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Mining & the mines, 1913

6,594 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250

Mining. a Flat Market All Sections Dull

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 11

The market for mining shares on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday morning was characterised by a very low tone, there being little disposition shown to operate. No fresh…

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Mining in the State. White Cliffs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 11

Mining is in full swing again after the holidays. During the last few days some nice small pockets of opal [?]ere [?]ined by a party of new arrivals. The country known…

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Restless Miners. Burwood Wheelers. Agree to Resume. Conference of Proprietors and Men Probable

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--A meeting of the Wheelers and Shiftmen's Union, convened by the Newcastle Labor Council, was held at the Trades-hall to-night. Mr. O. Rogers,…

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Mining. Market Opens Listless. London Colourless. Local Business Slack

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 11

There was a total lack of animation in the markets yesterday morning, hence the volume of business transacted was small. According to telegrams from Melbourne and Adelaide,…

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Western Australian Gold Yield. Falling Off for the Month. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 11

The gold output of Western Australia for January totalled 1[?]4,705 fine oz., valued at £444,758. This [?]s 11,232oz less than for December, and 1663oz less than for the…

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Transcontinental Line. Preparing for the Ceremony. Goldfields Anger Abating. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 9

Referring to the heated discussion which had taken place at Kalgoorlie with reference to the wives of the local residents being excluded from the Transcontinental railway…

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Colliery Unrest. Mass Meeting Off. Talk on the Telephone. Miners' Officers Reticent

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--While no definite information is obtainable here as to the attitude adopted by the colliery proprietors at their meeting in Sydney today, it is understood that,…

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Colliery Trouble in the North

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 45

The industrial situation, concerning the northern collieries during the week has been a most delicate one, and prospects for an against industrial peace have varied from day to day…

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Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 6

CLIFTON, Monday.--All local collieries commenced work this morning, with a large number of orders in hand, which will keep the mines going for some considerable time. The railway traffic is still very heavy,…

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Gold-bearing Milestones

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 6

When "Got-Rich-Quick Wallingford" put up its wonderful record at the Sydney Criterion Theatre, it was taken to indicate the partiality of playgoers for his…

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New Zealand's Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 6

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.--The gold exported in Jannary was 30,942oz., valued at £124,903, as compared with 35,875oz., valued at £144,067 in January, 1912…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 16

The Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Ltd., has received a cable message dated February [?] the following quotations:—Silver, 2/[?] 11-16 (official quotation); lead, £16/12/6…

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Mining. Bathurst

Evening News · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 5

In a run [?] over [?] hours [?] The manger of the Great Peak Silver [?]…

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Yambulla Mining

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 55

Mining around Yambulla is progressing. A continuation of the reef work years ago by the M'Graths and others, has been found by Quigg and Stevens. G. Lewis and party are…

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Sensational Gold Find

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 55

A report from Hobart (Tas.) states that a sensational rich find of gold has been made on a well-known mining field, the Old Jubilee, at Mathinna. Assays made by Mr. Ward,…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 20

The manager in Cloncurry of the North Duchess Copper Company telegraphs that the shaft is down 110ft., and that there is no change, but appearances are encouraging…

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Thousand Ounce Stone. Wonderful Specimens. Clarence Gold Fields. Great Mining Revival Probable. Grafton

The Sun · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 10

From 1872 till about 18[?]0 the Lionsville and Solferino districts, 52 and 55 miles, respectively from Garfton, on the Upper Clarence, where the scene of gold-mining…

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Pelaw Main Colliery Idle. Due to Sectional Strikes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 10

KURRI KURRI, Tuesday.--Small sectional strikes have been frequent at Pelaw Main Colliery since Thursday. The clippers threw the pit idle on two occasions over a disagreement…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Arthur Mitchell, a miner, who, whilst working in the State mine at Wonthaggi last Tuesday, had his back broken through a fall of earth, died in the…

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Mining. a Dull Market

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 20

The cabled quotations from London for industrial metals posted at the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday morning were, to say the least of it, disconcerting. Tin was quoted at £223,…

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