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Mining & the mines, 1941

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Australian Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 7

GOLD clodged on Friday): Fine ounce, £10/14/ (unch.): standard ounce (22 carats), £9/16/2 (unch.) Commonwealth Bank, SOVEREIGNS: £2/9/3 (unch.)…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 April 1941 · page 7

BLACK JACK GOLD (fortnight ended April 12):—Crushed 168 tons or stone. Concentrates on hand 6 tons Concentrates ralled to Clilla[?]oc 11.7 tons, estimated value 100z per ton…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 April 1941 · page 7

KING ISLAND SCHEELITE.—Week ended April 26 (5 working days): Main mill treated 410 tons for 3 tons [?]wt Scheelite concentraten: tallings retreatment mill treated 400 tons for 7cwt. total…

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Conference on Miners' Pensions

The Sun · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 2

The Victorian, Queensland and Tasmanian Governments have agreed to send representatives to the conference on miners' pensions to be…

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Wagga Gold Cup Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 4

Fearless, Southerly, Disalto, and Peekmond are likely visitors to Wagga Wagga for the Gold Cup meeting next week, but final arrangements may not be completed…

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U.S. Coal Mines to Reopen. 13 Operators Agree. President's Plan Successful. Washington, April 29. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 12

It was announced from the White House that 13 Southern coal operators had accepted President Roosevelt's proposal for reopening the mines…

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Kurri Miner Killed in Fall of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 6

KURRI, Tuesday.--William Bowling, 39, miner, married, was killed in a fall of coal and stone at Richmond Main Colliery today…

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Coal Not Needed, But Ordered. County Council Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 13

Sydney County Council decided yesterday, by a majority vote, to order an additional 2,000 tons of coal, which the general manager, Mr. Vine-Hall,…

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News From Mines Further Oil Sands in Roma Bore

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 13

The Roma Oil Drilling Pool reports that coring of the No. 4 well was stopped at 3572 feet. Between 3514 feet and 3572 feet, nine…

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"IRON-MAN." Climbs Steep Coal Seams, Remote from Human Control

Construction · Wednesday 30 April 1941 · page 2

It is now possible to cut coal, without any men hand, on a steep coal face with a gradient of 60 degrees. This remarkable advance in the technique of…

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Cuthbert's Misima Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 May 1941 · page 5

The directors of Cuthbert's Misima Gold Mine, Ltd., were confident that reserves in the southern section of the mine would permit of profitable operations…

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Coal Dispute in U.S.A. Northern Mines Re-open. President Prevails. WASHINGTON, April 30. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 May 1941 · page 8

An immediate resumption of coal production in the northern mines will follow President Roosevelt's successful intervention in the dispute in the coal…

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A Secret Move! "Cracow Gold Field," Queensland

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 May 1941 · page 11

(I have confined my commentary to those of your queries which come within the scope of this session.) Is this war a secret move by Britain and…

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City Tattersall's Gold Cup 1m. 3f.—3.55

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 1 May 1941 · page 2

HOPE: This old fellow must have the secret of eternal youth as he is racing as well now as at any time in his lengthy…

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Invincible Colliery. To Pay Interim Dividend

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 7

Invincible Colllery, Ltd., has adopted interim dividend payments with a rate of 2 per cent, for the past half-year. Dividend for the last full year was 4½ per…

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Miners Want War Bonuses

The Sun · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 6

Miners' Federation officials at the Central Reference Board to-day said that if their claim for a war loading were conceded, work stoppages would…

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Australian Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 7

GOLD: Fine cunc[?] £10/14/ (unch.); standard ounce (22 carats) £9/16/2 (unch.) (Commonwealth Bank). SOVEREIGNS: £2/9/3 (unch.)…

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Raub Australian Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 7

For the four weeks ended April 26, production by the battery and retreatment plant of Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd., was 1,406 fine oz of gold, compared with 1,409 fine oz for the…

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Invincible Coal To Pay Interim Dividend

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 12

Directors of Invincible Colliery, Ltd., have decided to pay an interim dividend of 2 per cent. for the half-year ended March 8…

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No Bail Cut in Gold Case

The Sun · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 6

"Our allegations are that quantities of gold have been stolen from Western Australia and brought to this State for disposal," said Sergeant…

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