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Mining & the mines, 1914

5,543 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 250

In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 17

The gold yield of Queensland for the month of January was 14,914oz., valued at £63,350, compared with 20,591oz., valued at £87,465, in the corresponding month last year…

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Newcastle. Coal Trade Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 25

Throughout this week the coal cranes have been taxed to their utmost. At the beginning of the week there were not nearly sufficient for the requirements of the trade…

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Newcastle Coal Export. Another Brisk Week

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 17

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The coal export trade during tile week was very brisk, the amount sent to places beyond the State being 134,338 tons. Of the total, 66,642 tons went to…

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Gold and Prices. (To the Editor.)

The International Socialist · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 3

Sir,—If I quoted some hostile authority you might have said he was prejudiced! The facts and figures which I gave speak for themselves. The old adage "An ounce…

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Mining in the State. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 25

A report from Sunny Corner is as follows:— The West Mitchell battery is being overhauled, and got ready for crushing several small parcels of stone from the Big Hill,…

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Federated Engine-drivers. Mining, Dredging, and Sluicing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 8

The Federated Engine-drivers and Firemen's Association yesterday issued claims on 258 mining, dredging, and sluicing companies in Victoria and Tasmania. It is asked that eight…

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The B.m.a. Miners Want Imported Doctors. Mr. Cann's Refusal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 25

About three weeks ago a deputation [?]presenting the miners' lodges of Newcastle and district wa[?]ted upon Premier to see if something could not be done to settle the…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change. a Very Definite Pause

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 17

London leads! There is nothing with even a suspicion of newness about that assertion, but it came home with a vividness that almost called for reiteration when the tone of the…

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Coal Bogey Laid. New Zealand Strike and Oversea Shipments. How Fuel Famine Was Averted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 23

WELLINGTON, January 30.--One of the finest achievements of the Defence Committee set up by citizens, employers, and farmers at the time of the strike, was the organisation of a huge…

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Mining. London Values Easier Metals Slacker. Local Prices a Fraction Down

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 25

The position of the market yesterday morning was that prices were slightly easier all round. This was attributed to a slight sagging, of share values in London on…

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The Stream of Gold of the History of Han-yen. Tale From the Chinese

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 23

(A correspondent sends us the following tale, which he has discovered among some free translations from the Chinese classics, made, he suggests, by a Jesuit missionary at the close…

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Presentation to a Banker. Old Goldfield Days

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 15

Mr. John Smithers Carroll, who is retiring on a pension after half a century of service in the Australian Bank of Commerce, Ltd., has been presented by the past and present officers of…

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Southern Collieries Wages Board a Question of Rates Wollongong, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 February 1914 · page 14

The Southern Collieries Wages Board resumed its sittings this week, when interesting evidence was given for the proprietors: The first witness called on behalf of the…

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Finance—commerce—mining—markets

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 February 1914 · page 2

The Albany and Goulburn Chambers of Com-merce have affiliated with the Sydney body. The tender of Messrs. G; S. Singleton and Co., contractors and cleaners, has been accepted by…

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Fire at Null Jetty in Danger. Colliery Props Ablaze. WOLLONGONG

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1914 · page 10

A disastrous fire broke out this afternoon near the South Bull jetty. Bellambl. Thousands of props that are used inside the colliery were stacked near the jetty, and…

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Tasmania Gold Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 10

The following official statement has been issued by Mr. H. Nightingale, local secretary of the Tasmania Cold Mine at Beaconsfield: "A cable has been received from London stating that in view of the superintendent's…

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Northern Collieries. Hebburn to Resume

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Work is to be resumed to-morrow at Hebburn colliery, which was idle last week owing to a dispute as to the rates for "winning out" places. Mr. D…

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Coal Shipments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 4

The Norwegian four-masted barque Dowan Hill left Newcastle on Saturday for Chanaral with 3334 tons of Caledonian coal…

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More Foreign Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 4

The British steamer Magdala with a cargo of coal from Delagoa Bay, arrived at Wellington yesterday…

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Mines and Mining. Share Market Quiet. Barriers Down Again. Ardlethans Not So Firm

The Sun · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 9

The dulness which, predominated In the market for mining, scrip at the end of last week on the Sydney Exchange was even more pronounced to-day, this being attributed to…

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