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Mining & the mines, 1913

6,594 stories in Sydney's papers · page 82 of 250

Broken Hill Dispute. British Mine Ceases Work. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 7

The industrial situation remains acute. The Silverton tramway trouble is not yet settled, though there are hopes of something being arranged this afternoon. Owing to the…

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Mining. Gloomy Outlook at Brokenhill. Barrier Shares Fluctuating

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 14

If the latest reports from Broken-hill are to be rolled upon as stating fully the position, the Labor campaign for the enrolment of unionists is likely to cause a good deal of concern. The…

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Mines Closing Down Trouble Spreading. Position at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sun · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 7

The industrial trouble is spreading. All the employees of the Silverton tramway, including the clerics, are now out, and all railway traffic is suspended on this side…

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Coal Strike. Conference Postponed. May Meet Next Week. More Men Thrown Idle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 10

The president of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Federation, Mr. A. C. Willis, stated yesterday that the conference suggested by the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr…

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The Strike Weapon Railway Trouble Spreading Extension to Newcastle. Futile Settlement Efforts Serious Position on the Barrier. Colliery Cloud Gathering

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 9

There was practically no alleviation yesterday of the industrial turmoil that exists almost throughout the State. Efforts by the Minister for Labor and Industry to settle the railway porters' strike proved futile…

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South Coast Position. Men in the Dark. How Did the Strike Originate? Government and Miners Executive Wollongong

The Sun · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 7

The postponement of the conference between the Government and representatives of the southern miners was not unexpected in local mining circles. The absence of two…

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Mining of Metals. Workers' New Demands. Revision of Hours and Wages. Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 5

This morning a plaint for increased wages and better conditions of employment was lodged in the Arbitration Court by the Federated Mining Employees' Association…

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Mining. London Fairly Steady. Local Values Mostly Unchanged. Copper, Silver, and Tin in Demand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 11

Though the amount of business transacted yesterday morning waa on rather limited lines, values in most cases were sound, and clearly indicated that scrip-holders were not disposed…

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The Mining Situation. Quiet in the North. Proprietors to Meet To-day. General Uneasiness

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 April 1913 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Everything was quiet in connection with the colliery industry to-day. Mr. J. W. Brennan, secretary of the Colliery Employees' Federation, wrote to Mr…

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Occidental Gold Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 23

Operations at the above mine during the fortnight ended March 26 are recorded [?] follows:— Ore won (l1 days worked): 2033 trucks (1219 mine tons), averaging 7dwt 7gr gold per ton. Ore-winaing:…

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Department of Mines

The Sun · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 3

The Under-Secretary for Mines has forwarded a complete copy of his annual report for 1912. The report embraces a comprehensive review of the mineral industry…

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Week's Coal Report

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 22

The export of coal from Newcastle to plates beyond the Stale during the week amounted to 116.922 tons. Or the total. 66,620 tons went to Commonwealth and New Zealand ports, as follows:--South Australia, 20,300 tons;…

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The Coal Strike

The International Socialist · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 4

The strike on the southern continues in still continues in spite of capitalistic press doing all in its power to make the men distrustful of thier leaders. The…

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South African Coal

Globe · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 6

The signs of the times indicate that South African coal companies are about to come into their own. On the whole, the collieries of the Transvaal and of Natal have hitherto done very…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 23

Gold dredging yields:—Arluen Redbank 132 hours), 22½oz; Arluen Centeral (127 [?]ours), 33oz 3dwt. Our Cairns correspondent yesterday wired:—…

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Tin-mining Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 23

Dourke's Hill Tin-sluicing Company, [?] March 28.—Sluicing over[?] at both plams, full [?] prospects; heavy rains, all dams full. Melbourne Cope's Creek Tin[?] Company,…

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Newcastle. Coal Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 22

Judging by this week's exports of coal, the trade is growing out of the dullness which it is generally in at the beginning of a year, and entering upon briskness. The exports, which…

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The Spontaneous Combustion of Coal

Globe · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 6

At a recent meeting of the Institute of Marine Engineers, Stratford, England, a paper was read on "The Spontaneous Combustion of Coal." In the course of the paper the results of…

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Mine Employees' Plaint. New Claims Lodged

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A plaint on behalf of the Federated Mining Employees' Association was lodged to-day with the Federal Registrar, setting out the hours of work, rates and…

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