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Mining & the mines, 1912

6,172 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

The Newnes Dispute. Railway Workers Support Newnes Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 8

The secretary of the Railway Workers and General Laborers' Union reported at the last meeting of the executive that trouble was occasioned at Newnes owing to the action of a…

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Colliery Idle. Dispute Over Workings. Who Should Control? Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 7

The Abermain miners did not go to work to-day. At a meeting of the lodge last night the men contended that it was unsafe to work more…

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Broken Hill Proprietary Mine. a Month's Operations. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 7

At the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine during the four weeks ended January 17, work was curtailed owing to the holidays. The ore dressing mills treated 14,006 tons of crudes[?]…

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Mining in the State. Mount David

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 7

The construction of the plat in the new main shaft of the M[?]. David mine has been completed and crosscutting operations are now proceeding. A distance of about 20ft has…

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Mining. a Dull Day. Barriers Almost Untouched

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 11

Dealers in mining stocks kept very quiet yesterday, and the business reported on the Stock Exchange was very limited indeed. Silver was entirely neglected until the late call, when a…

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Public Disaster Relief Fund. West Wyalong Mining Disaster

Watchman · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 8

The Executive Committed of the New South Wales Public Disaster Relief Fund have had under consideration the claims for relief submitted by and on behalf of the…

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The Abermain Miners. Manager's Attitude. Takes All Responsibility. Men on the "Danger" Question

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 9

KURRI KURRI, Wednesday.--Although the secretary of the Abermain miners expressed the opinion this morning that the trouble existing at the mine would right itself in a day or two,…

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The Miners' Request. Declined by Coalowners' Association. Mines Inspector to Visit Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 6

Mr. Pittman, the Under-Secretary for Mines, wrote on Wednesday night to the Colliery Proprietors' Association, staging that it had been reported to the Minister that an alteration bad…

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Gold Miners' Wages. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 8

Almost the whole of the workmen in the gold mining industry will benefit by the determination of the Gold Miners' Wages Board. It is roughly slated that the average rate of increase will be 3s per week for each…

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The Abermain Colliery

The Sun · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 9

The latest development in regard to the Abermain Colliery dispute is that the Government inspector has been instructed to make an inspection of the mine. A…

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Colliery Conciliation. Chairman Difficulty. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 7

The negotiations between the mine representatives and the colliery proprietors with regard to the formation of a joint conciliation committee for the settlement of industrial…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 5

Charters Towers yields.—Mills United, 1342 tons, gold valued at £3268; and New Brilliant Freehold. 1121 tons, gold valued at £3221. The latter company has declared a dividend of is…

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Late Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 8

CHARTERS TOWERS, Thursday.--To-day' mining sales were:--Brilliant, 44; Deeps, 1411, 159; Block, 33 to 39; do. (paid), 5 to 56; Clark's, 7: Kelly's, 2[?], 2[?] Kulamadhu, 33; Marshall's, 24; Central, 17, [?]…

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South Greta Colliery. Hopes for a Settlement

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 8

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--The dispute at the South Greta colliery respecting lines under the dirt scale remains unsettled. The men had threatened to give 14 days' notice of…

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Miners' Grievance. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 9

There is a dirt scale grievance among miners at the South Greta Colliery B, and a strike was threatened, but the m[?]n, acting on the advice of the district officers, are…

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The Southern Gold Fields

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 4

Bungedore asks if I con procure for him a copy of the Rev. Clark's book on "The Southern Gold Fields."…

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Mining Accidents. Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 8

John Cavill, jun.; a doputy in the Coal Cliff collieries, received severe injuries to one of his arms yesterday. A shot was fired at the face, when Cavill was considered to be at a…

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Coal Trouble at Newcastle. Ministerial Intervention

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 8

At the [?]nstance of the Minister for Mines, the Under-Secretary (Mr. Pittman) wrote on Wednesday night to the Colliery Proprietors' Association, saying it had been reported that…

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Colliery Disputes. Proposed Conciliation. Committee. Employers Anxious to Meet the Men

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Up to a certain point the negotiations between the Colliery Employees' Federation and the Colliery Proprietors' Defence Association, for the appointment…

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Broken Hill Junction Mine. Erection of Mill Plant. Early Production of Valuable Concentrates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 5

An official explanation of the work in progress in connection with the preparations of the plans of the mill to be erected on the Broken Hill Junction mine, as well as the…

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