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Mining & the mines, 1913

6,594 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 250

Metalliferous Miners

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 February 1913 · page 16

Visits to Kyloe Adelong, Cadia, and Cobar, with Yerranderie to follow, have been paid by the metalliferous miners' wages board. Much evidence has been taken, and inspection of works…

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Cobar Miners

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 February 1913 · page 16

The general secretary in Sydney of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, Mr. Davis, has received word from the Wrightville secretary, Mr. G. H. Buckland, that ten men have been…

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Late Mining

Truth · Sunday 16 February 1913 · page 4

Gold: Lake View and Star, b 3s 4d, s 3s 6d; Doctor Soap, b 9d, s 8d; Great Boulder, b 12s l½d. a 12s 3d; Marvel Loch, b 1s, s 1s 1d…

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Buried Gold in India

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 February 1913 · page 21

India imported gold bars worth £47,135,000 last year and exported only £17,832,000. There was an influx of £18,342,000 in sovereigns compared with £8,540,000 in the previous year…

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Money Train Scatters Gold

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 February 1913 · page 21

A clerk to a Purflect (Eng.) firm of paper makers went to the local bank to draw the wages, amounting to about £700. While returning in a motor-car to the works a train…

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American Miners Riot. Attacking a City. New York

The Sun · Sunday 16 February 1913 · page 4

Important developments marked the industrial situation at the coalfields around Charleston, West Virginia, yesterday. The mines are under martial law and the…

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Mining and Finance. Answers to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 February 1913 · page 7

J.F.H. (Bringagee): The Mount Drysdale being a limited company, all shareholders can be compelled to pay calls. W. WILLIAME : It is impossible to say what percentage…

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Island Mining Enterprise. New Crusher to Be Tried

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 February 1913 · page 9

A party of mining experts left yesterday for the island of Missima, 80 miles south of Woodlark Island. They intend trying out a lowgrade gold-bearing proposition with a surface…

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Burwood Mine. Wheelers' Claim. Deci[?]ion by Judge Scholes. Newcastle, Saturday Evening

Truth · Sunday 16 February 1913 · page 2

Depu[?] Arbitration Judge Scholes delivered his reserved decision here this afternoon the question referred to him by the Minister for Labor and…

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Sent Back. Judge Scholes Decides Against Burwood Wheelers. Miners' Attitude. Newcastle, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 February 1913 · page 9

Judge Scholes came up specially to-day to deliver his reserved judgment in the Burwood wheelers' case. The matter, though small in itself, was big with possibilities, owing to the…

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Colliery Enginedrivers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 3

Mr. H. A. Mitchell, general secretary of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association, referring to an open letter issued by the secretary of the Newcastle Colliery…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 11

In the fortnight ended February l8, the dredgo of the Ovens Valley Company worked 242 hours and handled 7758 cubic yards of material for a recovery of 62oz of gold. The…

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Grafton Copper Mine. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 11

The manager of the Grafton Copper-mining Co. reports for the week ended February 8:— "The A level advanced 2ft 9in to 1539ft; and C level driven 3ft Gin to 1089ft, both drives…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 11

The Associated Northern Company cabled London on February 12:—"Victorious lease, cast drive, No. 4 level, extended from 225ft to 235ft, in ore averaging 23/, over a width of…

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Chillagoe Mine. Reconstruction Proposal. London, Feb. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 11

Somo of the shareholders in the Chillagoe mine are dissatisfied with the reconstruction proposal, and suggest that a meeting should he held in London to consider the scheme…

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Mining in the State. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 11

The following report from Hill End was received to-day:—"The Valentine Company, Tambaroora, after battling with a big flow of water for some months, have succeeded in…

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Mining. Copper Still Falling. Local Market Stagnant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 11

From a business point of view the record of the past week was a very unsatisfactory one. It was impossible to be otherwise. The quotations cabled from day to day regarding…

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Miners' Relief Fund

The Sun · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 5

The annual statement of accounts of the Miners' Relief Fund has been supplied by the Minister for Mines, Mr. Edden. The cash balance on December 31, 1911, was £279.566…

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Mines and Mining. Market Still Quiet. Carpathia Advanced. Copper and Silver Weaker

The Sun · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 4

The further heavy fall of £1 5s in the value of copper in London yesterday was responsible for the quietness of operations in the red metal scrip on the Sydney. Exchange…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 11

The dredge of the Stanthorpe Company, in a tun of 193 hours, won 59cwt of tin. Gold-dredging yields:—Associated Gold Dredging, No. 2 plant (130 hours), 35oz; Turon…

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