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Mining & the mines, 1913

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Put in for Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 12

The steamer Wonganella, bound from, Ocean Island to Melbourne, with a cargo of phosphates, put into Newcastle yesterday afternoon for bunker coal. After taking about 200 tons she will resume her voyage…

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Briseis Tin Mine. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 9

The total output of black tin from the Briseis tinmine for February was 45 tons. Briseis drift and overburden removed 25,000 cubic yards; and Ringarooma drift 8000 cubic yards…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 12

The Sydney Stock Exchange closed yesterday after the noon call for the Easter holidays. Melbourne, Adelaide, and Brisbane Exchanges have also adjourned until next Thursday. The…

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Eleanora Mines, Limited. a Satisfactory Development

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 9

Mr. J. S. Richardson, chairman of directors of the Eleanora Mines, Limited (Hillgrove), writes as follows:—"Referring to the paragraph under the above heading appearing…

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Tasmanian Mining. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 9

For the purpose of providing money to drive 150ft across the lode on the Koonya section at Rosebery in order to prove it, the Colebrook Company to-day offered 4000 trust shares…

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Mining. Weakness in Copper

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 12

There were but two calls on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday, the Exchange closing after the noon business for the Easter holidays, and only very moderate business was…

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Northern Mines. Delegate Board's Meeting. Newcastale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 8

The executive officers of the Colliery Employees' Federation refused to give any information about the mining position when the delegate board rose to-day. The board sat…

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Police and Miners' Meetings. I.w.w. Protest

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 9

The action of the police in attending meetings in connection with the South Coast coal strike is the subject of a resolution which the I.W.W. Club is sending to the various miners'…

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Northern Miners. the Minmi Agreements. Lodge May Be Expelled

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--At to-day's meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation, the position created by the Back Creek and Duckenfield Lodge in…

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"Cut Both Ways." Mr. Kavanagh and the Southern Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 9

The secretary of the Labor Council (Mr. Kavanagh, M.L.C.) said yesterday that the council had not been consulted in any way in regard to the southern coal strike. It usually happened…

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"Men Must Return." Proprietors' Decision. Reply to Miners' Demands

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 9

From developments which occurred yesterday it looks as if the strike of the southern coal miners will have to be fought out to a finish, the proprietors having taken up an…

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Gold Medal for Tent-pegging. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 5

Sir,--In reading the "personal" news in your paper, my attention was caught by a paragraph reporting the death at Northern (W.A.), of Mr. John Gollan, and stating that he was the winner of the Empire gold…

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Lumpers and Japan Coal. Will Refuse to Unload It

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 9

Members of the Coal-lumpers' Union this morning expressed the opinion that though the South Coast coal companies might be prepared for a protracted struggle the shipping…

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B.H. Junction Mine. Second Section of Mill Working. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 9

The second section of the B.H. Junction mine mill is now in full swing, but owing to the shortage of men underground full advantage cannot yet be taken of the extended…

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Waiting. the Miners' Strike. Proprietors' Reply. "Must Be Obedient." Long Struggle Anticipated

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 9

WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--The business of yesterday's, aggregate meeting, was the chief topic of conversation, amongst the large number of miners who congregated in the town…

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Coal Crisis. Fight to the Bitter End. Owners Unflinching. "Men Must Return."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 7

The Southern Coalowners' Association considered the miners' strike yesterday, and decided not to budge an inch. If the differences are to be settled at all…

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Baker's Creek Gold Mine, Hillgrove

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 17

An old miner writes:—"Being associated with the above mine daring the whole of its career, more especially in the days when it was paying its hundreds of thousands in…

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Week's Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 14

The export of coal from Newcastle to places beyond the State during the week amounted to 87,002 tons. Of the total, 44,630 tons went to Commonwealth and New Zeland ports, as follows:--Victoria, 18,300;…

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Mining. Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 17

The Arba Tin Mining Company (Tasmania) reports that the clean up yielded 16 tons of tin oxide. The dredge of the Araluen Central Company,…

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Grafton Copper Mine. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 17

The manager of the Grafton Copper Mine reports for the week ended March 15:—"The south lode was driven on east 7ft 6in. total 12ft from No. 1 crosscut. There are 18 inches…

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