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Mining & the mines, 1911

6,275 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 250

Late Cable News. Received To-day. Strike Riots in Wales. Many People Injured. Colliery Shops Burnt Down

Evening News · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday.— Serious rioting has taken place at the colliery of the Cas[?] Combine at Clydach Vale. A mass meeting of miners condemned the executive for…

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Colon Peaks Mining Company. Injunction Against Sale Applied For

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--An action in which the plaintiffs are Charles James Bartlett, Mary A. Bartlett, T. O. Kaufmann, and D. L. Henry, and the defendants the Colon Peaks Mining…

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The Strike—and After. Northern Coal Trade. Some of It Gone for Ever

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1911 · page 6

Whate a big strike means to Newcastle is seen in the fact that to-day many men who formerly earned good wages as coal-miners are appealing to the Government for work,…

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State Coal Mines

Evening News · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 10

"It is not my fault of things are not going as fast through, with regard in the requisition of coal mines by the Sentencing the Stars' said the Minister for Mines (Mr Edden) when…

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Anybody's Gold Mine !

The Arrow · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 3

A BAG OF GOLD WEIGHING OVER ONE POUND (that is, 50 sovereigns) is one of the prizes in a simple competition designed to celebrate the birth of the…

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State Coal Mine. Mr. Edden's Caution. Parliamentary Sanction Necessary. Mines in the North, West, and South

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 13

The Minister for Minos is determined to stand on sate ground in regard to his proposals for a State coal mine, "It is not my fault if we are not going on fast enough," he said…

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Legal Stumbling Block. State Coal Mine Hung Up. Parliament's Sanction Required

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 15

Though some work is being carried out in connection with the projected State coal mines the proposal is practically in abeyance until the matter comes before Parliament…

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'Anthracite Collieries to Close. London, March 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 15

The owners of the Welsh anthracite collieries have given a month's notice of a complete stoppage of work. In all 15,000 miners are affected…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 16

Nuggety Ajax Company has declared a dividend of 1/ per share. East Oriental Glanmire crushed 1000 tons for 16Ooz 9dwt sme[?]ted gold…

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Gold Medals Competition

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 6

The enterprising executive of the Rookwood P.L.L. announce a grand concert and competitions in singing and dancing, for which gold medals will be awarded…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 11

Mr. J. S. Richardson, attorney for the Union of Loudon and Smith's Bank, Limited, advises that he has been instructed that the bank, as debenture-holder from the New Hillgrove…

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When Gold is Dirt

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 3

Thomas A Edison, in an interview published in the February number of the ' Cosmopolitan Magazine,' makes some remarkable predictions of new…

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Mining. Copper Weaker

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 16

Business in mining shares on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday was so extremely depressed that only a few sales were reported in coppor, nnd nono in tin, local gold, or…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 16

The 20ft lode at Block 10, 1715ft level, assayed only 5 per cent, lead, 6.5oz silver, and 6 per cent. zin[?] This is very poor, but does not necessarily mean that the lode right along…

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Mining. Business Extremely Dull

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 11

Such a meagre amount of business as that which took place in mining shares on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday has not been shown for a considerable period. Operations…

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Chaffinch Mine. the Conspiracy Charges. Finding of Specimens Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 15

The charge against E. C. Dyason, E. W. Bonwick, and H. Greenway, of having, between November 29 and December 13 last, at Southern Cross and elsewhere in Western…

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New Ocean Liner. No Funnels, No Boilebs, No Coal. Bunkers

The World's News · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 19

A sew type of vessel, which promises in a short time to revolutionise marine transport, is being constructed in Messrs. Barclay, Curie, and Co.'s yard at Glasgow for the Russian…

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History of a Proletarian Family. No 3 the Iron Collar ; or, Faustine and Syomara. (All Rights Reserved.) The Gold Sickle

People · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 4

The first publication of this is story in Australia commenced in "The People," for August 13, 1910. The scene of the story is laid in ancient Gaul. Joel, the…

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Details of the Great Competition. Swag of Treasure fOR "Globe" Friends. a Bag of Gold Weighing Over 1Lb. for First Prize—and More Than 3 Hundred Others

The Arrow · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 15

"The Globe" desires to concentrate public attention on the date of its debut, and therefore puts up a swag of treasure to back its opinion that the people will think…

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New Newspaper. to Be Published on April 4 Next. "The Globe," a Penny Weekly. Filled with Matter of Interest to all Australians. Great Competitions. To Celebrate the Birth of the New Journal. a Bag of Gold Weighing Over One Pound Given Away. Gold Watches and Bangles. Sil-ver Watches, Fountain Pens, and Bank Notes Are Some of the Other Prizes

The Arrow · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 15

April 4 will be a great day. Not only will the first local launching of an Australian warship take place. but at the break of morn there will be published the…

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