Mining. Barriers Ease. Gold Shares Firm
There was a fair amount of activity in the mining share market yesterday. Barriers had an easier tone, and tin concerns were inclined to droop. Firm…
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Britain's "Untold Gold" Mines Sleep In Her Green Hills
Just before the war there was a new gold rush, with big liners carrying fabulous cargoes of fugigive gold across the Atlantic from war-threatened countries. To-day the United States Treasury is holding gold to the value of more than £3,000,000,000âa sum which-is without parallel in the history of our civilisation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Still Closed
CESSNOCK, Friday.--Maitland Main mine dispute is still unsettled. It was announced by a miners' official today that there would be no work on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Seeker's Quest
MR. JOHN CHARLES ("Mossy") THOMPSON, 74-year-old gold prospector, will to-day try…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Gold Price
SOVEREIGNS: £2/8/11, unchanged (Commonwealth Bank). GOLD: Fine ounce, £10/12/6, unchanged; standard ounce (22 carats), £9/14/9½, un…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Collieries and Shipping Companies Operating at Newcastle and District
The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies, with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mt. Isa Mines. Another Small Profit
Mount Isa Mines, Ltd., Queensland, reports a profit of £18,798 for the year ended June 30, compared with £19,742 for 1937-38, and £70,309 for 1936-37…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →PARDON! Gold-Diggers of 1940
"BROKEN HILL, N.S.W., carries romance with its name, since it was the scene of a memorable gold-find, and is still a centre of the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →£18,798 Profit for Mt. Isa Mines
Mt. Isa Mines, Ltd., earned a profit of £18,798 for the year ended June 30, 1939, compared with £19,742 for the previous year, and £70,309 for 1936-37…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mining Reports Great Northern Tinfields
The directors of Great Northern Tinfields N.L., report that work of assembling the plant has proceeded vigorously and it is expected that it will be ready for a trial…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Barrytown Gold Deferreds Are Attractive At 16-
INVESTORS looking for a speculation to start the year well are advised to take two looks at deferred shares in Barrytown Gold Dredging Ltd. at 16-. Recent returns indicate the likelihood of a dividend within a few…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Labour's Peace Policy. Miners' Council Approves. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Jan. 5
In vigorous contrast with the suggestion of the University Labour Federation that the trade unions and Labour Parties in Britain were opposed to the officlal peace aims and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →50 P.c. Rise in N.s.w. Gold Production
Although the amount of gold produced in New South Wales in November was more than 50 per cent. higher than in November, 1938, the total for 11 months…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Peter Moore Gold Cup (3.0) Speed on Small Track May Help Petruchio
Petruchio, whose exceptional speed should be a big advantage round the small track, is selected to win the Peter Moore Gold Cup over a mile. The race, which is worth £600, has attracted the best…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Radio Comes to Romantic Goldfield in the North
One of the loneliest radio outposts on the mainland of Australia is where a new wireless transmitting and receiving set has been installed by the Government of Queensland on the Batavia goldfield. This goldfieldâperhaps the most isolated in the Commonwealthâis situated between twelve and…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →All mines but two to resume
CESSNOCK, Saturday. -- Work will be resumed on Monday at 16 of the 18 mines on the South Maitland coalfield, after the holiday "lay-off."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It's Mining For The Chickens Now!
When Mrs. Allen, of 27 East Crescent, South Hurstville, came home one night last week, she heard the chirps of chickens coming from underground in her backyard. "I began to think I was imagining things," she says, "but then I remembered I had buried two broken eggs out of the broody hen's nest that morning in about 4 inches of earth. I dug what was left of the eggs out and found the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Emperor Gold Shows 8.49 p.c. at 14-
Based on gold at £A1010- per fine oz., allowing 8 per cent. for loss in extraction, all-in costs at 313 per ton in Australian currency, and an additional 36 per ton to treat sulphide ore, the positive ore reserves of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wonder Scenic Views of new Coal and Candle Creek Road
With the completion of a new road at Coal and Candle Creek, a magnificent scenic drive has been opened to Sydney motorists. It lies just north of Sydney and can be completed comfortably in an afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Leger and Post Pictures At Moorefield Finish—peter Moore Gold Cup, 1 Mile
APPROACHING THE LEGER— MOOREFIELD HANDICAP, 1¼ Miles FINISH—MOOREFIELD HANDICAP, 1¼ Miles. APPROACHING THE LEGER—FLYING WELTER HANDICAP, 6 Furs.—FIRST DIVISION. FINISH—FLYING WELTER HANDICAP, 6 Furs.—FIRST DIVISION…
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