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MINES AND METALS
COMPANY NEWS
Gold Mines of Australia, Ltd.
Gold Mines of Australia, Ltd., made a loss of £26,787... The director’s report revealed that the company had abandoned operations at Batlow (N.S.W.) because values were proving irregular.
The West Australian, 1933
The swill had not yet begun when the yellow Mercedes pulled up at the Batlow Hotel. There was still over an hour till six, and so plenty of time for panicked drinking before the bar was formally closed to local patrons. Clyde Watson Jones’ hometown had been founded in the gold rush. The creeks and tributaries of the area had been extensively worked by hopeful miners, but the rich strikes had become a distant memory. Batlow was a rapidly evolving orcharding district now, though the Depression had seen a resurgence
