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Mining & the mines, 1912

6,172 stories in Sydney's papers · page 80 of 250

Y. Water Tin Mine. Half-year's,profit, £8883

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 13

The net profit of the Y Water Tin Company for the half-year ended January 31, after providing £3250 for income tax and depreciation, was £8883, as compared with…

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World's Consumption of Bunker Coal Interesting Statistics

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 15

The suggestion that the opening of the Panama Canal may render feasible the establishment of a great American station for supplying coal from…

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Northern Miners. Masters and Men Meet To-day

Evening News · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The conference between the coiliery proprietors and the representatives of the Miners' Federation, opened this morning in the Masonic Hall. There was…

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Newcastle Coal Conference. Second Shift Trouble. Newcastle

The Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 7

A conference of colliery proprietors and miners representatives, which will consider the request of the men that the second shift should be abolished, was opened in the…

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Chartering for Coal Loading. The Briskness at Newcastle

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 12

The strike in Great Britain has its bright and well as the dark side for Australia, and as things stand to-day the bright aspect predominates. If…

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Coal Tar Water. To Destroy Thrip in Rosse

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 8

Thrip is one of the deadliest of rose pests and the least [?] until the flowers, for no apparent reason, turn a dark brown and [?] all their beauty…

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Stop-press News Germany's Coal Strike. Berlin

The Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 8

The strike spirit is weakening in the province of Westphalia. Ten thousand men have resumed work, leaving 159,360 still on strike…

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Mount Elliott, Limited. Purchase of Hampden South Consols Mine. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 13

An extraordinary meeting of shareholders in the Hampden South Consols (Cloncurry) was held to-day, to consider the cash offer received from the Mount Elliott, Ltd., of…

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Western Miners. New Agreement Drawn Up. Proposed Increase in Hewing Rate

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 15

LITHGOW, Monday. -- As a result of the conference held in Sydney between the Lithgow Coal Association and representatives of the Western Miners' Association, an agreement has…

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Coal Crisis. Trouble Spreading. General Demand Anticipated. Labour Leaders' Speeches. London, March l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 9

Altogether 1,342,000 persons have been thrown idle through the coal strike, and their losses in wages is estimated at £5,643,000. A thousand travellers for firms in…

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Mining. London Firm in Silver Shares. Local Market Sound All Round

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 13

The fact that lead at £16/1/3 is the highest price recorded since 1907, when it was £22/10/, and that the London Stock Exchange on Saturday disclosed increased firmness in Barrier…

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News from the Quarters Foreign Cables the British Coal Strike Government to Introduce a Minimum Wage Bill

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 4

The negotiations between the miners and the coalowners in Great Britain for a settlement of the strike have failed, and the outlook is attain ominous…

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Closer Settlement. How Money Has Been Wasted Conditions About Wyalong. From Mining Town to Wheat Depot

The Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1912 · page 8

The Minister for Lands, Mr. Beeby, has returned to Sydney from an interesting trip with Mr. Kelly, M.L.A., through the country around Wyalong. The route of two proposed…

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Future of Gold Mining

Globe · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 6

It is difficult to make accurate predictions about the future of any mining industry, says an exchange, except the mines already known, and even then such predictions are liable to…

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Cessnock Collieries. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 6

The country is looking remarkably well just now. Grass is plentiful, and the inflow of cream to the local butter factory is increasing weekly. The factory put up a record for…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 21

At the Coronation Deep Lead the sinking of the main shaft is proceeding, and it is now down 45½ft. The sinking is getting easier. The Cope's Creek dredge ran for 110 hours…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 12

Buckland River South Extended dredge ran 120 hours and recovered 21oz. gold. In connection with the New Burragorang silver mine, the manager reports as follows for…

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Financial. the World's Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 21

Official, semi-official, and estimated figures confirm that the gold production of the world for the year 1911 has attained the maximum ever recorded. Taking into account, indeed,…

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Collecting Gold From Pannings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 39

In prospecting an area for gold by the use of a pan, it is not often convenient to bring in samples to the laboratory- In testing alluvial ground I have found it very…

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Tin Mining Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1912 · page 21

Bourke's Hill Tin-sinicing Company, Eramaville, March 12:—No. 1 plant: Running two shifts, treating average material, washing down boxes, expect average yield…

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