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Mining & the mines, 1913

6,594 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250

In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 17

Mount Lyell Company reports:--North Mount Lyell mine, 850ft. level, now free of water. An inspection of the workings shows that neither rock, [?]t filling, nor timber is disturbed or…

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Broken Hill Mines. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 21

The half-yearly meeting of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company was held to-day. Mr. John Darling presided. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, called special…

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Mining. Tin Again Busy

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 17

Influenced by the better prices in London on be previous day, the silver and lead quotations on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday showed a tendency to advance, but comparatively…

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Southern Coal Trade. Some Interesting Notes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 11

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The coal trade at this end of the district was never more prosperous than it is at the present time, but the continued dry weather, with the consequent shortage of water, is having a telling…

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The Miners. Delegate Board Meeting. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 20

The miners' delegate board sat to-day, and further considered their counter claims for the resuscitation of the joint committee. The counter claims will be submitted to the…

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Deep Down. Mr. Scaddan in the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 13

LONDON, Thursday Evening.--Mr. Scaddan, Premier of West Australia, is visiting friends land relatives in the mining districts of Devon and Cornwall. The Corporation of Penzance…

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Southern Coal Trade. Last Year's Returns. a Record Output

Evening News · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 5

The returns supplied by the Under Secretary for Mines, of last year's coal [?] show that the output for the southern [?] amounted to 2,172,000 tons, valued at [?]…

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Electric Light. City Council Prepared for a Rush. Over Three Months' Coal Supply

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 19

One of the first items that engaged the attention of the Lord Mayor (Alderman Cocks) when he took office was the small coal supply stored at the City Council's electric light…

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Big German Gold Reserve

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 March 1913 · page 17

In the Budget Committee the President of the Reichsbank, Herr Havenstein, made a statement on the necessity of an increased issue of small notes to economise the gold reserves…

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German Iron and Coal Production

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 March 1913 · page 17

The figures dealing with coal and iron production in Germany serve as a further standard by which to judge industrial progress. In this branch of industry the actual home…

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More Coal for Victoria. Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 2 March 1913 · page 10

The North Woolomal Coal Co. at Wonthaggi has made an important discovery of a payable seam of good coal at a depth of 200ft. Previously the operations of the company…

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Lucky to Escape. Three Miners in Peril. MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 2 March 1913 · page 4

Arthur Ski[?]beck, George Grillett, and Herbert Lewis, miners, employed at the Williams United Gold Mine, Eaglehawk, had a remarkable escape from death to-day. They…

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Mining and Finance. Answers to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 March 1913 · page 3

"R.W."—We cannot find out anything definitely. The Broken Hill companies, to whom we have applied, say that all arrangements regarding freight are made locally, and vary, as special bargains are…

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Reaping the Coal Harvest. Facts and Figures of a Wonderful Industry. the Wages Bill

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 March 1913 · page 13

New who use coai every day for domestic purposes, or see it shovelled into a furnace on land or sea, have the remotest idea of the enormity of the industry, or its vast…

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The Remarkable Adventures of an Australian Thief. a Narrative of Starting Events. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter X. on the Gold Diggings

Truth · Sunday 2 March 1913 · page 12

"Stiffen me pink. It's Whitey Brown!" The speaker was a short, thick-set man, with a bushy heard. He was well dressed, and wore a "hard hitter" hat on one side…

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Picato Is Too Big and Strong for Morey. Westralian's Clever and Plucky Showing. to Be Rewarded by Gold Medal From Mr. "Snowy" Baker

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 March 1913 · page 11

At the Stadium last night Frank Picato, of America, and Alf. Morey, the West Australian light-weight, who was making his first appearance in Sydney, met to decide their contest…

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Northern Collieries. Minmi Miners' Position. Lodges Taking Ballots. Newcastle

The Sun · Monday 3 March 1913 · page 9

At a special meeting of the Minmi miners the executive officers of the Colliery Employees' Federation asked the Minmi men to reconsider the agreement they had entered…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1913 · page 11

North Mount Lyell mine, 850ft level, is now free of water. Inspection of workings shows that neither rock nor filling nor timber has been disturbed or dislocated…

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Broken Hill Mines. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1913 · page 11

The half-yearly meeting of the Broken Hill South Silver mining Company was held to-day. Mr. Molesworth R. Greene presided. The chairman, in moving the adoption of…

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Southern Coal Trade. the Truck Shortage

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 March 1913 · page 13

CLIFTON, Saturday.--The fortnight's pay distributed at the local collieries yesterday was for only broken time. The collieries, with the exception of Coal Cliff, however, were in operation every day, but owing to the…

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