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Mining & the mines, 1939

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Mount Kasi Mines May Pay Div. Next Year

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 21

The expectation of a dividend within the next 12 months was mentioned by the chairman of Mount Kasi Mines, Ltd. (Mr. E. J. Coote), at the annual…

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Market Tone Firm. Turnover Wider. Safe Custody of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 8

A greater breadth was imparted to the turnover in the investment market yesterday. Though light, dealings traversed a…

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Enormous Gold Stocks. Anxiety in the United States. the Metal Still Indispensable

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 8

Gold held by the United States Treasury amounts to 15,605,000,000 dollars, the equivalent of £A4,183,000,000. This is 58 per cent. of the world gold stocks. Great Britain's holding is equal to 13 per cent. of the world gold stocks…

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A[?] Consol. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 8

Accounts of A.1. Consolidated Gold, N.L., show a loss of £3,516 for the half-year ended February 28. Gold won realised £3,301. Mine expehditure was £6,498, and Melbourne…

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Dust in Mines. Doctor's Evidence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 13

"Silica dust is regarded as the most harmful of all dust. It is a direct cell poison." said Dr. May Harris, of Newcastle, during evidence before the Royal Commission on the…

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Dr. Sends Miners to Work or Fish

Daily News · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 5

MEN deteriorate mentally., morally, and physically when away from work on compensation…

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Six Western Mines Idle: 600 Men Out

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 2

LITHGOW, Thursday.--Almost half the mine workers in the Western District were idle today. More than 600 men from six mines…

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Trapped In Mine For 68 Hours KALGOORLIE

Daily News · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 6

FOR 68 hours, Harry Luscombe, 62-years-old prospector, lay helpless down a shaft, 30ft. deep, at the edge of his prospecting camp. His camp is three miles out…

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Seniority Rights Attacked Miners Defy B. H. P. CESSNOCK, N. S. W.

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 3

The attempts of the B. H. P. to defeat the principle of seniority are not going to be successful against the men of Elrington miners' lodge, they declare. This mine has been idle for over a month…

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Loloma Gold Mines. Six Months' Profit £97,698

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 14

Profit of Loloma (Fiji) Gold Mines, N.L., for the six months ended January 31 was £97,698. Gross profit transferred from the working account was £99,861, proceeds from bullion…

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Loloma Gold Mine Nets £97,698 for Half Year

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 17

Loloma (Fiji) Gold Mines, NL., earned a profit of £97,698 for the six months ended January 31. For the year ended July 31, 1938, the…

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Miners Claim Stretcher Shortage

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 5

BULLI, Friday.--Scarborough miners have been idle for a week because of alleged faulty ventilation in the mine. A check inspector will inspect the mine…

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"Elusive" Ownership of Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 5

"I comment on the elusive position concerning the ownership of Maitland Extended coalmines," said Mr. Justice…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 8

The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies, with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present…

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Mine Host Had Busy Evening

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 11

Mr. Romano was very busy early last night in attending to last-minute details before the second gala night opening of…

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News From Mines Tingha Alluvials' Outlook

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 17

At the annual meeting of Tingha Alluvials, Ltd., yesterday, the chairman (Mr. Tomlinson) said that results for the year had been disappointing…

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Falls in Mines Kill 2 BRISBANE

Daily News · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 1

TWO miners were killed to-day in landslides in two different collieries at Ipswich…

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Increase in Capital. Aust. Gold Developments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 14

The capital of Australian Gold Development. N.L., was increased at an extraordinary meeting in Melbourne yesterday by raising the amount of each of the 5,000 shares in the…

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Dr. Donald Thomson Gold Medal Awarded. LONDON, May 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 17

Dr. Donald Thomson, a former research Fellow in Ahthropology in the Melbourne University, who, during the last few years, led expeditions in Arnhem Land and in Cape…

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Canterbury Park. Seven-event Programme. Dollar and Gold Pan Favoured. Cid May Win Turf Club Handicap

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 21

Canterbury Park Turf Club will hold its first meeting to-day since it was re-organised under its present name. There are seven races, beginning at 1.30 o'clock and continuing at half-hourly intervals. Fields are of an attractive character…

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