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Mining & the mines, 1914

5,543 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250

Illawarra Items. Colliery Employees' Association

The Australian Worker · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 4

The usual quarterly meeting of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association was held in Wollongrong last week. Messrs. Jas. Magruire (president), A. C…

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Mines and Mining. Buoyant Barrier Market. Big Rise in Oxide Carpathia Spurts Again

The Sun · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 9

Another buoyant market was in evidence today for Broken Hill silver scrip, and the transactions on the local Exchange were more numerous than, those of the previous…

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Trouble at the Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 7

The trouble caused by young men and boys delaying work at various collieries, in the Newcastle and Maitland district was referred to by Mr. Kelynack (counsel for the colliery…

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Gold in Rubbish

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 9

Rev. Emanuel Bans, chaplain of the convent of the Sisters of Charity, Little Easing Lane, London, has made the rubbish collected by his agents in the city turn into…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 11

Two blast furnaces were in continuous operation at the Mount Lyell mine, during the fortnight ended January 21, and a third unit during the last 10 days only. For the…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 14

A return issued by the Queensland Mines Department shows that the yield of minerals other than gold or precious stones, for December quarter was valued at £582,848 a decrease…

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Mine Robbed. Daring Thieves. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 9

A most impudent robbery was committed between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning, when the cyanide room at Wilson and Shiel's Excelsior quartz mine at Avoca was broken…

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Late Mining. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 10

Afernoon:—Silver: Amalgamated Zinc, 1[?]/9; B.H. Block, 10, 35/6, 35/9, 35/3, ditto, six weeks, 35/[?] British B.H., 39/, 39/1½, 39/; Broken Hill Proprietary, 41/3, 41/9; ditto, a month, 41/10½; ditto, six weeks,…

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Coal Porters Resume Work. London, Thursday Morning

The Sun · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 8

The coal portersr who had been on strike have returned to work believing, that the masters will submit their demands to arbitration…

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Coal Strike Over. Extra Penny a Ton

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday Evening,-- The coal porters on strike have accepted the increase of one penn a ton, not whishing to panalise the goods employers. They will resume work to-morrow…

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Eleanora Mines. New Plant at Work. Hillgrove

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 11

Construction work at the plant of the Eleanora mines is complete, and crushing was started on January 13. The new plant consists of an up-to-date arrangement necessary to deal with the refractory nature…

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Guinea Gold. a Promising Field. Much Neglected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 8

Gold in New Guinea! The phrase has an attractive sound to stay-at-homes and armchair mining speculators. To many people gold in New Guinea is regarded more as a…

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How to Glean Gold or Silver Lace

Co-operator · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 6

Gold and silver lace which is very much used on ceremonial robes, is also popular for many more everyday purposes—for trimming dresses,…

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Hetton Coal Company. 7 Per Cent Dividend Declared

The Sun · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 7

Mr. W. J. Green, chairman of directors, presided over the fifty-seventh half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Hetton Coal Company, Ltd., held the afternoon at the…

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Mining in the State. Hargraves

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 11

Crushing has been suspended, at the Hargraves Consolidated mine, owing to some part of the machinery breaking. This is undergoing repairs, and work will be…

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Coal Porters' Strike. Rapidly Breaking Down. London. Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 8

[?] that they are conceding the demands of the strikers. Mr. Lockett, bairman of the Merchants Societs, states that four-fifths of the coal-men…

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Mining. Prices Current on Change. When Barriers Boom

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 14

There was a stronger tone on the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday, although the actual volume of business put through was not large, except, perhaps, in…

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Mining. London Strong in Barriers. Local Market Responds. Copper Stocks Firm—tin Neglected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1914 · page 11

Holders of Barrier stocks were jubilant yesterday morning. Well they might be, as the cabled quotations of the London Stock Ex-change on Tuesday showed much buoyancy,…

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Plymouth Consolidated Gold Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 6

A telegram received from Adelaide states that the Prospectus of the Plymouth Consolidated Gold Mines was issued in that city on Wednesday. The capital of the company…

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Miners' Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 10

A hundred men ceased work at the Baddera lead mine, Northampton, Geraldton district, on Saturday, because they considered the new scale of rates for working various…

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