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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1912

6,172 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 250

Warning the Miners. Against Stiff-necked Attitude

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 9

Mr. P. Snowden, M.P. (Socialist), writing in the "Christian Commonwealth," says:—"The miners have secured a tremendous victory in obtaining what the Government has already…

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New Zealand. Gold Exports. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 12

The gold exported from New Zealand in February amounted to 33,73[?]oz, valued at £132,232, as against 25,954oz, valued at £106,366, in February last year…

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Gold Shipment. Fremantle (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 10

The Morea, which sailed on Monday evening shipped the following spe[?]le:—Three boxes bar gold valued at £15,032 3s 8d, for Colomb[?]: 10 boxes containing 50,000…

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English Coal Strike. Mail Breakers Not Hindered

Evening News · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 5

It was stated this morning, on the arrival of the P. and O. R.M.S. Moldavia at Sydney that the running time of the F. and O. line would not be inteview[?] with by the big strike in…

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New Gold Passes. for Members of Parliament

Evening News · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 8

As a result of a motion carried at the last Interstate Commissioners' Conference the design of the gold passes held by members of the various State Parliaments has been…

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Mass Meeting of Bundamba Miners. All-powerful Strike Committee

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 8

[?]PSWICH, Wednesday.--A mass meeting of miners was held on the racecourse, Bundamba, this morning. The press were excluded. It was learned subsequently that the…

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Sympathy in Europe. Handling of Coal. London

The Sun · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 7

Emissaries of the English workers are now on the Continent endeavoring to induce the leaders of the seamen and dockers at Ant-werp, Rotterdam, and Dunkirk to refuse to…

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Danger in the North. Miners' Mass Meeting. Conciliation Committee Collapses

Evening News · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thursday Afternoon—The Colliery C[?] Committee has just coll[?] owing to the owner[?] refusing to discuse the miners [?] for the abolition of…

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Mining in the State. Mount David

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 13

Good progress is being made at Mount David gold mine with the connecting crosscut from now main shaft to the old workings. Upwards of 100ft have been completed. The…

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Broken Hill South Mine. a New Power Plant. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 13

The Broken Hill South mine has put in a new and important plant. The power plant in operation prior to January of this year was what is generally known as high pressure…

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British Broken Hill Mine. Diamond Drilling and Mill Work. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 13

The mining manager of the British B.H., reports, for the week ended March 2, as follows:—"Thompson's shaft, No. 11 level (section F14), south drive…

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Joyous. Coal Strikers' Good Time. Men Free From Care. a Brighter Outlook. More Conference

Evening News · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 6

LONDON, Wednesday Evening—Many of the Stafferdshire and Darbgshire miners attended the Ultexetar rases to-day. [?], the popular Lan! watering…

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Mining. London Solid in Silver Shares. Local Market Steady, But Inactive

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 13

The anticipations of most members of the Sydney Stock Exchange that the quotations of the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday would be adversely affected by the coal…

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Rumors of Peace. the Coal Strike. Government Hopeful. Meanwhile More Misery. Five Million People Directly Affected

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Five million men, women, and children arc now directly affected by the strike. All the suburban trains are immensely…

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The Gold in the Sea. a Chemist's Plans. How He Will Get £260,000 a Year

The Catholic Press · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 15

Dr. Oskar Nagel, an Austrian chemist residing in New York, declares that he has invented a way to extract gold and potash from sea water, and that with a plant that…

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Queensland Gold-mining. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 11

The State gold yield in February was 28,33[?] oz, valued at £120,364. This gives an increase of 1251oz, valued at £5314, as compared with February of last year. The yield…

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Miners Angry. Big Coal Strike Expected. Helping the English Strikers

Evening News · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—All sections of the community to-day realise that an extremely critical situation has arisen is the coal mining industry in the northern district. That there…

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Miners Holiday-making

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 9

Many miners in Staffordshire and Derbyshire attended the races at Uttoxoter yesterday. Blackpool is full of visitors, who are well supplied with money…

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Gold Yield

Evening News · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 6

The [?]al return, furnished by the Under-Setretary for Misses, shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for February is [?] crade, equal to [?] and valued at…

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Gold Yields. Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The gold yield of Victoria for the year 1911 was 542,047oz gross. The production for 1910 was 669,998oz. gross. For the last quarter of 1911, Bendigo headed the…

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