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Mining & the mines, 1913

6,594 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 250

Cessnock Mines. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 10

The mines are working with grent regularity, and there is every prospect of the busy trade keeping up The manager of one or the local collieries states that the Aberdare and…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 26

The Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Ltd., has received a cable message, dated January 30, giving the following quotations:—Silver, 2/4½ (official quotation); lead, £16/8/9 (buyers'…

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Mining. Ardletran

Evening News · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 7

?he owners of the [?] the old [?] a further 9 about 9…

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Mining. Market Still Listless. Copper and Silver Stocks Easy. Tin Steady; Gold Quiet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 26

From a speculative point of view, the market yesterday morning again lacked animation. Indeed, it was dull. The cloud of a tight money market and the [?]sh character of the…

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Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 25

The report of the above company covers the six months endend December 31. It shows a net profit of £5771, which, with £2331 brought forward, made £8102 available. The…

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Coal and Other Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 28

The following vessels were cleared at the Newcastle Customs-house to-day:—Barwon, s, for Melbourne, with 4500 tons coal and 210 tons bunkers, and 100 tons coke; Westralia,…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 26

The surface plant on the Associated Northern's property at Ora Banda worked satisfactorily throughout the month. The tonnage treated during January was greater than that…

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Blackbird with Gold Ring

Globe · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 7

William Best, a farmer living near Bally-council. co. Cavan, Ireland. shot a blackbird, which had a gold ring on one of its legs. The ring is now worn by Mr. Best's daughter on her…

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Rich Gold Find. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 26

Rumours of a sensationally rich gold discovery that have leaked out in Hobart during the last few days are now known to be correct; although in Tasmania the actual…

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Mining. Market Still Quiet

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 17

The cabled quotation for lead received from London yesterday morning was at the lower figure of £16 8s 9d, and this did not tend to stimulate the local market for Broken-hill…

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General Cables. Gold Stolen at Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 14

MADRID, Thursday Evening.--A box containing £4,000 worth of gold, part of a consignment of £50,000, has bene stolen from the Hamburg-American liner Cape Blanco, between Rio…

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B. H. BLOCK 10 Mine. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 26

The Broken Hill Block 10 mine continues to persevere with development work. The north drive (1815ft level) has been extended 12ft to 42ft from the south crossent through a lode…

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The Mines. Peomising Outlook. Wheelers to Meet. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 23

The mining position to-day appeared more hopeful than it has for several days past. There is at present every likelihood that the Burwood wheelers will return to work on…

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Mining in the State. Yambulla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 26

The Federal battery has been kept fairly busy lately on small lots, the average yield from which was not very high. Pola and M'Donald are making another start at…

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Who Blew up the Safe? Three Miners in the Dock

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 10

Three miners—Norman White, Alfred James Nicholls, and John Dunn—were charged with, at Yerranderie, on the 2nd of December, 1912, breaking and entering…

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The Central Mine. 1200Ft Level Opening Up Well. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 26

Mr. C. F. Courtney, general manager of the Sulphide Corporation, returned to Melbourne last night, after an official inspection of the Central mine. He said everything on the…

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Fearless of Scaffold. Condemned Man's Last Note. Request for Gold Ring

The Sun · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 9

With unfaltering step and apparently without fear of death, William Wallace Galbraith, aged twenty-seven, who was sentenced to death at York Assizes for the…

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The Mathinna Find. Rich Gold Reefs. Mr. Twelvetree's Report. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 27

The sensationally rich gold discovery reported yielding 58oz to the ton and 14oz to the ton at the 60ft level was made on the Old Jubilee property at Mathinna. This property,…

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Trouble Imminent. Situation at Newcastle. Coal Pits May Stop Next Week. Newcastle

Evening News · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 4

The mining situation to-day is extremely critical. From this afternoon's events it now seems certain that nothing further can be done in…

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Thrilling Adventure in a Mining Cage Winding Engine Fails. One Man Killed

Globe · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 3

A serious accident occurred in the Golden Horseshoe mine at Kalgoorlie (W.A.) one evening last week. The night shift was going below at No. 2 shaft, when the clutch sprang out of…

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