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Mining & the mines, 1913

6,594 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 250

Mining. Stock Exchange Resumes. London Metal and Share Values Better. Australian Exchanges Respond

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 13

The Sydney Stock Exchange resumed business yesterday morning after adjourning on March 20 over the Easter holidays. As has been frequently experienced in the…

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Coal Strike. Miners Expect Support. £30,000 Loss of Wages. Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 20

There is practically no change in the situation regarding the South Coast coal strike, and the men are anxiously looking forward to support being received from other unions. A…

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Robbery on a Gold Mine. Zinc Slime Removed. Kalgoorlie (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 19

At an early hour on Thursday morning the premises of the Kalgoorlie Gold Recovery Company were broken into, and access gained to the zinc boxes, from which a quantity of…

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Strike Settled. at Rosedale Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 9

SINGLETON, Friday.--The strike at Rosedale colliery has been settled, at least temporarily. The trouble arose through some "cleaning up work which the men had been accustomed to…

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Hampden Copper Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 24

The manager of the Hampden-Cloncurry Copper Mines, Ltd., telegraphs:—Hampden: No. 1 shaft, north plat [?]. Duchess mine:—550ft level: Winze sampled 64in,…

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Mouramba Copper Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 17
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The manager of the Mouramba Copper Mines, Nymagee, makes the following fortnightly report to March 36:--Main shaft: The unwatering of the shaft is being carried on with three…

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Week's Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 22

The export of coal from Newcastle to places beyond the State during the week amounted to 70,185 tons. Of the total 64,585 tons went to Commonwealth and New Zealand ports as follow:--Victoria, 26,320; South Australia,…

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Killed in a Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 17

BROKEN-HILL, Friday.--George Stancliffe (60) was killed at the South Mine this morning. He was ailing some machinery and was knocked down and fell among the machinery. He was…

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Broken Hill Junction Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 24

Respecting the ore reserves and value of the ore in the above mine, "Investor" writes as follows:— "Some time ago you had an article in your paper stating the above mine at Broken Hill had 650,000 tons…

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Mining. Bathurst

Evening News · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 15

The [?] Silver Mine has extended [?] making a [?] and without an material [?] without…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 24

The Pioneer Tin Mining Company (Tas.) has resumed sluicing with No. 1 electric palnt. The directors of Great Britain Sluicing Company, Limited, have declared a dividend…

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Mining Fatality

Globe · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 3

Richard J. Mitchell, a battery hand employed at the Ivanhoe mine, Boulder (W.A.), received injuries last week which shortly after resulted fatally. The man was working on the top…

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Mining Matters

Globe · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 6

The labor market is fully supplied at Cobar, Yerranderie, Ardlethan, and Bodangora. The branch secretaries of the Amalgamated Miners' Association at those place have reported to the…

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Grafton Copper Mine. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 24

The manager of the Grafton Copper-mining Company reports for the four weeks ended March 22:—Mine development chiefly directed to prove the south lode at A level by crosscutting from the main drive, and…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 17

Mr. R. N. Kirk reports that, the Directors of the Great Britain Sluicing Company, Limited, have declared a dividend, No. 36, of 1s per share, payable on Monday, April 28. The…

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Cleaning Gold and Platinum

The World's News · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 11

A [?]d way to cla[?] gold [?] plat[?] jewellary in to first [?]ush with [?], then [?] [?] powder ever the article and allow it to dry. A few r[?] with a [?] m[?] the…

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North Broken Hill Mine. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 24

At the 1250ft level of the North Broken Hill Mine, the main south drive in the footwall country has been advanced to 630ft from the main crosscut in section [?]. The crosscut has just cut the lode, and…

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Killed in a Mine. Auckland

Evening News · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 8

The cage at the Talisman line broke away last night falling to the bo[?]m of the [?] The occupants, two men [?] M Bride, were killed l[?] y. [?] bring…

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Mining! Another Improvement in Copper

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 17

Although copper advanced again in London at latest advices, the effect upon local prices was not very marked, and the improvement in Australian stocks on the Sydney Exchange…

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