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Mining & the mines, 1914

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South Coast Miners. the Deficient Place Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 15

Although there are yet no signs of immediate trouble in connection with the vexed deficiency place question, there is a feeling throughout the a district' that any extreme action, on the…

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Mining News. Great Things Expected

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 55

The Reward Gold mining Company, Hill End, finished up for the holidays with a splendid crushing, turning out 107oz, the result of three weeks' work. This crushing (says a Bathurst…

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West Australian Railway Charges. Coal Contracts in Danger

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 10

PERTH, Tuesday.--The notion of the Government in responding to the notion of the Legislative Council, who rejected the bill which virtually doubled the land tax and increased the…

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South Coast Mines. Delicate Position. the Deficient Place Trouble

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 11

The antagonism that has existed between the management and men in the South Coast coal-mining industry has been accentuated, it is said, by the…

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Mining. a Quiet Day. Bullfinch Weaker

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 16

"Very quiet" aptly describes the condition of the mining market yesterday. The day's business consisted of eighteen sales-five of gold scrip, three silver, three copper, and…

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Mines Portfolio. Should Be Separate. A.m.a. Secretary's Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 14

The secretary of the A.M.A., Mr. C. H. Davis, expressed the opinion yesterday that it would be preposterous to amalgamate the portfolio of mines with, as has been…

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Greed of Gold. Son's Terrible Crime. Whole Family Killed. Fortune Goes to the State. Madrid. Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 7 January 1914 · page 1

A shocking domestic tragedy, involving the violent death of a whole family, has been enacted at Berdega1. senor Palacie died recently. leaving a fortune…

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Mines and Miners

The Australian Worker · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 10

The reported intention of the United States Government to reserve all public lands believed to contain radium from lease or sale is one of the most…

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The Coal Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 10

The directors of the Taupiri Coal Company refused to agree to the proposal submitted by the Huntly strikers, that it the strikers were willing to resume in a body under the…

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Tyrconnell Gold Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 11

The report of the manager of the Tyrconnel Gold Mines states:--"Extended north drive to 21ft, 5ft. with earning fair gold. South drive extended to 13ft.; reef 4ft., highly payable. Erection of suction gas…

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Mines and Mining. Depression Continues. Mt. Elliott Weak

The Sun · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 9

Business in mining scrip in the Sydney Exchange remained in the dull state which has characterised it all the week. The market was very slack, but there was, If anything,…

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Idle Collieries. Pelaw-main Stoppage

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Pelaw Main Colliery did not work the afternoon shift to-day. The cause of the stoppage is not definitely known, but it is supposed to be the outcome…

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Gold

The Australian Worker · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 21

Commerce has set the mark of selfishness, The signet of its all-enslaving power Upon a shining ore, and called it gold, Before whose image bow the vulgar great…

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Dominant Colliery Managers. an Untenable Position

The Australian Worker · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 6

One of the southern colliery managers is reported to have recently remarked that he considered it charity to pay some men the miners' minimum wage of 11s. per…

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Pulganbar Mine. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 13

The annual meeting of the Pulganbar Quicksilver and Copper-mining Company, Ltd., was held in the Town Hall, Grafton, on Wednesday last…

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Killed in a Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 11

LAUNCESTON, Wednesday.--The inquest on the bodies of the two men--John Kirby, and Thos. J. Reid—who were killed, by a fall of earth in the Tasmania mine, was concluded…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 13

The managing director of the Amalgamated [?] End, Ltd., reports for the month of December:—Lower tunnel: North drive on Phillippine's extended 7ft; total, 75t; vein small and…

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No Color. Transvaal Miners' Decision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 7

CAPETOWN, Wednesday.--The Transvaal Minors' Association has issued a statement. Tho association refuses to admit colored workers, despite the decision of the Labor Party…

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Tasmania Mine Fatality. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 12

The inquiry into the deaths of the miners John Kirby and Thomas J. Reid, who Were killed in the Tasmania mine on January 2, was concluded to-day. The Jury returned a…

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South Coast Mines. Deficient Places

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 7

From a report published yesterday, it would appear that in 21 cases brought before the Chief Industrial Magistrate recently in Wollongong he refused to make an order against…

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