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Mining & the mines, 1914

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 11

The Commodore gold mine (W.A.) milled 810 tons of ore last month, for bullion valued of £1218/10/, and cyanlded 420 tons of Band for bullion worth £237/10/, total £1466. The…

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Victorian Gold Yield. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 11

The Victorian gold yield for February was 45,358oz gross, or 4184oz fine, valued at £177,760. Compared with the yield for February of last year, an increase of 3910oz has…

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Mining. a Week of Uncertainty. Speculation Limited. Tin-mining Advancing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 11

The barometer of the Sydney Stock Exchange last week—Indeed, of Australian Stock Exchances generally—stood mostly at "dull," with new and then a slight fluctuation. But the…

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Goal Strike. Two Mines Idle. Newcastle

Evening News · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 7

The Hebburn and P[?] Main Collieries, two of the largest two al[?] collieries on the South Maitland coat field, are on strike to-day, and nearly two thousand employees have been…

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Mining in the State. Adelong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 11

The principal gold mine situated on Bangadang Rango, which was previously known as O'Dwyer's mine, is now being worked by a Melbourne syndicate, who have…

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Southern Coal Trade. Decrease Last Year. a Hampered Industry

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 8

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.--According to the annual report of the Mines. Department the output from the southern collieries for 1913 amounted to 2,081,472 tons, valued at £638,425…

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Baseball Gold. Buying a Famous Player. London, Monday Morning

The Sun · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 8

An amazing height has been reached in the payment of famous baseballers. The management of the Boston American League team have offered Tris Speaker, the crack…

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Modern Methods. Water in Mines. Experiment on Peer's Estate. London, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 1

The influx of water in the shafts of his coal mines is a problem Viscount Galway has found difficult of solution. A company has now been formed, with chiefly…

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Mine Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--In consequence of the heavy inrush of wafer, due to local floods and to their pump breaking down, the workings of the Corolla Company's Rosebud mine, in the…

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Colliery Explosion. Twenty-five Men Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 7

ST. PETERSBURG, Sunday.--A miner in one of the pits at Slavyanoserbsk opened a safety-lamp to light a cigarette. A gas explosion followed and 25 men wore killed. Only two minors…

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Newcastle. a Colliery Dispute. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 10

At today's sitting of the Miners' Wages Board, Mr. Lewis brought before their notice a dispute that had occurred at Whitburn colliery over the working of tops, which had…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 11

The output of tin oxide by the Tongkah Harbour Company last weok was 21 tons, as against 26 tons for the preceding week. The plant of the Buckland River Gold…

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Mine Accidents. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 12

W. Harvey, blacksmith in the Proprletary mine, was severely scalded at the mine through the overflowing of a tank of boiling water. He was taken to the hospital, as was…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 11

The February output of the Associated was 9897 tons for gold valued at £11,169. The expenditure was £11,260. The tributers on the Boulder No. 1 are…

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"Unreasonable Stoppages." Will Pelaw Main Colliery Shut Down?

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 8

KURRI KURRI, Monday.--Has the Pelaw-Main Colliery shut down? That is the question which is agitating a good many minds to-day. It is over a week since the owners…

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Colliery Dispute. Shift Question. Jurisdiction of a Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 6

Mr. Justice Heydon delivered judgment on the question submitted to him by Judge Edmunds as to the jurisdiction of the board to deal with the claim of the Colillery…

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A "No-work" Whistle. Colliery Troubles. Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 9

Through the wheelers, clippers, and other boys not turning up to work on Friday afternoon, Pelaw-Main colliery whistle on Sunday night blow "no work for Monday morning."…

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Northern Collieries. Question of Afternoon Shift Prohibition Applied For. Rule Nisi Granted

The Sun · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 1

Mr. J. L. Campbell, K.C., and Mr. Curlewis (instructed by Mr. S. . E. Cook) to-day applied ex parte to Mr. Justice Harvey, in private Chambers,…

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To Work English Coal. German Directors' Interest

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday.--A company has been formed, chiefly with German directors including Horr Stinnes, a loading figure in the Westphalian coalfields, to work under Lord Gulwtiy's…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 11

Active work is now in progress on the Gold and Copper Company's property, once known as Diamond Jubilee mine. The latest news from the mine states:—"A further test…

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