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Mining & the mines, 1913

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 13

Our Launceston correspondent telegraphs thit it is expected the Nor[?] Mount Lyell mine will be completely unwatered by the end of next month. The piant and tools below…

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INDUSTRIAL. (Before Mr. Justice Heydon.) Collieries and Wages Boards

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 4

The hearing of the application for the constitution of a board for the coal mining (North Group) and the application for a coal mining (South Group) board was continued yesterday…

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Northern Miners. Delegates' Proposal Adopted

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The proposals of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation for the restoration of the Joint Conciliation Committee have been adopted by a…

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Great Fitzroy Mines. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 13

During February the Great Fitzroy smelter ran 670 hours, treating 2404 tons ore and 1251 tons of sintered concentrates for 192 tons blister copper, containing 190.71 tons…

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The Mines. Voting of the Lodges

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 13

The Colliery Employees' Federation has received the decision of the miners of 15 lodges in respect to the counter proposals of the delegate board for the resuscitation of the…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 13

The B.H. South mine last week despatched 912 tons of leady concentrates to Port Pirie. Men are engaged plate-cutting at the 1170ft level. Ordinary developmental work was…

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Hampden-cloncurry Copper Mine. Reduced Copper Output. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 13

Hampden-Cloncurry Company's smelting return for February:—Ore treated, 4125 tons; blister copper produced, 465 tons, estimated to contain 461 tons fine copper, 147oz gold,…

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Mining in the State. Cobar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 13

The Occidental gold mine has received an additional 7ft of water in the mine tank owing to the thunderstorm on Sunday. There s now about six months' supply of water…

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Mining. Stagnation Rules. Metal Values Easier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 13

The cloud of depression that has settled on the market shows no signs of lifting. Indeed, if anything, it is becoming thicker. A contributing cause to this state of affairs…

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Coal Lumpers' Attitude. Take No Notice of Labor Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 8

The coal lumpers do not appear to have taken any notice of the minute of the Labor Council asking unions not to allow the strike o extend without consulting the council. A…

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Gold Imports and Exports. State of New South Wales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 4

Return showing the oversea imports and exports of gold, coined and uncoined, into and from the State of New South Wales during the month of…

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Coal-stained and Blistered. the Lord Mayor's Shift. "It Was Solid Work."

The Sun · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 7

"I got on better than I expected," was the Lord Mayor's reply this morning when the subject of his four-hour shift as a stoker at the Kent-street retorts was mentioned…

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One Coal Stove. Utilised for Ten Families. How It Is Done at Point Piper

The Sun · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 9

Of ten successive palatial residences on the waterfront at Point Piper, the fashionable section of the Woollahra municipality,' only one boasts a coal stove. The balance…

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South Maitland Collieries. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 5

The mines continue to work full time, and there is every evidence of the brisk state of the coal trade continuing as far as the Cessnock district collieries are concerned. Hands…

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Mines and Mining. Big Drop in Barriers. Carpathia Not So Active

The Sun · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 5

The heavy fall in the price of lead, the drop in the price of bar silver, and the tendency in sliver scrip on the London Exchange yesterday, were responsible for the…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 12

During the fortnight ended February 26 the "Lloyd" copper mine raised 1740 tons of ore, and milled 1600 tons for 333 tons of 15 per cent, concentrates, also 106 tons of ore of the same…

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A Big Coal Cargo

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 4

The big German four-masted barque Parma left Newcastle on Tuesday for Valparaiso with 4919 tons of coal which was shipped by the A.A. Co…

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Grafton Copper Mine. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 12

The manager's report for the week ended March 1 states:—The crosscut in A level was advanced 6ft 6in to 28ft 6in. As reported last week, this crosscut struck the south lode at…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 14

The Bourke'-hill Tin Mining Co. has declared a dividend (the ninth) of 6d per share, payable on March 25. Mr. W. H. Corbould, who has been identified…

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Ardlethan. Wild Cherry Mine. Victorian Mining Men. Western Side of Tin Belt. (By Our Special Reporter.) Iv

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 7

The Wild Cherry mine, so named because of two wild cherry trees growing, alongside, is situated west of and adjoining the lease of the Carpathia Tin-mining Company, and…

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