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Mining & the mines, 1913

6,594 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Colliery Troubles. Proprietors to Meet. Burwood Mine Still Idle. Troubles at Other Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The colliery proprietors will meet at Sydney to-morrow, when the request of the Colliery Employees' Federation for a conference will be considered…

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Colliery Troubles. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 5

The miners are expecting the reconstitution of the Joint Conciliation Committee, and are waiting to hear the result of the proprietors' next meeting…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 12

Gold Dredging Yields.—Turon River, No. 1 plant (134 hours), 31oz. Tin Dredging Yields.—Stanthorpe Company (213 hours), 74cwt; Tongkah Compound…

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Gold by Mooltan

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 9

FREMANTLE, Monday.--The R.M.S. Mooltan sailed this evening, taking the following specie, 50,000 sovereigns and three boxes of bar gold, valued at £15,058 18s, for Colombo…

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Coal and Other Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 7

The following vessels were cleared at the Newscastle Customs-house to-day:—Wanganul, s, for Wanganui, with 412 tons coal and through cargo from Sydney; Gabo, s, for…

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Newcastle. Coal Shipping Board

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 4

The Crane Employees' Wages Board, of which Mr. Hamilton is chairman, sat at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday. In September last an award, governing the conditions of employment at the coal shipping appliances…

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North Lyell Mine. Pumping Operations

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 12

ZEEHAN, Monday.--A start was made to take the water from the North Lyell mine this evening. The bailing to the 300ft. level and the pumping from the 700ft. level will be…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 15

Turon River Company's No. 1 plant worked 34 hours for 31oz. gold. Stanthorpe Proprietary Company's latest yield of tin oxide is 3 tons 14cwt. after a run…

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Mining. Barrier Shares Improve

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 15

On the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday a distinct improvement was recorded in the tone of the market for Barrier shares, owing to the receipt, of increased prices from London…

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Northern Coal Trouble Proprietors Meet Again

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 4

The northern callery propri[?] held another meeting at Sydney this morning is co[?] with the trouble est[?] in the north. It is understood that the meeting was called…

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A Mine Accident. Cages Fall Some Distance

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 9

KALGOORLIE, Monday.--Late this evening what luckily did not prove, a fatal accident happened at the Horseshoo mine, when two cages containing eight and two men, got out of…

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Nationalisation of Mines. London, Tuesday, 1.40 a.m

The Sun · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 8

Mr. Keir Hardie, speaking at Merthyr Tydvll, Wales, said that the Liberal party would shortly co-operate with the Miners' Federation with a view to the…

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Nationalise the Mines. Mr. Keir Hardie's Proposal. London, Monday Night

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 7

Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., addressing a meeting of his constituents at Merthyr Tryd[?] put forward a plea for practical Socialism. He urged that the Labor party, acting in…

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Explosion and Strike. Indignant Spanish Miners. London, Monday, 9.20 p.m

The Sun · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 7

The premature explosion of a dynamite cartridge in a mine at Catalonia, Spain, resulted in two men being killed and four sustaining serious injuries…

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Newcastle Miners. Important Meeting To-day. the Request for a Conference. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 9

The colloery proprietors will meet in Sydney to-morrow to consider the request of the Colliery Employees' Federation for a conference to be held between both sides. The…

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African Coal Field. Find at Lake Tanganyika. London,, 9.20 p.m

The Sun · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 7

Letters received in Brussels from the Congo report the discovery of coal at Lake Tanganyika. Bight seams, with a minimum width of 6ft,…

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Our Papuan Letter. Cocoanuts Successful. Miners for German New Guinea. Port Moresby, January 16

The Sun · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 6

"Cocoanut planting has been remarkably successful during the past year," said Mr. Stanforth Smith, the Administrator of Australia's colony…

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Mining. London Slightly Better. Australian Exchanges Respond. Silver and Copper Stocks Solid

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 12

The slight signs apparent at the close of Saturday's business that the market had bottomed, for the time being at all events, were confirmed yesterday morning. A better tone…

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Closing of the Harden Gold Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 55

The secretary of the Harden Gold Mine (Mr. A. Jobson) reports as follows as regards the last month of 1912:-- "Diamond drilling having failed to indicate…

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Runaway Cage. Down Mine Shaft. Several Miners Injured. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 13

A serious accident happened in the Golden Horseshoe on Monday evening. The night shift was going below at No. 2 shaft, when the clutch sprang out of the winding engine, and…

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