toward the national register in the light of the penalties provided for not filling in the…

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Reports From the Mines

The Sun · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 18

AUSTRAL NEW ZEALAND MINING. -- Directors advise that arrangements made for covering a shortage of over £stg.100,000 for dredge constructions are mainly…

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Guinea Gold Profits

The Sun · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 18

Accounts of Guinea Gold, N.L., show a profit of £49.486 for the year ended February 29. [?]mpared with £45.843 in the previous year…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 8

CORONATION GOLD MINE (two weeks to May 13[?] Crushed 40 tons for 2[?] 19dwt smelted gold. GRANITES DEVELOPMENT (week ended May 11):…

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Aldermen Fear Red Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 1

Willoughby Council bans all red lights in its area as harmful to the eyes. Last night a resident,…

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Australian Gold Prices Easier

The Sun · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 18

Prices fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold lodged at the Melbourne and Perth Mints last week, are £8 9s Sd a standard ounce, and £9 4s 9[?]d a fine…

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