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Mining & the mines, 1946

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Sth. African Gold Shares Cheaper Now

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 10

JOHANNESBURG, Friday.-- Prices of some Orange Free State gold shares fell yesterday after the announcement of…

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New Gold Strikes Anticlimax To Early Fever

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 3

LONDON, April 25 (A.A.P.).— Three new gold strikes in the Orange Free State, announced yesterday by the Development and…

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Star Gold's Dash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 15

STAR GOLD, who has been out of the winning list for some time, dashed over four furlongs in 50¾ at Rosehill this morning…

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Star Gold's Dash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 15

STAR GOLD, who has been out of the winning list for some time, dashed over four furlongs in 50¾ at Rosehill this morning…

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Star Gold's Dash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 15

STAR GOLD, who has been out of the winning list for some time, dashed over four furlongs in 502 at Rosehill this morning…

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Star Gold's Dash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 15

STAR GOLD, who has been out of the winning list for some time, dashed over four furlongs in 50¾ at Rosehill this morning…

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"This World Will Be Mine"

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 5

"This World Will Be Mine," complete free novel in tomorrow's Sunday Telegraph, is by a new writing team--Mary Loos, niece of the famous Anita, and…

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Need for High Gold Output

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 5

The need for maximum gold production in Australia and its territories to provide foreign exchange was stressed by Mr. H. G…

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Speedboats Race For Gold Cup

The Sun · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 7

Osprey I (B. Favell) won the first heat of the 10- mile Stuart Doyle Gold Cup motor boat championship today…

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Fight Against Cessnock Mine Fire Goes On

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 4

CESSNOCK, Friday.—The reclaiming of Cessnock No. 2 mine was advanced another step to-day when a complete block was made…

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Sydney Firm In Gold Boom Bid

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 1

ODENDAALS RUST, April 26 (A.A.P.).—A Sydney engineering firm has written to the Mayor of this South African gold-boom…

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Gold- fever from Brazil to Ballarat

The Sun · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 4

A CABLE report from South Africa this week reports that the local residents of Odendaals Rust, centre of the rich gold find in Orange Free State, feel "gold brings trouble--…

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Gold Rush on the Seven Seas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 7

WITH her gun barrels hot from continuous firing against German Stukas and Italian bombers, the British cruiser Dido steamed…

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This World Will Be Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 April 1946 · page 1

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This World Will Be Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 April 1946 · page 2

MRS. CARRINGTON VAN VLEET picked up Town and Country. There she…

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Men May Refuse to Work Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 April 1946 · page 12

NEWCASTLE, Sat.--Men may refuse to work North Wallarah colliery because it flooded during the recent rains…

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Gold Find May Prove Bonanza

Truth · Sunday 28 April 1946 · page 50

THE almost simultaneous announcement of rich gold finds in South. Africa and Australia has stimulated the…

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Miners get first rest for five days CESSNOCK

The Sun · Sunday 28 April 1946 · page 6

MANY volunteers working to control the fire in the burning Cessnock No. 2 colliery went home…

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Stop Press Late Edition Gold-strike Land Boom

The Sun · Sunday 28 April 1946 · page 1

CAPETOWN, Saturday.--The rush for land after the big gold strike is spreading for hundreds of miles around the area…

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Arctic gold rush with 15 planes OTTAW

The Sun · Sunday 28 April 1946 · page 2

YELLOWKNIFE, north-western territory mining town, a couple of hundred miles south of the Arctic…

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