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Mining & the mines, 1941

3,912 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 196

N.S.W. Gold Yield. Two Months Decrease, l,167oz

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

Gold produced in New South Wales in the first two months of 1941 amounted to 12,235.91 fine oz, valued at £130,924 Australian currency, compared with 13,403.13…

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City Tattersall's Club. Prospects for To-morrow's Meeting. Buzalong May Win Gold Cup

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 13

City Tattersall's Club's Gold Cup meeting will be held at Randwick to-morrow. Excluding the Brush Hurdle Race for which Blackie Miller will walk over, there will be six races, which will begin with the Three-year-old Handicap at 1.30…

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Big Treble Declined Offer to Cooper on Brisbane Races Gold Salute At Short Odds BRISBANE

The Sun · Friday 2 May 1941 · page 11

Gold Salute s owner, Mr. A. E. Cooper, has declined a four-figure wager at short odds on the treble, Gold Salute in the King's Plate, Abspear in the St. Leger, and Gold Salute in the Moreton Handicap…

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Miners' Claim

The Sun · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 3

Judge Drake-Brockman, chairman of the Central Reference Board, has reserved judgment on the application of the Miners' Federation for a…

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Sunshine Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 13

Sunshine Gold Development Ltd.. reports that the clean-up for April yielded 206oz of gold Sluicing, which was suspended during March owing to flooding was again [?] on April…

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No Miners' Wage Decision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 5

The Coal Mines Central Reference Board yesterday failed to reach agreement on the miners' application for a 10 per cent, wage increase…

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Australian Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 13

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

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Court Shown £3000 In Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 5

Three ingots of gold weighing 419oz., valued at more than £3000, were exhibited at the Central Police Court…

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Melb. Gold Shares in Reverse

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 9

WHILE Sydney Stock Exchange has traded more or less peacefully, prices of gold shares in Melbourne have suffered…

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New Guinea Gold Strike Still on

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 9

ACCORDING to advices received late last week the strike of miners employed by New Guinea Goldfields Ltd. has not yet been settled…

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May Toss for Ownership of Gold Cup

The Sun · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 8

Dead-heats in the City Tattersall's Gold Cup are providing the committee with problems. Last year another trophy had to be provided when…

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City Tattersall's Club. Meeting at Randwick. Good Field in Gold Cup

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 May 1941 · page 19

City Tattersall's Club will hold its Gold Cup Meeting at Randwick to-day. There are 16 acceptors for the Gold Cup, and as many proved and promising stayers will run a keen race should result. Victory may go to the 1938 Caulfield Cup winner Buzalong, who has shown glimpses…

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Find Started Gold Rush

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 May 1941 · page 5

FOUR PROSPECTORS at Peak Hill, whose find of a £40 nugget has started a gold rush there. From left: Jim Dewar, Ray Garlick (standing), Bill Staines (in front), Frank Dewar…

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Miners' Big Pay Rise Newcastle

The Sun · Sunday 4 May 1941 · page 7

Substantial rises for miners will increase the yearly wages bill throughout Australia by £200,000…

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Miners Get Windfall: New Award Newcastle

Truth · Sunday 4 May 1941 · page 20

COAl miners in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, and Tasmania will be enriched to the tune…

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Glamorous Gold Salute Gallops Close to Record

Truth · Sunday 4 May 1941 · page 5

BRISBANE, Saturday.—The glamor boy of the Australian turf, Alan Cooper, certainly has a glamor horse in Gold Salute. Opposed to mediocrity plus in Spearbleu, Tragopan, and Overdraft, in to-day's…

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Shean On Gold Salute Just Sat Still for £350 BRISBANE

The Sun · Sunday 4 May 1941 · page 15

The King's Plate was just a gift for Gold Salute at Ascot to-day and he won with the greatest of ease,…

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Vivid Picture Story of a Coalminer Cessnock Coal Has Yielded £50,000,000

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 May 1941 · page 10

Cessnock our future Birmingham e 20,000 tons of coal won daily Miners earn £60,000 fortnightly Heart of the richest coalfield in the Southern…

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Joining the gold rush, our special reporter saw -- Bagpipes Played by Free Air

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 May 1941 · page 5

PEAK HILL, Saturday. -- Gripped by gold fever, Peak Hill is wildly celebrating tonight…

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Two Claimants to Gold Cup Dead-heat Again Sets Club A Poser Trainers Toss But Owners Yet to Decide

The Sun · Sunday 4 May 1941 · page 14

For the second year in succession, the committee of City Tattersall's Club was faced with a problem over the distribution of prizes for the City Tattersall's Cup…

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