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Mining & the mines, 1914

5,543 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

Strike at a Mine. Adelong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 19

Serious trouble occurred at the Gibraltar mine over a contract that the company wanted let at two guineas a foot. The advisory board of the A.M.A. wanted £2 4s. A party took…

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11 Days in a Coal Bunker

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 10

An amazing discovery was made (says the Capetown correspondent of the London. "Daily Telegraph") while the Union Castle coasting steamer Tiger was being unloaded at Capetown docks. Coat was being removed from…

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Miners' Homes. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 4

Sir,—Spending ono of my holidays in [?] mining district on the coast, while charmed with the natural beauty of the situation, I was painfully impressed by the utter shabbiness…

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The Wheeler. Eternal Mine Trouble. Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 20

At the Pelaw-Main colliery the afternoon shrft has not worked since Tuesday through a dispute over a wheeler. It is stated that the wheeler came out…

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Cost of living. Gold and Prices. (To the Editor)

The International Socialist · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 3

Sir,—While I feel much interested in the importance you attach to Adam Smith's views, it seems to me that they have but little bearing upon the contention advanced…

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Newcastle. Mining Matters. Agricultural Society. the Municipal Elections

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 1

[?] with the district's staple industry, particularly those whose [?] them with the miners' wages board now sitting under the chairmenship of…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change. the Break in Carpathias

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 9

On the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday raining scrip in practically all divisions received comparatively strong support. Carpathian were once again to the fore. They…

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Mining. Depression Continues. Great Cobar and Carpatha Weaker. Advance in Hawkin's Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 21

The depression in the mining market continues. A press cable was received from London stating that Great Cobar had dropped from…

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Mining Shares. To-day's Business. Barriers Quiet. Copper Scrip Slumpy. Further Drop in Cobars. Hawkins Reward Firm. Copper Cheaper

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 5

No business was furnished [?] at morning "room" in Sydney. [?] were fairly steady. Most of the copper interests [?]…

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Mining Notes and News Wonderful Mount Morgan. Mount Elliotts in Trouble. Kalgurli Gold Mines, Ltd

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 2

The annual statement of accounts of this company to July 31, 1913, has just been issued, and the usual meeting was held in London on 9th ult. The profit and loss account shows a profit…

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"Wireless" in Mines

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 28

An invention in wireless telephony, by means of which men trapped by accidents in coal mines will be able to communicate with rescue parties, is arousing great interest in English…

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Dispute at Adelong. All Miners Out

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 14

The officers of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, in Sydney, received a telegraphic message yesterday conveying the information that all miners were out at Adelong. The…

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"The Indian Sign." How It Originated. California!! Gold Rush Story

The Sun · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 11

Nine persons of ten will tell you, if you ask them, that the reason Eddie M'Goorty beat Dave Smith so easily the other night was because he had the Indian Sign on him…

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Share Market. Mining Scrip Neglected. Bank of Australasia Firmer. Weaker London Prices

The Sun · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 18

Stagnation was again the main, feature of yesterday's a business in mining scrip on the Sydney Exchange, This can be partly accounted for by the weak market in London on Friday, also to the fact that the price of copper…

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Collieries Closed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 7

JOHANNESBURG, Saturday,—The Wit bank collieries have been closed owing to lack of trucks…

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Mines and Mining. Still Stagnation. Improvement in Carpathia

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 9

Stagnation again reigned supreme in market for mining scrip on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day. There was practically no speculative business, this being brought…

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Adelong Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 3

The miners on the Adelong field are out. They held a mass meeting on Friday to consider trouble that had arisen in the Gibraltar mine, and decided not to work with those…

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Newcastle's Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—As is usual at the year, the beginning of the year, the coal expert during the week was rather stack. The amount seat from Newcastle to places beyond the state…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 11

The Black Range Mining Company reports: —Main shaft sunk 14 feet, total below No. 13 level 197 feet. Reef now showing in foot of shaft, stone nicely mineralised 2 feet wide,…

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Twelve Miners Killed. Thirty Rescued

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 7

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, Sunday.—All explosion, due to gas originating in the coaldust, entombed 12 men employed by the Davis Creek Coal Company…

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