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Mining & the mines, 1913

6,594 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Harden Gold Mine Ceases Work. Murrumburrah

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 3

The Harden Gold Mine has ceased work: the diamond drills have failed to find further payable ore. During December the last ore was raised and treated and a general and final clean…

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New Coal Strike. Lancashire Miners' Grievance. London, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 8

The miners at Skelmersdale Collieries, Lancashire, have decided, by 963 to 130 votes, to give notice to cease work unless non-unionists are excluded from the mines…

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Mount Pleasant Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 13

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.--The Mount Pleasant mine is working up to its fullest capacity. Several deficiency claims of some standing have just been settled by the management. They had been reported to the…

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New Miners Agreement

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 7

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Sunday.--The Ohinemuri mines and miners have adopted a three years agreement with substantial increases, in wages. A stringent clause is contained for the…

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Umeari Gold, Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 11

The secretary of the above company, Mr. J. E. Cocker, has issued the subjoined report to the shareholders. The scene of its operations is in the Philippine Islands:…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 11

Gold-dredging yields:—Araluen Redbank (131 hours), 23oz 10dwt, and Araluen Central (127 hours), 25oz 4dwt. The output of the Hercules gold and silver…

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Metalliferous Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 5

The Metalliferous Mining Board sat on Friday at chambers, Wentworth court and took evidence in connection with Mineral Hill and the conditions as regards machine miners…

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Miners Leave Work. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 5

Slight trouble has arisen at the North mine owing, it is alleged, to a shortage of trucks underground. On Wednesday, the miners Bay, the night shift men had used all the trucks…

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Miners and Wheelers. Mr. Watson's Views

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 11

On Saturday Mr. D. Watson said that in a sub-leader in Friday's "Daily Telegraph" he noticed that certain deductions had been made in connection with the position as affecting the…

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Mining. Some Lower Rates

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 13

The lending feature of the mining market on the Sydney Stock Exchange on Saturday morning was a general set -back in Broken-hill and copper shares, consequent upon a material…

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Struck by a Basket of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--William Fagan (27), a married, man, was killed at Yarraville on Saturday morning, while engaged with a coalling gang which was bunkering the steamer Clan…

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Trouble at Broken-hill. Miners Stop Work

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL. Sunday.--During the past day or so it has been currently represented in the city that trouble baa occurred at the North mine, in which a number of the miners are…

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Northern Coalfields. Position Becoming Graver. Miners' Significant Talk. West Maitland

The Sun · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 7

The difficulty at Pelaw Main Colliery has been overcome pending a reference to a tribunal. Messrs. W. Brennan (secretary to the Colliery Employees' Federation) and A…

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Outlook Serious. Miners' Officers Anxious. the Men May Act. Complaint of Cavalier Treatment

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The colliery unrest is now growing somewhat serious, the Burwood trouble and the delay of a conference with the proprietors being responsible for an uneasy…

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The Mines. Strike Talk by Men's Officials. a Critical Position. Almost an Ultimatum. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 9

The mining position, which appeared much brighter a little over a week ago, is becoming grave. Mr. Lewis, treasurer of the Colliery…

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Mining. Weak Metal Values. Shake Values Affected. Silver and Copper Stocks Slack

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 11

The instability of the [?] market in the case of copper and [?] was again in evidence on Saturday morning, a [?] [?]…

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Mines and Mining. Market Dull. Barriers Slightly Firmer

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 4

The mining market to-day was dead. A further decline in copper and the extreme likelihood of a continuance of the Balkan war damped the ardor of speculators, and…

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Coal Shipments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 4

The old American ship W. F. Babcock, which has been in port at Newcastle for over three months left last Saturday for San Francisco with 2998…

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Newcastle Coal Position

Evening News · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 7

Mr. David Watson, president of the Newcastle Colliery Employees' Federation, had an interview with Mr [?]michael, Minister for Labor and Industry, this morning. The…

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Mining. Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1913 · page 11

Owing to Monday being observed as a public holiday, in honour of Anniversary Day, there was no meeting of the Sydney Stock Exchange. During the Month of December last the…

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