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Mining & the mines, 1940

3,508 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 176

Wentworth (Lucknow) Gold. Ore Discovery Claimed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 10

At a meeting of Wentworth (Lucknow) Goldfields, N.L., yesterday, Mr. Alexander Marshall a director, who acted as chairman, told shareholders that new ore had been discovered…

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German Mine Puzzle LONDON, Tuesday. Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 3

It is learned that Germany has yet another new kind of mine, the B.B.C. said to-day…

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Dummy Mine Found. Bluff or Sabotage? Copenhagen, Jan. 9. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 14

A mine recovered off the coast of Jutland crumbled like stone when it was machine-gunned. It was found'to have been filled with…

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Higher Prices for Gilt-edged and Industrials Gold Shares in Favor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 10

More active conditions were accompanied by a firmer tendency in gilt-edged securities and industrials on the Stock Exchange yesterday. Buyers readily took advantage of…

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Australian Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 6

SOVEREIGNS: £2/8/11, unchanged (Commonwealth Bank). GOLD: Fine ounce, £10/12/9, unch.; standard ounce (22 carats), £9/15/0¼, unch…

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Miner Buried by Coal Fall

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 2

LITHGOW, Wednesday. -- Knocked off his feet and burled by a fall of coal today, a miner pushed his head through the debris above him, and was rescued…

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95 Trapped in Mine London

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 3

Ninety-five miners have been trapped by an explosion in [?] mine. Seven are known to have been…

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To Fight Non-Union Coal's Use

Daily News · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 2

The general secretary of the Miners' Federation, Mr. W. Orr, said last night that the Federation proposes to…

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GOLD CO.'s Profit Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 3

Mine profit earned by Boulder Perseverance, Ltd., for 1939 was £171,647. Net profit will be announced from London in May…

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Mining. Tin Shares Stronger. Emperor Recedes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 6

Improved demand resulted in an upward movement in prices of tin shares yesterday. Trading in Barriers was dull, but rates were firm. Quotations…

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Liner Sunk by Mine. Captain Killed. Amazing Rescues. LONDON, Jan. 10. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 10

The Union Castle liner Dunbar Castle (10,062 tons) was mined amidships off the south-east coast of England yesterday afternoon…

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Mining. Barriers Firm. Gold Shares Easier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 8

Increased inquiries for Barriers were made yesterday, and rates for two concerns were higher. Gold shares had an easing trend…

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Australian Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 8

SOVEREIGNS: £2/8/11, unchanged (Commonwealth Bank). GOLD: Fine ounce, £10/12/9, unch.; standard ounce (22 carats), £9/15/0¼, unch…

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Mataki Gold Dredge Sinks

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 12

Mataki Junction Gold Dredging, N.L., received a cable message from the dredgemaster in New Zealand this morning, stating that the dredge…

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Eye Blown Out In Mine Explosion

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 1

KALGOORLIE, Thursday. -- Eugene Collise, 36, miner, had an eye blown out when he drilled into a charge of dynamite in the Great Boulder mine last…

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40-Hours Only in Mines Lithgow

Daily News · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

A conference of the Western Miners' Federation Lodge officials and mining union representatives to-day decided…

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New Gold Company. Operations Near Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 8

Gold Mines of Australia, Ltd., has taken options over extensive areas at Kingston, 15 miles south of Brisbane. A company will be formed in which Gold…

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W.A. Gold Yield. Highest Since 1914

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 8

The Western Australian gold yield for 1939 was 1,214,237 fine ounces, valued at £11,842,964. This is the highest yield since 1914, for…

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7 Miners Dead 88 TRAPPED Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday.--Seven miners have been killed in an explosion in an English mine. Little hope is held for 88 others who have been trapped…

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Mine Disaster. 89 Men Entombed by Explosion. New York, Jan. 11. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 11

Trapped by an explosion in a coalmine 620 feet underground, 89 miners at Bartley, West Virginia, are believed to be doomed…

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