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Mining & the mines, 1950

4,021 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 202

Jack Davey Gold in the head

The Sun · Sunday 26 March 1950 · page 48

I SUPPOSE I'm foolish telling everybody about this because it'll only start a gold rush…

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"Gold Bars" Fraud Ushers In The Con. Man's Golden Season

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 26 March 1950 · page 2

THE gold bar trick worked again in Adelaide last week, when two confidence men persuaded a gold buyer to part with £2,300 on the spurious security of heavily gold-plated lead…

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Gold Find on Snowy River Officials keep it secret KIANDRA

The Sun · Sunday 26 March 1950 · page 2

ENGINEERS on the Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme have found gold…

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Imports As Short-term Solution New Government Plans To Solve Coal Problem Long-term Scheme for Open-cuts

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 26 March 1950 · page 7

CANBERRA, Saturday.—The Federal Government has decided to speed-up plans to produce eventually 4 to 5 million tons of coal a year from open-cut mines and substantially…

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£300,000 at Stake in the Hebrides Divers Reach Ancient Galleon Wreck In Spanish Gold Search From Our Staff Correspondent

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 26 March 1950 · page 4

LONDON, March 25.—Admiralty divers working off the Hebridean Island of Mull have found the hull of a Spanish galleon believed to be carrying ducats worth £300,000 sterling. The galleon sank in…

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Only 2 Idle Mines

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 2

There are only two mine stoppages today--one in the north and one in the south. Output should be more than…

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Only 2 Idle Mines

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 2

There are only two mine stoppages today-- one in the north and one in the south. Output should be more than…

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Only 2 Idle Mines

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 2

There are only two mine stoppages today-- one in the north and one in the south. Output should be more than…

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Only 2 Idle Mines

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 4

There are only two mine stoppages today--one in the north and one in the south. Output should be more than…

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Only 2 Idle Mines

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 4

There are only two mine stoppages today--one in the north and one in the south. Output should be more than…

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Only 2 Idle Mines

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 4

There are only two mine stoppages today--one in the north and one in the south. Output should be more than…

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Only 2 Idle Mines

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 2

There are only two mine stoppages today-- one in the north and one in the south. Output should be more than…

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Mine Floating Off Queensland Coast

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 5

INNISFAIL, Monday. -- A fishing party to the Barrier Reef from Innisfail sighted a four-spiked mine four miles…

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Mine Floating Off Queensland Coast

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 5

INNISFAIL, Monday.--A fishing party to the Barrier Reef from Innisfail sighted a four- spiked mine four miles…

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Mine Floating Off Queensland Coast

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 5

INNISFAIL, Monday. -- A fishing party to the Barrier Reef from Innisfail sighted a four-spiked mine four miles…

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Mine Floating Off Queensland Coast

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 5

INNISPAIL, Monday.--A fishing party to the Barrier Reef from Innisfail sighted a four- spiked mine four miles…

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Mine Floating Off Queensland Coast

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 5

INNISFAIL, Monday. -- A fishing party to the Barrier Reef from Innisfail sighted a four-spiked mine four miles…

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Mine Floating Off Queensland Coast

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 5

INNISFAIL, Monday. -- A fishing party to the Barrier Reef from Innisfail sighted a four-spiked mine four miles…

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Sightseers Flock Into Gold Town

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Thousands of sightseers gave gold- struck Weddeburn a "boom town" appearance over the weekend. Wilson St., where all finds have been made so far, was…

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Sightseers Flock Into Gold Town

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Thousands of sightseers gave gold-struck Weddeburn a "boom town" appearance over the weekend. Wilson St., where all finds have been made so far. was…

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