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Mining & the mines, 1913

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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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More Money for Miners. London, Monday. 11.40 p.m

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 8

The Coal Conciliation Board for England and Wales has granted the miners' application for an all-round advance of five per cent, in wages…

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Kurri Miners. Threat to Chase Work. Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 9

The five collieries in this district [?] idle to-day to allow the aggregate meeting to discuss the abolition of the afternoon shirt and payment for small coal question. The…

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Maitland Miners. to Work To-day. Joint Committee Delays. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 9

The Industrial cloud in the Maitland district has disappeared without doing the damage the majority of pople in the coal-mining centres expceted. In this case, as in other…

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Restless Miners. Government Takes a Hand. Intimation to Southern Proprietors. Moving the Joint Committee

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 7

The serious position into which the colliery industry is drifting, both in the north and south, has claimed the earnest attention of Mr. Carmichael, Minister for Labor and Industry…

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Mining. Stock Exchange Re-opens. Business on Quiet Lines. London Values Not Followed

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

The Sydney Stock Exchange re-opened yesterday morning, after an adjournment over the Christmas and New Year holidays. Naturally enough, there was not much…

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Mining Troubles. the Russell Case. Men Growing Uneasy. "A Domineering Attitude." (From Our Special Reporter.) Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 9

An effort was made to see Mr. Peter [?] ling to-day, but he was absent from Wollongong. Mr. A. A. Lysaght, who appeared for Russell at the recent Commission, and who…

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Mining News. Broken Hill Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 55

The Broken Hill Proprietary Mine during the four weeks ended December 18 produced 18,299 tons of crude ore. At the ore dressing mills 17,674 tons were treated, and 21,059 tons of…

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Northern Miners. Work Resumed at Burwood Colliery. Newcastle

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 14

The Burwood Cal[?] resumed work this morning. The aberlers, who were sent home yesterday for starting late, have decided to obey the orders of the Whe[?]lers and…

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More Stoppages. Two Collieries Idle

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- Two of the Newcastle district collieries, Burwood and Burwood Extended, were idle to-day. At the first mentioned a wheelers' trouble was the cause of…

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Stuart Town Mining. a Cake of Gold. Orange

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 8

Something of the sensation which must have been pecu[?]lar to the gold rush days of half a century ago, took place when two of the partners of Halliday's Mine, at Manor Hill, Stuart…

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Mines and Mining. Quiet Conditions Prevail Irregular Market for Barriers. Spurt in Bullfinch

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 4

The market for mining scrip on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day was far from being active, and the turnover was extremely small. Speculators and investors were afraid…

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Broxburn Miners Resume Work

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 19

GRETA, Tuesday. -- The Broxburn miners resumed work this morning, under the old conditions, acting on the advice of the Colliery Employees' Federation executive officers. The…

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Mining. Araluen

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 6

The dredge which was recently constructed at Merricumbene, and which commenced [?]ging operations a few works back, has been temporary closed down. The exact reason for this action is not…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 21

The Brilliant Deep Company (C.T.) reports having crushed 517[?] tons of ore for 416oz gold. worth £1454. The concentrates and sands realised £1362, making a total of £2816/10/,…

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Bunker Coal on Fire

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 4

Cables advices state that the steamer Clan Macrae, en route from Australian ports to the U.K. and Continent with wool and general cargo, has…

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Wheelers Out. Elermore Vale Colliery Idle. Newcastle

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 7

The Elermore Vale colliery is idle to-day. A wheeler came to work late, and when he was spoked to by the underground manager he resented it and went home. The other…

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Tin Mining Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 21

Bourke's Hill Tin Sluicing Company.— Cleaned in No. 1 plant for run of six weeks for 12 tons 12cwt 11b. Run down boxes only No. 2 plant for 2 tons 11cwt, derived from overburden, in about a fortnight's run…

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Wages of Miners. London, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 19

The Coal Conciliation Board has raised the wages of miners in the federated area by 5 per cent. They are now 60 per cent, above the…

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Decreased Gold Output of Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 12

The Queensland gold yield for the month of December, 1912. was 27,03foz., as compared with 33,873oz. in December, 1911. The approximate yield for the 12 months ended December…

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