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Mining & the mines, 1939

3,890 stories in Sydney's papers · page 79 of 195

New Zealand's Coal Requirements. Mines Behind With Oders. Concern of Government. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 13

In emphasising the importance of an adequate coal supply being maintained for New Zealand, the Minister for Mines, Mr. Webb. told a meeting of miners that the mines were…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 8

COPELAND MINES, NORSEMAN.—Week ended June 3: North drive advanced three feet at 21 feet, reef width six feet, Carrying traces of gold; south drive extended 15 feet to 34 feet, reef width…

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Mishaps Helped Gold Pan

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 17

Gold Pan, a five-year-old gelding that was a maiden performer early in the year, won the chief event, the Winter…

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Survey of Coal Resources. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 7

The Grafton Chamber of Commerce has decided to ask the Government to have a survey taken of the coal resources of the Clarence River district. It was stated that…

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Reports From the Mines Larut Tin Fields

The Sun · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 22

It was pointed out by Mr. H. A. Coates, who presided at the annual meeting of Larut Tin Fields, Ltd., that during 1937 the company had been able to augment its…

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Mining. Extra Depth. Rand Possibility

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 8

Increasing attention is being directed to the possibility of gold mining on the Witwatersrand at depths regarded once as unfeasible, owing to high…

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N.Z.'s Oil and Gold Schemes Auckland

The Sun · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 10

The Minister for Mines. Mr. Webb, said to-day that 52 licences had been Issued to oil prospectors and the area involved was over 9000 square miles…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, June 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 12

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/8/5 an ounce fine, unchanged from Saturday. BASE METALS. Base metals were quoted at noon to-day…

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Fight for Seniority B.H.P. Attack On Miners SYDNEY. June 10

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 4

Support from the union movement is being pledged for the mineworkers at the Pelton and Elrington collieries, in the…

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Finance and Commerce. Gold and Trade. U.S. Policy. Huge Stocks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 8

"The danger that gold will no longer be used as a medium of international exchange is so remote as not to merit serious consideration."…

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Leave Czech Gold To Nazis Otto Neimeyer, Norman Are Responsible London, June 9

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 3

It was Sir Otto Niemeyer and Montagu Norman, of the Bank of England, that gave the Czechs’ gold to the Nazis, it was…

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Gold Pan's Lucky Win. Winter Plate at Randwick. Runner-up, Vestal, Badly Checked. Jockey's Remarkable Feat on Third Horse

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 15

Gold Pan won his most important race when he succeeded in the Winter Plate at Randwick yesterday. It was possibly his luckiest win. Vestal, who ran him to a head, was badly interfered with when…

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Lake George Mines Progress

The Sun · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 19

Luke George Mining Corporation, Ltd., London, has received a first quarterly report to March 31 last from Mr. T. C. Baker, managing director of the operating…

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Australian Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 13

The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for gold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended June 9, is at the rate of approximately £8/9/3½ per…

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Escapes Death in Mine Plunge

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 5

WEST WYALONG, Tuesday.--Bert Wahlgren, 47, miraculously escaped death when he plunged down a 50ft. gold-mining shaft…

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Miners Levied For Workless Comrades

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 7

BULLI, Tuesday. -- The Southern Miners' Delegate Board decided today to strike a 2 12 per cent. levy for the relief of the employees at Scarborough…

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German Miners' Long Hours Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 3

GENEVA, Tues.--The long hours worked by German miners is the main obstacle to the 42-hour maximum week convention proposed when…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, June 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 16

Gold was quoted to-day at £7/8/4 an ounce fine, compared with 7/8/5 yesterday. BASE METALS. Base metals were quoted at noon to-day as…

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Labor Council of N.S.W. Authorised Report. Support for Miners' Strikes. Issue of Seniority

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 14

AFTER hearing delegates from the Combined Strike Committee and the Secretary of the Newcastle Trades Hall Council, the New South Wales…

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Gibraltar Gold Mine. Granting of Option Deferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 8

Shareholders in Gibraltar Gold Mine (Adelong), N.L., at the annual meeting yesterday, agreed that it was advisable for the present company to find the necessary additional…

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