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Mining & the mines, 1913

6,594 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 250

N.S.W. Gold Yield

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 55

The usual return furnished by the Under-Secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield for this State for the month of February is 11,799 ounces crude, equal to 9510 ounces fine…

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German Gold Famine. Unfavorable Reaction

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday.--The heavy soiling of foreign stocks in Berlin in order to relieve the German gold famine is re-acting unfavorably on the London Stock Exchange, and is having a…

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German Gold Famine. London, March 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 13

The heavy selling of foreign stocks in Berlin in order to relieve the German gold famine is reacting unfavourably on the London Stock Exchange, and a similar effect…

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Mining News. Victorian Tin Field

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 55

"The field promises to be the richest tin mine in the State," is the report of a Victrian mining inspector on a find of alluvial tin with affair percentage of gold at a place known…

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Mining in the State. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 15

The Bodangora mine has practically closed down. All the men, with the exception of one shift, were paid off on Saturday, and it is expected that the remaining shift will be…

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The Mines. Stockton Borehole Pit Idle. Serious Result Feared. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 13

The Stockton borehole pit was idle to-day. The miners were dissatisfied over two or three matters. A number of men had been put on shift work, and some were taken off the work…

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Fatherland Excited. Realisation of Foreign Securities Famine in Gold. Berlin

The Sun · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 10

Wholesale realisation of foreign securities is taking place in Germany in order to relieve the unprecedented famine in gold. Merchants and manufacturers report that…

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Mining. Values Still Sagging. Copper and Silver Stocks Affected. Tin Shares Easier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 15

From a speculative point of view the market continues unsatisfactory. This was very noticeable yesterday morning, seeing that it came on top of a weak market on the…

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Wealth on the Ocean Bed. £50,000 Worth of Smelted Gold. For Four Month's Work

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 1

If the sea went dry; the wealth that would be uncovered! The London correspondent of "The Daily Telegraph" a few days ago described how…

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Women's Busy Day. Stream of Carts and Callers Suffragettes Hoaxed. Coal, Gingerbeer, and Charwomen London, Tuesday, 9.5 a.m

The Sun · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 8

The suffragettes had a warm time to-day, and all London is laughing. The central offices of the Women's Social and Political Union in Kingsway were…

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Junction Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 15

BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--At the Junction mine last week the treatment plant dealt with 1450 tons crudes, returning 200 tons leady concentrates, assaying 25.2oz. silver, 56.8 per cent. lead, 5.4 per cent, zinc;…

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Newcastle Collieries. Preventing a Strike. Newcastle

Evening News · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 3

The Durham and Stockton [?] collieries are still idle owing to the miners having gone on strike. The Miners' Federation officers, with the assistance of the State Industrial…

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The Lyell Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 15

ZEEHAN (TAS.), Wednesday.--Operations at the Lyell Company's mines are gradually improving. The company is keeping two furnaces constantly going. The unwatering of the North Lyell mine is proceeding…

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Kyloe Copper Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 15

The general manager of the Kyloc Copper Mines reports for the week ended March 8:--No. 7 level, south drive extended to 211ft.; lode made gradually, smaller, and there is no ore showing in present face; 21 tons…

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Hampden-cloncurry Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 15

The Hampden Cloncurry Copper Mines report this week:--Hampden: No. 1 shaft, 420ft. level, north drive to 19ft., width sampled 33 inches, value 3 per cent.: south drive to 20ft., width sampled 48 inches, value 10…

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Umeari Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 15

Mr. J. E. Cocker, secretary of the Umcari Gold, Ltd., reports that the contractors are making good headway with the dredge. The steel girder plates for the ladder and steel plates for buckets are in Sydney. All the…

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Reduced Gold Exports

The Sun · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 7

Gold to the value of £484,802 has been exported from Australia to oversea destinations since the beginning of the year. The specie sent away from Sydney is valued at…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 11

The timbering of the first 25 feet of the Mount David Marvel shaft has been completed, and the shaft deepened 25ft to 50ft. A new winch has been placed in No.2 shaft, and the…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 11

It is understood that Mr. S. J. Yeo, on behalf of Lionel Robinson, Clarke. and Co., has taken an option over the Slippery Gimlet mine at Ora Banda from Friedman and…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 15

Broken-hill Proprietary Block 14 Company reports:--Carbonates despatched for the week ended March 8, 275 tons, assaying 24 per cent. lead and 14oz. silver; also 360 tons sulphides…

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