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Mining & the mines, 1913

6,594 stories in Sydney's papers · page 79 of 250

Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 15

On the South Blocks mine (Zinc Corporation) plat cutting progressed last week on No. 8 level. The main north drive (No. 6 level) is in values averaging 19.6 per. cent. lead, 3oz…

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Carpathia Tin-mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 15

The mine manager reports, under date 80th instant, as follows— Shaft: After having cleaned and timbered this up, sinking-was resumed, and the shaft is now down 52ft…

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Mining News. More Opals

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 55

During the last two or three weeks numerous pockets of opals have been unearthed at White Cliffs. At a shallow depth in Block 8 £49 worth was unearthed, and on other…

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Mining Suit. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 13

The rehearing of the action for trespass instituted by the Mt. Bischoff Tin-mining Company against the Bischoff Extended Company, which was ordered by the High Court, on…

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Laborers Still Out. Sewer Miners' Pay Wanted

The Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 7

The members of the United Laborers' Union, eighteen in number, who ceased work at Darling Island yesterday as a protest against being paid ordinary laborers' rates…

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Miners' Finances. a Cheerless Prospect. Wollongong

The Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 7

If sufficient funds are available the distribution of strike pay will be at the rate of 17s 61 a week for each member, with an additional allowance of 2s 6d a week for…

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New Zealand Gold and Silver Exports

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 11

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.--The gold exported for the March quarter was 90,572oz., valued at £361,982, as compared with 101,376oz., valued at £401,880, for the corresponding…

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The Miners Strike. Mediation Attempted. Bulli Citizens' Proposals

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 9

BULLI, Tuesday.--With a view to assisting in a settlement of the coal strike. A large meeting of citizens was held in the council-chambers last evening. Cr. James. Davidson…

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Northern Miners' Ballot. Wages Board Proposal. Newcastle

The Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 7

The proposal that the northern miners should submit their grievances to a wages board is now before the lodges in Newcastle and Maitland districts. Several lodges have…

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Miners Up in Arms. London, Wednesday, 12.15 a.m

The Sun · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 8

The men at all the collieries in South Wales where non-unionists are employed have arranged to stop work on the last day in this month as a protest against such…

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New Zealand Gold Export. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 15

During the March quarter 90,572oz of gold, valued at £361,982, was exported, being a decrease of 10,804oz, valued at £39,898, compared with the corresponding quarter of last…

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Coal for Valparaiso. Competition of Oil. a Gloomy Outlook

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 15

According to an alticle in "The South Pacific Mall," an English journal published in Valparaise, regarding coal consumed by the State railways from 1904 to 1911, the proportion,…

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Mining. All Barriers Uneasy. Labor's Campaign at Broken-hill

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 13

The uneasiness felt by Broken-hill residents as to the possibility of industrial strife in connection with the work of the mines found a reflex on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday…

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Mining Unrest. Big Strike Threatened. a Thousand Down Tools. London, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 10

Serious trouble seems imminent with the Welsh miners. Fifty-two thousands men employed in the co[?]oeries of Rhondda (Glamoreganashire) and…

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Mining. Copper and Spelter Firmer Strike at Broken Hill. Share Values Weaken Slightly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 15

The market yesterday morning was slightly puzzling to operators, because of a want of consistency in the information to hand from London. For instance, copper recorded another…

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Trade Disputes. Colliery Agreement. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 12

A further meeting of the Western Colliery District Conciliation Committee was held at [?]ullen Bullen yesterday, to continue the work entered upon at a previous meeting a…

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Conference. Miners and Minister

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 13

The Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Carmi[?]el) has asked the delegate board and the executive union of the South Coast miners to meet him at his office at noon to-morrow…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 11

The Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Ltd., has received a cable message, dated London. March 31, giving the following quotation:— Silver, 2/2½ (official quotation); lead, £16/7/6…

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Mining. Ardlethan

Evening News · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 6

M[?] is living central in the new [?] as Mulyan about [?] from [?] where several [?] are being worked on [?] the [?] being Heatly and…

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"Worse Than Ever." Position at Balmain Colliery

The Sun · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 7

A prominent official of the Sydney Harbor Collieries, Ltd., proprietors of the Balmain coal mine, stated this morning, that the outlook for a return to work was gloomy…

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