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Mining & the mines, 1954

2,282 stories in Sydney's papers · page 80 of 115

First British Gold Medal

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 48

With a long jump of 19 feet 9.8 inches Britain's captain, Jean Desforges, lands the…

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First British Gold Medal

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 48

With a long jump of 19 feet 9.8 inches Britain's captain, Jean Desforges. lands the…

Continued on Trove, page 48 →

First British Gold Medal

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 48

With a long jump of 19 feet 9.8 inches Britain's captain, Jean Desforges. lands the…

Continued on Trove, page 48 →

U.k. Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 9

The London price of gold, fine, on Tuesday, rose another 2½d stg to £stgl2/10/ an oz. The price has now risen 2/ an oz…

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First British Gold Medal

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 48

With a long jump of 19 feet 9.8 inches Britain's captain, Jean Desforges, lands the…

Continued on Trove, page 48 →

First British Gold Medal

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 48

With a long jump of 19 feet 9.8 inches Britain's captain, Jean Desforges, lands the…

Continued on Trove, page 48 →

First British Gold Medal

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 48

With a long jump of 19 feet 9.8 inches Britain's captain, Jean Desforges, lands the…

Continued on Trove, page 48 →

First British Gold Medal

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 48

With a long jump of 19 feet 9.8 inches Britain's captain, Jean Desforges, lands the…

Continued on Trove, page 48 →

Some speculative mining recovers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 44

Some speculative mining issues met more support on 'Change today but the majority continued in disfavor. Oil Search, which has been heavily marked down…

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Some speculative mining recovers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 44

Some speculative mining issues met more support on 'Change today but the majority continued in disfavor…

Continued on Trove, page 44 →

Some speculative mining recovers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 44

Some speculative mining issues met more support on 'Change today but the majority continued in disfavor. Oil Search, which has…

Continued on Trove, page 44 →

Some speculative mining recovers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 44

Some speculative mining issues met more support on 'Change today but the majority continued in disfavor. Oil Search, which has been heavily marked down…

Continued on Trove, page 44 →

Some speculative mining recovers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 44

Some speculative mining issues met more support on 'Change today but the majority continued in disfavor. Oil Search, which has been heavily marked down…

Continued on Trove, page 44 →

Fishermen Will Dive For River Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 6

A veteran gold prospector and five spear fishermen will begin diving for alluvial gold in a N.S.W. river in two months. They are members of…

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Vote for Pillar Coal in Q'land

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 15

Queensland coal miners yesterday voted by 516 to 114 in favor of the mechanical extraction of pillar coal. Their vote increased…

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Q'ld. Vote For Extraction Of Pillar Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 6

BRISBANE, Wednesday. —Queensland miners to-day voted overwhelmingly in favour of mechanical…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 9

ARAHURA: Aug., 315,000 cubic yards for 951oz. WELLINGTON ALL.: Week to Aug. 27, 76,000 cubic yards for 611oz,…

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Miners "Driving Private Buses"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 4

Labour Council delegates last night complained that some miners were driving private buses at week-ends to…

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U.k. Gold Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 8

The London price of gold, fine, dropped 2½d on Wednesday to £stg.l2/9/10½ an oz…

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Arthur denies mine, position

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 September 1954 · page 2

Former State Minister for Mines Mr. J. G. Arthur yesterday emphatically denied he had been offered a £4000-a-year post with a Sydney coalmining company…

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