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Mining & the mines, 1913

6,594 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250

Northern Collieries. More Hopeful Outlook. Lambton B Pit Idle. Newcastls

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 7

The mining situation is regarded as more hopeful since the meeting between Mr. Carmichael and the proprietors, but it is believed that any new committee that may be…

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Fell Forty Feet. Accident at Balmain Mine

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 4

Frank Keen, aged 35, a carpenter, who lives in Moore-street, Balmain, fell 40ft, down a shaft at the mine, of the Sydney Harbor Collieries, Ltd., Birchgrove-street, Balmain,…

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Colliery Outlook. Position Hopeful Proprietors' Decision. Arrange to Meet Minister

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 10

Yesterday morning a meeting was held of the Hunter River District Colliery Proprietors Defence Association to consider the suggestion of the Minister for labor (Mr. Carmichael) that…

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Gold Minees' Strike. Charters Towers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 9

The night and afternoon shifts at the [?] [?] Extended mine are now out on strike. It is stated the cause is due to friction on the night shift between the shift boss and a…

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B.H. BLOCK 10 Mine. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 12

The B.H. Block 10 mine has again got into full work, and is well supplied with men. The south-west drive (615ft level) has been carried a further 9ft through old fillings. This drive…

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Seaman's Union Angry. a Shipment of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 10

WELLINGTON (N:Z.), Thursday.--The Dunedin "Star" states that the Japanese steamer Hakushaki Maru brought to Sydney a cargo of phosphates, and then proceeded to…

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The Mines. Owners Interview the Ministee. Hopeful Outlook

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 10

A deputation from the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association waited upon tho Minister for Education and Labour yesterday regarding the withdrawal of the proprietors…

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Maitland Miners. Trouble with the Wheelers. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 10

The quarterly meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation met to-day, Mr. David Watson presiding. The position at Burwood colliery brought about through…

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Mining Wages; Tar Brand on Sheep

The Land · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 13

Subscriber asks:—(1) What is the proper mining wage in New South Wales for sinking and driving under ground? (2) What is the wage for…

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Mining in the State. Yambulla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 12

There are not many miners working here just now, yet all who are at work are on fair gold. Lewis and party are having a paddock of stone treated at the Federal battery, and…

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An Old Claim. From Big Coal Strike. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 10

Strong efforts have been made by the Colliery Employees' Federation for some time to impress upon the Government the fairness of the claims of the Ebbw Main and…

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Gold Withdrawals. State Cabinet's Decision. Bank of England Approval. London, Thursday, 8.35 p.m

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 8

The directors of the Bank of England have written to the Agent-General for New South Wales, Mr. T. A. Coghlan, expressing, their approval of the determination of the New…

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Mining. Copper Recovers. Lead Falls. Tone of Market Improves. Share Values Harden a Little

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 12

The feeling of panic that swept over the market on Wednesday, consequent on the big drop in copper, and the easier share values on the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday,…

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Northern Miners. Durham Colliery Strike Settled. Newcastle

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 4

The Durham colliery strike was settled this morning, but there is still a deadlock at Burwood, which pit was thrown idle nearly a fortnight ago through a dispute between the…

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Metropolitan Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 15

HELENSBURGH, Friday.--The Metropolitan colliery continues to work every day. The output is still affected owing to a shortage of miners. A large number of the regular employees of the colliery have started on the…

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Colliery Troubles. Proposed Conference. Not Yet Discussed. Another Colliery Idle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 13

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--It has transpired that at their meeting held in Sydney on Thursday the proprietors received a request from the executive of the Colliery Employees'…

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Eleanora Mines Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 23

Operations at the [?] mine, during the fortnight ended January [?], are officially recorded as follow:- Main shaft.—Timbering of the station at No. [?]…

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Greed of Gold

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 3

The brutal murder at Fitzroy, Melbourne, last week, when an unoffending citizen was shot in cold, blood in his own private bedroom in the…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 23

The directors of the Great Britain Sluicing Company, Ltd., have declared a dividend (No. 35) of 1/ per share, payable on Tuesday, January 28. The transfer books will…

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Southern Coal Trader. Extent of the Coal Measures. Shipping Disabilities

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 15

The Illawarra coal measures are comprised of six-district seams, but up to the present only one, known in the district, as the Bulli scam, is deemed of commercial value. Except…

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