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Mining & the mines, 1941

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Home Sites for Tin Miners

The Sun · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 7

More than 100 home sites are to be provided for miners on the new tin fields at Gibsonvule. Announcing this to-day, the…

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Gold Shareholders Form Committee

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 17

London, Wednesday (A.A.P.).-- Shareholders in the de Bernales group of gold-mining companies, at a meeting under the chairmanship of Mr…

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Market Generally Firm. Coal Shares Active

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 5

Bidding was somewhat sharper on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday and a slightly firmer tone developed in all sections…

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Cessnock Collieries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 7

As the reduction in capital from £550,000 to £385,000 has been confirmed by the Court, contributing shares of Cessnock Collieries, Ltd., will now be…

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New "Gold Rush" at Mullumbimby. 340 Mining Applications. LISMORE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 11

Discovery of gold in a bucket drawn up from a hole sunk for a well at Byron Bay has led to a flood of mining applications in the district…

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Mount Morgan Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 7

Mount Morgan. Ltd., reports an estimated working deficit of £3,181 for the four weeks ended March 5. compared with an estimated surplus of £8,685 for the previous period. In…

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Amethyst And Gold Brooch

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 8

Her great-great-grandmother's amethyst brooch set in gold was worn by Miss Sheila Terry Ellison when she married Sergeant David Cameron,…

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Home Sites for Tin Miners. Gibsonvale Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 10

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Yeo, said yesterday that his department would subdivide 25 to 30 acres at the Gibsonvale tin field into home sites of about a quarter of an acre…

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News From Mines Mount Morgan Working Loss

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 12

Mount Morgan, Ltd., incurred an estimated working loss of £3181 for the four weeks ended March 5. In arriving at the working deficit, no…

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Withdrawal of Horses. "Too Much Weight." Gold Salute and Tidal Wave

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 12

Dissatisfaction with the weights allotted by the A.J.C. Handicapped Mr. G. F. Wilson, led to the withdrawal yesterday of Gold…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 12

CARPATHIA TIN.—Fortnight ended March 1: 108 tons low grade ore mined, and hauled from south open cut. Spur of rich ore 3ft by 3ft located off 44 winze; 115 tons crushed, for 1.85…

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World Gold. Last Year's Increase

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 12

Consecutive increases in world gold production have been recorded each year since 1929. The estimate of 40,500,000 fine ounces for 1940, a…

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'Wealthy' gold-finder never owned mine

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 16 March 1941 · page 3

LOS ANGELES, Saturday. -- Reputed to own fabulously rich gold mines, "Death Valley Scotty," a mysterious prospector, has never owned a single mine…

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Bed And Gold At The Rainbow's End

The Sun · Sunday 16 March 1941 · page 16

HIGH in the windy hills north-east of San Francisco is the Rainbow's End, complete with its own pot of…

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Collieries and Shipping Companies. Operating at Newcastle and District

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 1

The following are the names of the collieries and shipping companies, with their addresses and telephone numbers, which are at present…

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Change in Coal Board Membership. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 9

A special Commonwealth Gazette to-day announces that Mr. William Shakespeare, of the Miners' Central Council, has resigned his position as an employees representative…

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Finance Editor's Column Wiluna Gold At 7-

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 12

BASED on last year's treatment of 585,587 tons of stone, Wiluna Gold Mines has a life of two years as from March 31, 1940…

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Judgment Gives Miners £11,392

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 10

PERTH, Tuesday. -- Gold-mining tributers in a Kalgoorlie mine will shortly divide £11,392. The Supreme Court today gave…

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Coal Gas for Cars Scheme

The Sun · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 2

"It is not a party matter and the committee should have a practicable plan for the use of coal gas for cars ready for the incoming Government,"…

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How Miners Will Get Pay Rise

The Sun · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 10

The recent 2s 5d a day increase granted to coalminers will be withheld on all fields next payday. The 7d a day increase granted to…

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