Ascot Gold Cup. London, June 15. (A.A.P.)
The Ascot Gold Cup resulted:—Flyon, 1: Maranta, 2: Scottish Union, 3. There were nine starters. Won by five lengths, with three lengths between second and third…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mining & the mines, 1939
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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, June 15
Gold was quoted to-day at £7/8/5½ an ounce fine, compared with £7/8/5 yesterday. BASE METALS. Base metals (all easter) were quoted at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Potential Mining Resources. Surveys in Outback. CANBERRA
About £170,000 has been spent in the last four years on geological and geophysical surveys of potential mining resources in the outback country of Queensland, Western…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Gold Mine
ENGAGED digging post-holes on the State farm at Ruakura, N.Z., a worker found a sovereign hearing the date 1864. It was the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Miners to Resume Work
CESSNOCK, Friday.--At a meeting today, Aberdare miners decided to resume work on Monday. The meeting after an address by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Notes
BLACK JACK GOLD.—Fortnight ended June 10; Mill crushed 150 tons of stone; concentrates on hand. 12 tons. These will be railed to Chillagoe during the coming week. Cyaniding is proceed…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Pato Gold Dividends
The board of Pato Consolidated Gold proposes to pay regular half-yearly dividends of 10 per cent. The immediate dredge construction…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Coal-cutting Machine. Bulli
The management of the Corrimal mine proposes to instal a coal-cutting machine. A conference was held yesterday to decide the rates and conditions of the men operating, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dividend Prospects for Asnazu Gold
The board of Asnazu Gold Dredging, Ltd., anticipates paying half-yearly dividends of 5 per cent., to be increased after the new dredge comes into…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fear Sends Gold to U.s.a
WASHINGTON, Friday.--In consequence of Europe's war fears, the United States now holds 60 per cent. of the world's gold reserves…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Men Trapped. Broken Hill Mine. One Rescued. Broken Hill
His legs had been pinned by timber, and he complained of pain in one arm. After being given some tea and cigarettes, he said he was feeling "all…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Four Men Still Trapped in Mine; Hope Is Fading Broken Hill
Hope of rescuing alive the four men who were trapped by a fall of earth in the South mine yesterday afternoon has practically been abandoned, but rescue parties are continuing their desperate…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five Men Buried In Mine Little Hope for Rescue Broken Hill
Trapped by a fall of earth between 800 and 900 feet, at the South Mine, at about 2.30 this afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →12 Natives Drowned. Cloudbursts on New Guinea Goldfields. Auckland (N.z.)
Advice that a disastrous rainstorm swept over the New Guinea goldfields has been received at Auckland. Two cloudbursts, caused flooding, and…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Grim Fight By Miners Fails To Save Four Mates Broken Hill
All hope of saving four of the five men entombed in the South Mine on Friday afternoon has practically been abandoned, as it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Gold Yield
The Victorian gold yield for May was 10,726 oz., compared with 10,086oz. for May last year. Value of the yield was £79,629. For the first five months of the year output was 50,757oz.,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Country News. Miners to Resume Work. Bulli
At a meeting of miners, it was decided to resume work at the Scarborough mine to-morrow. The district check inspector[?] Mr. A. E…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rescuer Buried in Mine Fall Broken Hill
William O'Malley, one of the rescue party searching for the bodies of four men trapped in South mine on Friday,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Entombed Miners Bravery Of Searchers Broken Hill
Gloom has been cast over Broken Hill by the tragic disaster at South Mine in which four men have lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Safety in Mines. Commission's Findings. No Naked Lights
It is understood that the report of the Royal Commission on health and safety in coal mines recommends the introduction of safety lamps in all…
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