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Mining & the mines, 1915

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Bravery Recognised. a Gold Medal for Young Paris

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 5

The Sydney Coroner, Mr. H. S. Hawkins, recently commended the bravery of Herbert Charlet Parle, n jewellery salesman, in rescuing the youth Warren Tooze…

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German Steamers Lost. Mines in the Baltic. Stockholm, Monday Night

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 1

During the last fortnight, five German cargo steamers, varying from 1900 to 2000 tons displacement, have been named and sunk in the Battle…

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Mining. Prices Current on Change. Business Still Restricted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 11

Business was again restricted upon the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday, although an improvement on Saturday's operations was made. Up till the luncheon…

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Floating Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 16

Over one hundred mines have drifted ashore on the Belgian coast. Soldiers at Knocke, Heyst, and Zeebrugge are busy exploding them…

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Colliery Prosecutions Withdrawn. Wollongong

Evening News · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 3

As a result of representations made by the executive officers of the [?]llawarra Colliery Employees' Association, the whole of the prosecutions pending against employees, which were…

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Coal for Germany

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 14

The Amsterdam "Telegraaf" states that the Germans are employing 40,000 miner's at collieries at Mons, Liege, and Charleroi sending coal to Germany, and also timber from Namur,…

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Abermain No. 2 Colliery Re-opened

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 14

KURRI KURRI, Tuesday.--The trouble at the Abermain No. 2 colliery has been settled, and yesterday the mine was re-opened. As the result of a conference between the management…

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Mines in the Baltic

The Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 5

Nowadays the Baltic must be the most dangerous sea in the world, even though no news of naval activity has come from its waters for a long time. The Russian fleet…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 13

Operations at the Skinner shaft of the Vegetable Creek tin mine during the week ended January 14 show that the main north (west crosscut) was advanced 8ft to 276ft, and…

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Australasian Gold Yield

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 47

Statistics relating to the gold yield of Australia for 1914 have been compiled, and show the total yield to be 2,048,905 fine ounces, compared with 2,202,546 fine ounces in 1913. The…

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Reported Find of Gold

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 47

Mr. Joe Beaver, who has been prospecting about the Orange district for some time, has brought into Orange some gold-bearing stone taken from a find on Mr. "Son" Casey's…

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Carpatiha Tin Mine. Resumption of Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 13

The mine having been shut down for some time, the subjoined is the manager's first weekly report since the resumption of work:- No. 1 Shaft.—Sinking 3ft, making 59ft, on ore of…

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N.S.W. Gold Yield

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 47

The usual return furnished by the Under-Secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for New South Wales for December is 16,918 ounces crude, equal to 15,815oz fine,…

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Miners Return to Work. Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 12

The miners on strike at Abermain colliery No. 2 returned to work. They withdrew their claim for an extra lamp for each pair of men. The manager agreed to pay the men in…

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New Gold Find. Charters Towers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 13

A party of four made a promising find in a bed of mullock in the town creek, 1½ mile from Black Knob. They sank a shaft 13 feet, exposing a reef 5 feet thick. They…

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MINING. Operations at George's Plains

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 47

With the advent of the New Year and in spite of the war, several industries in the neighborhood of George's Plains are showing Signs of vitality. The Sugarloaf marble…

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Labor. Southern Mines. "On the Eye of Stoppage."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 14

At a meeting of the lllawarra Labor Council at Wollongong on Saturday last, the following motion was unanimously carried;--"That we protest against the action of Mr. Justice…

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Mines in the Baltic. German Steamers Sunk. Stockholm, Jan. l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 11

During the last fortnight five German cargo steamers, varying from 1000 tons to 2000 tons, have been sunk by mines in the Baltic…

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Coal Mine Closed. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 7

Owing to slackness of trade, caused partly by the Limestone Island fire, the Northern Coal Company's new mine at [?] has been closed. Eighty men are idle…

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