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Mining & the mines, 1914

5,543 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 250

Oil Versus Coal Fuel

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 19 February 1914 · page 4

The use of oil fuel in ship propulsion saves time and expense, and is much cleaner in every way than the use of coal. The economy effected differs,…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 February 1914 · page 11

The following information has been cabled to the London office of Chaffers Company:— "In continuation of our cable of the 13th instant, the average assay value of the No. 4…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 February 1914 · page 11

The mill of the British Company for the fortnight ended February 14, worked 19 hours short through breakage of machineny. It treated 8622 tons crudes, assaying 12.8 per…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 February 1914 · page 11

The latest fortnightly return furnished by the Tongkah Compound Tin Dredging Company indicates that the dredge is still on tho good patch, which yielded a return of nearly 3½lb…

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Miners' Afternoon Shift. Question of Jurisdiction

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 February 1914 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--At the Miners' Wages Board to-day, Judge Edmunds (chairman) announced that the question of the hoard's Jurisdiction in the application for the…

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Western Mines. a Serious Scarcity of Water

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 February 1914 · page 7

The scarcity of water at Cobar and other, metalliferous mining centres in the western district is having a serious effect upon the mining community out there. According to…

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Broken Hill Mines. Recent Rich Developments. London, Thursday Morning

The Sun · Thursday 19 February 1914 · page 9

In a special article on the mining scrip market the London "Times" to-day explains that the recent buoyancy in the Broken Hill, silver group was due to the developments in…

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Northern Territory Tin-mining. Port Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 February 1914 · page 11

Mr. Thomas Dunn mine manager, with 20 years experience in Tasmania, New South Wales, and South Australia, writing to the local press, says he considers the prospects of the Marranboy tin field 50 per cent…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change. Record Neglect of Barriers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 February 1914 · page 10

Very little business was passing on the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. In the forenoon a surprising feature was the utter neglect of Barriers. Not a single…

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Mining. Copper Easier. London Market Slack. Lead Followed Locally

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 February 1914 · page 11

There was nothing about the market yesterday morning to rejoice over. On the contrary, the cabled information to hand was calculated to make operators think hard and act…

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In Equity. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Simpson.) Important Mining Suit. Easdown v Ardlethan Options, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 February 1914 · page 5

This was a suit in which William Charles Easdown prayed, among other things, that it may be declared that the defendant company —the Ardlethan Options, Ltd.—holds 60 shares…

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A State Coal Mine Pays

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 6

Without wanting to be horribly socialistic, at least one big state enterprise has justified itself. This is the Victorian state coal mine…

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Mines and Mining. Share Market Still Dull. All Sections Weaker

The Sun · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 9

In consequence of the London market for Broken Hill silver stocks being again cabled weaker, another, quiet time was experienced on the Sydney Exchange to-day and…

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Gold Exports

The Sun · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 9

The export of gold from Australia to all parts of the world during the present year is approximately valued at £439,501, as against £358,816 for the corresponding period of last…

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B.h. Junction Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 11

For the week ended February 14, the B.H. Junction mill treated 1270 tons of crudes, producing 165 tons of lead concentrates, assaying 24.3oz silver, 63.1 per cent. lead, and 5.1 per…

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Mines and Fatal Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 15

BROKEN-HILL, Thursday. -- At a meeting of the A.M.A. held on Tuesday evening the matter of the men censing work immediately a fatal accident occurs was dealt with, and the…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 11

The dividend of 1/ per share and bonus of a like amount declared by the directors of the B.H. Block 10 Company is payable on March l8, and not March 8, as previously…

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Mine Fatalities. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 10

At a meeting of the A.M.A. held on Tuesday evening the matter of men ceasing work immediately after a fatal accident occurs was dealt with, and the secretary was instructed…

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Northern Miners. the Whitburn Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- A special meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held to-day. The principal business was the consideration of the…

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The Great Cobar Mines. Ii

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 13

In the letters which have been published fn "The Daily Telegraph" Mr. Blakemore deals at some length with the grade of the ore which was mined during his tenure of office. He gives…

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