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Mining & the mines, 1912

6,172 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 250

Colliery Employees. Meeting of the Delegate Board. Regarding the Iron Bonus

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 14

WEST MAITLAND, Friday.--The adjourned meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held, Mr. David Watson, district president, in the chair…

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Queensland Coal-lumpers. Increased Wages Demanded. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 18

A meeting was held to-day between the Australian Labour Federation, Coal-lumpen' Union, and representatives of the Australian Waterside Employers' Federation with regard…

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Mining in the State. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 18

Two loads, containing about eight tons, from the Tolwong Blockup Mine, are on the way to the refining works. The Jerrara Creek Mine, worked some years ago by a Goulburn…

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Mining. Market Practically Unchanged. Slight Improvement in British

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 18

With the exception of Vegetable Creek tin shares, which, on the strength of reports received from Emmaville of the shaft bottoming on payable wash, commanded some support at…

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Our Mining Yield. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 9

Sir,—I read with interest both Mr. Lette's and "Goldminers letters in your valuable paper re the falling-off of the gold yield for 1911. and I' think the majority of goldminers…

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Gundagai Gold. the Long Tunnel Riches. 272 Ounces From Two Dishes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 12

GUNDAGAI, Friday.--At the Long Tunnel Mine this afternoon the shareholders from two dishes of quartz dollied the phenomenal yield of 272oz. This is from the deepest point…

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A Pacific Speech. From the Miners' President. Opinions of Delegates. Subjects Open to Discussion

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 13

LONDON, Friday.--The Birmingham Conference represents 600,000 miners. Mr. Enoch Edwards, M.P. (Labor, Hanley), president' of the Miners' Federation…

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Phenomenal Gold Yield. 272 Ounces From Two Dished Sensation at Gundagai. Gundagai

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 1

The Long Tunnel mine reached its biggest sensation yesterday, when the shareholders, from a shot made during the morning in the reef, from two dishes of quartz, dollied the…

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Out Back. Story of Unknown Australia. Defence of the Blacks. a Dreary Waste Exploring for Gold. How Nobly Mary Played Her Part

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 17

Just back from an exploring expedition through country in Western Australia where white man has never trodden before, Mr. John R. Chaffey, a tall, commanding, bearded man,…

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Colliery Worked Out

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 17

The Grangemouth (Eng.) Colliery was closed down last month, after being worked for nearly seventy years, owing to the coal supply being exhausted…

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Ancient Gold Breast-plate

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 17

A number of gold ornaments, recovered from Lake Guatavita, Columbia, South America, were sold last month at a London auction room. Many years ago it was the custom at the…

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Mining and Fiance. Answers to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 4

R.H. (Tamworth): We cannot trace the Harden Deep Leads. If you have scrip, write to the secretary, whose name will appear thereon, and make inquiries. A.K.M.: The Y Water is a Victorian Tin Company, whose…

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Southern Miners' ANNUAl Delegate Meeting. Favors Sunday Trains. Wollongong, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 7

The annual delegate meeting of the Illawarra Colliery Employers' Association, which was commenced yesterday, was continued to-day. Delegates representing 2282 members were…

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Golden Long Tunnel. "40 Per Cent. Gold."—£1800 Parcel. Gundagai, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 7

The sensational accounts published in the "Sunday Times" during the past year about the wonderful Long Tunnel Mine and the prediction in the issue of March 19 last that "the…

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Britain's Coal Crisis. General Stoppage of Work Agreed To. to Commence in February. London Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1912 · page 7

The Miners Conference at Birmingham has resolved to formerly tender notices in every district terminating work as from the end of February…

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State Coal Mine. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 12

The State mine on Thursday produced 2363 tons of coal, which constitutes a record output of the mine…

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Newcastle. Work at the Collieries. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 10

The pits in the Newcastle and Maitland districts have been working briskly during the past fortnight. Eleven days constituted full time, and this was enjoyed by 14 mines…

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Cangai Copper Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 10

GRAFTON, Sunday.--The manager of the Cangai mine, in his report, to the secretary, states that four furnaces were working during the week; No. 2 and 3 full time, and the others…

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Mining. Silver Shares Firmer. Copper Stocks Sound—gold and Tin Quiet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 11

Though the amount of business transacted on Saturday morning was exceedingly small, especially in the case of copper, gold, and tin shares, the tone of [?] market was more…

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Newcastle. Work at the Collieries. Fairly Good Fortnight

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 8

Despite the gloomy outlook for the coal trade taken by certain colliery proprietors in this district; the pits have on the whole worked well. During the fortnight just concluded full…

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