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Mining & the mines, 1914

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 15

The Tyrconnell Gold Mines, Ltd., has been listed on the Sydney Stock Exchange. The nominal capital is £17,500 in 140.000 shares of 2/6 each. The subscribed capital is 30,000…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 12

A return furnished by the Under-Secretary for Mines shows that the New South Wales gold yield for February was 14,142oz. crude, equal to 10.863oz. fine, valued at £46,141, as compared…

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Mining in the State. Trunkey Goldfield. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 15

The lack of sufficient rain has retarded operations on the Trunkey goldfield. The McKellars have three shafts sunk on their reef, and stone is being taken from all of…

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The Mining Industry

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 18

When it is seen that the value of the output of our mines is about one-sixth of the value of the total production in New South Wales, the mining industry must he recognised as one of…

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Northern Collieries. Afternoon Shift. the Board's Jurisdiction. Application to Full Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 10

The decision given in the Industrial Court by Mr. Justice Heydon, on the question of Jurisdiction submitted to him by the chairman of the Coalmining (North) Group, No. 3 Board,…

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Newcastle. Miners' Wages Board. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 14

Mr. Justice Edmunds, chairman of the Miners' Wages Board, announced at to-day's sitting that he intended to have a rest from the work of the board. He would go to…

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Victorian and Queensland Gold Yields

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 55

The Victorian gold yield for February was 45,358oz gross, or 41,840oz fine, valued at £177,760. Compared with the yield for February of last year, an…

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Mining. Hawkins Hill Reward

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 4

The [?]ger of the Hawking Hill Reward Gold Mining Company, [?], report for February as follows:—Have drives main an watering level north lift, country [?] to…

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Cheap and Nasty. Coal-dust Streets

The Sun · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 6

For a long while the Balmain Council has adopted a cheap-and-nasty way making the roadway in various streets in the North Ward. The stuff used has been broken…

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White Crystal Tin Mine. Main Shaft Workings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 15

The above plan is a rough sketch of the operations of the White Crystal Tin-mining Company at Ardlethan to develop a big ore body that has been followed down from the…

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Labor. Sixpence a Day. Causes Miners' Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 13

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- Owing to a dispute over 6d a day, claimed by one of the employees, Dudley colliery has been thrown idle. A driver in receipt of 8 a day contended that under the…

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Gold Yield of N.s.w

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 10

The usual return furnished by the Under-Socretary for Mines shows that the sold yield recorded in this State for February is 14,142[?] crude equal to 010,[?] fine valued at £[?]…

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Wild Cherry Tin Mine. Ore Bodies Developing Well

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 15

Report for the week ended March 6, 1914:— Hough No. 1 Shaft.—The lode opened on the west side of the shaft has been driven 7ft 6in. Ore improving as the drive extends. Lode 9ft wide…

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Mining News. 100oz per Week

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 55

The bucket dredge at Adelong Crossing (New South Wales) for the year 1913 put up the splendid average of 1000oz per week. Where they are working at present the lead spreads…

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Coal Lease. Mr. Austin Chapman's Application. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 16

An application was lodged with the local warden's clerk this morning for a mineral lease on the Cataract River for the purpose of coal-mining, at an annual rental of £1205 10s…

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B.H. BLOCK 10 Mine. Month's Milling Work. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 15

The B.H. Block 10 Company's concentrating output for four weeks ended March 4 states:— Crude ore treated 7880 tons, assaying 8.3oz., silver, 11.7 per cent, lead, and 12.3 per cent,…

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Mines Idle. Whims of the Wheelers. Dictating Terms. Kukri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 13

Both Hebburn and Pelaw-Main. colliery whistles blew "no work" for both shifts to-day. Mr. Scott, manager of Pelaw-Main, was not…

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Mine Shifts. Decision of Wage Board. No Power to Abolish. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 16

At to-day's sitting of the Miners' Wages Board, Judge Edmunds (the chairman) gave his decision in the case for the abolition of the afternoon shift in the Maitland district…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change. "Ireland Blocks the Way."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1914 · page 12

It is rarely, indeed, that active politics are openly said to so completely control sharemarket operations that London is reported quiet while awaiting a mere political…

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Mines and Miners

The Australian Worker · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 12

The A.M.A. Branch Secretary at Burraga advises miners in search of employment to keep away from that mine as there is more labor there than is needed…

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