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Mining & the mines, 1913

6,594 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250

Mining Menace. Anxious Position in North. Officers' Advice Ignored. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 9

WEST MAITLAND. Saturday. The mining situation in South Maitland flelds is causing considerable anxiety in the district…

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Mount Morgan Mining Company. Half-year's Profit £253,126. Big Advance in Copper

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 11

SUCCESS OF NEW SMELTING PRACTICE. The report of the directors of the Mount Morgan Gold-mining Company for the half-year ended November 30, 1912, is one that…

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Shipping and Mining. Huge New Organisation Formed. by the Howard Smith Company. Big Transfer of British-owned Property

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The Howard, Smith Company, Limited, has decided to create a new organisation for the conduct of its shipping business…

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The Miners' Trouble

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 8

The unsettling after-effects of the Christmas holidays still pervade the collieries in the Maitland district, and although it cannot be said that yesterday's…

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Mines and Mining. Set-back in Barriers. Big Rise in Tongkak Compound

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 4

The further drop in the price of lead, and the weakness displayed in silver scrip had a depressing effect on the operations in Broken Hill stocks on the Sydney Exchange to-day…

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South African Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 15

According to Messrs. W. Cotts and Company, the coal output of Natal for October shows an increase of 5000 tons over the corresponding month of last…

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Tenders for Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 4

The tender of the Adelaide Steamship Company for the supply of coal to the Mackay Railway has been accepted by the Railway Department. The price to…

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Wonthaggi Miners. More Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Since the Government started to work a coal mine at Wonthaggi there has been nothing but a series of acute and menacing disputes. Nearly every Sunday…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 11

In a run of 206 hours, the No. 2 plant o[?] the Associated Gold Dredging Company obtained 60oz. Amongst the companies placed on the…

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Coal and Other Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 10

The following vessels were cleared at the Newcastle Customs-house to-day:—Wear, [?] for Melbourne, with 1300 tons coal and 120 tons bunkers: Kadina, s, for Cal[?]ns, via…

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Broken-hill. the South Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 11

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--The South mine report for the period ended January 4 states:--West crosscut, 277ft. level (section B 2), driven 67½ft., total 140ft.; face in crushed ground, no…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 11

Tongkah Harbor Co.'s plants last week recovered 30 tons of tin oxide. During the month of December the mill at the Harden gold mine ran 157 hours, crushing 273…

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Mining Engineer's Estate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 10

The estate of the late Sebina Lane, mining engineer, formerly of Bendigo, Broken Hill, Kulgoorlie, and Perth, who died at Berlin in October, has been sworn for probate. The…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 11

On the Zinc Corporation South Blocks mine for the period ended January 2 the No. 5 level rise was put up to 57ft, still in country rock. A west crosscut was started 500ft north,…

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India and the Gold Scarcity

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 6

The statement in the Samuel Montagu committee report, given in our cables, this morning, that during the past year India, absorbed twenty millions…

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500 Men Out. Burwood Colliery Idle. Dispute with Wheelers. Newcastle

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 7

Burwood Colliery which employes about 500 men, was suddenly thrown idle this morning in consequences of a dispute between the management and the wheelers over the number of…

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Sectional Action Condemned. Miners' President on the Situation

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Mr. D. Watson, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, said to-day that he had no official knowledge of what had been done at the Weston meeting,…

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Welsh Miners' Strike. London, Monday, 8.35 p.m

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 8

Five thousand miners have struck at Maesteg, in Wales, as a protest against the employment of non-unionists…

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Mining. Business Resumed. Quiet Opening Market

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 11

Business was yesterday resumed on the Sydney mining market after the vacation, but the turnover was of very small proportions in all end of shares. Brokers' advice disclosed…

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Western Australia. Mining Industry. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 10

The gold yield for the State for the last month is encouraging rather than discouraging. The figures show an increase in production over the preceding month. The output…

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