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Mining & the mines, 1914

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Junction Mine. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 14

Mr. W. C. Davies, managing director of the Junction mine, arrived to-day from Adelaide. When asked about the closing down of the mine, the cause, and probable re-starting, a[?]…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 15

During the week ended February 28 at the South Mine, diamond drilling was continued on the 625 and 725 feet levels, one bore being in sandstone and the other in quartzite…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 13

B.H. Junction Lead Mining Co., N.L. is South Australian registered, with three Adelaide directors, one Sydney (Mr. J.G. North), and one Broken-hill. The authorised capital…

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Broken Hill Miners. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 15

A meeting of the A.M.A. was held yesterday afternoon. The special business was to consider the present contract system, and also to decide what action, should in future be…

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Gold Dredging on the Turon

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 55

At the Mining Warden's Court, Wattle Flat, Mr. A. B. C. Burke, heard the application by F. H. Galloway for a dredging lease of eight acres, partly embracing the Turon River. The…

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Bullfinch Mine. Details of Recent Creep. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 15

Although full publicity was given in the Australian press to a creep at Bulfinch Mine in January; no official information was contained in periodical reports issued by the…

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Apatite Mining in the West

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 55

Mr. T. C. Hawkins, of Sorrento (Victoria), the moving figure in the Apatite mines near Wellington, is in Orange, and has exhibited some fine specimens of the deposit (writs our…

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Labor. the Northern Mines. Abolition of Afternoon Shift

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 14

KURRI KURRI, Tuesday.--The Industrial Court, consisting of Judge Edmunds, with Messrs. Clark and Peters, sat at the Courthouse to inquire into the question of the…

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Edna May Mine. a Big Lode. Southern Cross

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 15

With the exception of the sinking of the main shaft, work at E[?]a May Mine was confined to the 73ft level during the past three weeks. At the north-east face of the 150…

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Mining in the State. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 15

Just how critical conditions in the mining industry were until the recent fall of rain was told by Albert Reake[?], who appeared at the Warden's Court, before Mr. A. B. C…

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Mining News. Big Thing for New Zealand

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 55

A telegram from Wellington, New Zealand, states that a Canadian mining engineer, Mr. J. Hughes, who has been prospecting in the North Island of New Zealand, is convinced…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change. Distinctly Easier Tone

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 13

There was a distinctly easier tone on the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. No business whatever was transacted in copper; one sale was effected in…

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Mining. London Lifeless. Local Market Slack. Barriers Easier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 15

The cabled information to hand yesterday morning was not calculated to stir the market one way [?] the other. The London Stock Exchange appears to…

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Tin Mining by Proxy -- Operations at Emmaville, N.S.W.

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 22

If anyone who is conversant with the means adopted for winning tin ore at Emmaville (New South Wales), such as were in vogue previous to the introduction of…

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Mines and Miners

The Australian Worker · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 16

Judge Higgins has ordered the cancellation of the registration of the Victorian Coalminers' Association. Mottery Bros, of Cobargo, N.S.W…

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Coal Dust and Colliery Explosions

The Australian Worker · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 7

Dear Worker,— In a recent deputation to the Minister for Mines, exception was taken by Mr. A. Willis, President of the Illawarra…

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Tasmanian Gold Mines. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 11

At a meeting of shareholders in the Tasmanian Gold Mining Company, held on Tuesday night, a resolution was passed, requesting the London directors to stay their hands…

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Abermain Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 12

A private conciliation committee has been formed to deal with several matters in dispute at Abermain colliery. An agreement was drawn up some months ago for the…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 11

At the informal meeting of the New South Wales Consolidated Diamond and Tin Mines, Limited, held yesterday at the office of Mr. W. P. Minell, Martin-chambers,…

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Mount Lyell Mines. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 11

Al work at the North Lyell and Mount Lyell mines is now in full progress. The smelting returns for the last four weekly periods, which gave 530 tons of copper, brings…

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