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…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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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