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Mining & the mines, 1912

6,172 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Newcastle Coal and Other Exports. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 10

The following vessel cleared at the Customshouse yesterday:—Queen Elizabeth, s, for United Kingdom, via Melbourne, with 900 tons bunkers and through cargo from Tacoma for…

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Storage of Coal. City Council and Labour Troubles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 7

The city electrical engineer (Mr. Forbes Mackay) recommended to the lighting committee of the City Council yesterday that a stock of coal equivalent to 10 weeks'…

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Welsh Coal. Markets Swept Bare. London, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 9

The Admiralty has diverted large orders for coal from Cardiff to the north of England, and large Italian State railway contracts have been placed in Yorkshire, indicating that the…

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Mining in the State. Hargraves

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 13

Whilst digging at Nuggety Gully James Mitchell found a 90z nugget at a depth of 10ft. Smaller pieces of about 2dwt have been dished…

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End in Sight. the Afternoon Shift. Kurri Kurri Miners Firm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 9

KURRI KURRI, Monday.--Mr. David Watson, the president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, who was in town on Saturday, had something important to say with reference to…

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Mining. a Quiet Day. Silver Stocks Steady

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 13

The business done in mining scrip on the Stock Exchange yesterday was infinitesimal. There was only one transaction in British (old) scrip until after the late call, when a forward…

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Mining. Very Listless Market Rules. All Sections Affected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 13

Very frequently the market opens dull on a Monday morning. This is largely due to operators waiting to ascertain the tone of the Stock Exchanges of Adelaide and…

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Effect of the Lithgow Strike. Stoppage at Belli Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 11

BULLI, Saturday.--The coal trade at all the local mines continues good, with the exception of the Bulli mine, where work has been suspended for the past three days, first through…

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Successful Gun-Runner. Steamer' Arizona Again. Guns and Gold for Rebels

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 7

LONDON. Monitor Evening.—THe steamer Arigons, belonging to the Secretah Company, which in August last was ordered by the Government to be dismantled at Barrbe because it was…

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Strike Mania. the Trouble at Newnes, 400 Men Leave Work. "Non-union" Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 8

According to telegrams received by Mr. H. A. Mitchell, the general secretary of the Engine-drivers and Firemen's Union, the strike at Newnes caused by the miners…

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News from the Four Quarters Foreign Cables Great Coal Strike Threatened. At the Ends of February

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 4

Another great industrial upheaval is looting in Britain, the coalminers in every centre having decided to cease work at the end of February unless…

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Making Money. Production of Australian Mints. Their Enormous Output. How the States Compare. Gold Production of Commonwealth

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 4

Had Australia reached that stage of advanced Socialism which stipulates for the equal distributes of all wealth and were it possible to distrubte all the gold coins which…

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Victorian State Coal Mine

Globe · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 3

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

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Minimum Wage. Coal-miners' Demand. Midland Owners Resist

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday.--The Midland coal mine proprietors have resolved to resist the miners' demand for a minimum wage of 8s a day…

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Mining

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 17

News from Tasmania shows peaceful work at Mount Lyell where 600 men are employed. The output from North Lyell is 250, and from Mount Lyell 450 tons per day…

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Broken-hill Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 13

BROKEN-HILL, Tuesdny.--South Blocks mine reports for the period ended January 18 as follows:--Main Lode--Main shaft sunk a further 10f., total depth 1021ft.; No. 2 level, rise 210ft…

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Rich Long Tunnel Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 52

The Long Tunnel Gold Mine, Gundagai, is still providing sensational gold yields, two crushings during the past week giving very rich returns. On January 20 the Long Tunnel had…

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Death in a Mine

Globe · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 3

A ganger at Broken Hill, while preparing a hole for firing on the South Mine dump, was nearly smothered, though the skimps suddenly coming away. He was removed in an…

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The Gold Paillette

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 24

1. Colonel Ferrers had had a cross-country journey, and consequently he arrived very late at The Chace. He refused to join the other…

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Sensational Gold Yield

Globe · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 3

One dish in the Long Tunnel gold mine at Gundagal (N.S.W.) on Saturday morning yielded 206oz gold…

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