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Mining & the mines, 1912

6,172 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

Coal and Other Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 10

The following vessels were cleared at the Newcastle Customs House on Thursday:— Kakapo, steamer, for Beauty Point, Devonport, and Burnie, with 2180 tons coal and 150…

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The British Coal Crisis

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 8

Very little prospect of escape from a national coal strike in Great Britain now offers itself. It is questionable, in fact, if those who are acquainted with the inner…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 13

At the thirteenth ordinary general meeting of Potter's Sulphide Ore Treatment Co., held in Melbourne yesterday, the directors' report showed that the option for the purchase of the…

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Mount Lyell Mines. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 13

Better progress is now being made at the Mount Lyell mines. Sufficient ore is forthcoming to keep two furnaces in constant blast. The grade of ore won appears up…

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Gold Shipments. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 11

R.M.S. Omrah yesterday took £16,000 for London, shipped by the Orient S.N. Company…

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Tin-mining Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 13

Bourke's Hill Tin-sluicing Company, Emmaville, February 1.—Sluicing average quality ground No. 2 plant. Pipes for carriage of water new race delivered, other details being completed…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 13

The Broken Hill Proprietary Company to-day secured suspension of six months' labour conditions over the Potosi mine…

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Mining Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 10

While working with a co-operative mining party, on the Rose of Shannon lead, at Rutherglen, to-day, Carl Butcher, a miner, met with an accident. He was being lowered…

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Miners Will Resume. Decision at Charters Towers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 10

CHARTERS TOWERS, Thursday.--An enthusiastic meeting of the minors was held lost evening, and it was decided to resume work forthwith…

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State Coalmine. Mines Resume Work. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 10

While the miners at the State coal mine consider that the wheelers had a just grievance, they regard their action in declining to work as a contravention of union rules. At…

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West Wyalong Mining Disaster Relief

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 9

The executive committee of the N.S.W. Public Disaster Relief Fund beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following comtributions towards alleviating the distress…

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Mining in the State. Yerranderie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 13

A local syndicate has been formed to work on what is believed to be a lode connecting with the rich ore now being worked by the Tonalli Sirver Mining Company. The new…

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Mining. Barriers Firm. Remaining Sections Dull

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 13

The strong support given to Barrier shares [?]as again the feature of the limited amount of business effected on the Sydney mining market yesterday. A steady quotation for lead and an…

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Mount Elliott Mine. Work Stopped by Brisbane Strike. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 13

The following telegram was received to-day from Queensland by the Melbourne office of Mount Elliott, Ltd.:—"All employees, under instructions, from their union executive,…

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Militant Miners. Demand for a Minimum Wage Great Strike Threatened. London

The Sun · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 1

The failure of the Coal Miners' Federation and the colliery owners to come to terms may yet lead to a great national coal strike. In the ballot that took place among the…

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Labour Unrest. Coal Trade Dispute. Minimum Wage Question London, Feb. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 9

The national conference between the coalowners and the Miners' Federation in respect to the basis arrived at for a settlement of the minimum wage question has reached a crisis…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. British Workers. Miners and Minimum. Doctors' Difficulties

Evening News · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 10

LONDON, Thursday.—At the national confernce yesterday, between the Miners' Federation and the coal owners, the latter admitted the principle of a fair wage, and offered special…

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Mining Catastrophe. Sixty-five Men Entombed. Message Through an Air Pipe

Evening News · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 9

SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday Evening.—A disaster has occurred in the Bunker Hill Mine, Amsder City California of miners being encombed as the [?] fall of…

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Long Tunnel Mine. Dazzling Future in Sight. £30,000 Worth Secured to Date. Prospector's Remarkable Life Story

Evening News · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 14

"Wonderful Long Tunnel." These words were applied nearly twelve months age to the mine att Gundagai, when its regard was small in comparison with that…

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A Blow to the Strikers. Return Op Ipswich Railway Men. Trade Improving in Brisbane. Hotels Again Doing Business. Coal for the Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 9

BRISBANE, Thursday.--To-day, the tenth day of thes trike, was the quietest yet experienced. The usual gathering took place opposite the Trades-hall, about 10 o'clock, when…

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