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Mining & the mines, 1915

4,404 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 221

Incidents of the War Floating Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 16

The mines laid indiscriminately by the enemy are proving even more dangerous to the ships and commerce of neutral countries than to the Allies…

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Pioneer Tin Mining Co

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 13

The managers report for the two weeks ended January 9 states:—"Sluicing:—Have cleaned up for 22 tons 9cwt stream tin won from 2½ weeks; sluicing. Sufficient win has fallen to permit of the resumption…

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Mining. a New Plant

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 47

A monthly output of approximately 10,000 tons of ore from the North Lyell Mine (Tas.), and 17,000 tons from the Mount Lyell Mine, is being maintained without trouble. Three…

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Price of Coal. London, Wednesday Morning

The Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 5

The price of coal is rising, and yesterday it was retailed at 30s a ton and upwards. A sharp rise is expected in the event of a strike in Yorkshire…

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B.H. South Mine. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 13

The manager of the B.H. South Mine reports for the week onded January 23, that the rise from the 1070ft level is up 59ft 6in, and is in ore assaying 13 per cent, lead,…

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Yorkshire Miners. Conference Probable. London, Wednesday Morning

The Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 5

The ballot take by the Yorkshire miners to decide whether [?]ey should give the masters notice or not has resulted in 26,676 votes being polled for and 7211 votes against the…

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Austrian Mines. Own Cruiser a Victim. Vancouver

The Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 1

The London Daily Mail publishes a message from Venice which says that it is reported from Trieste that an Austrian cruiser struck a mine off the Brionl Islands, in the…

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'Butlers' Tin Mine. Sanguine Half-yearly Report. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 13

The half-yearly meeting of Butlers' Tin Mine was held to-day. Mr. P. R. Sutherland, in moving the adoption of the reports, said he visited the mine three or four weeks…

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Austrian Cruiser. Reported Sunk by Mine. Rome, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 11

It is reported that an Austrian cruiser struck a mine, a[?]d sank near Trieste…

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Mining in the State. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 13

At the local Wardens' Court an application for suspension of labour conditions on the magnesite leases near Fifield, was granted for six months. Between 17,000 and 20,000…

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Pulganbar Quicksilver and Copper Mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 13

The annuul general meeting of the shareholders in the above company was held in the Town Hall, Grafton, on December 31. There was a fair attendance, and the balance sheet and directors' report were adopted. The…

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Steamer Bumps Coal Wharf. Mix Up at Blue's Point

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 4

A gap fort long by the wide was made in the Sydney Fe[?] Bule's point North Sydney, during the southerly yesterday afternoon by the Howard South steamer…

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Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Compant, Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 13

Progress report for the month ended January 6:- Mount Lvell Mine.—Main shaft sunk to 73ft below No, 8 level. North Mount Lyell Mine: No. 2 engine willie down to 91ft below 1100ft level…

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Gale or Mine. Armed Merchantman Sunk. British Loss Off Ireland. London

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 1

The press Bureau states that the British armed mar[?] was either lost it a gale or destroyed by a mine off the north of ireland…

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Killed in a Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 8

CONDOBOLIN, Wednesday.—George Atkins, a middle-aged man, married, was killed at- Potter's Mine, at eight o'clock yesterday evening. He was jambed between an ascending water…

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Maitland Miners Bump Capitatism

People · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 2

John Brown is a very common name, also a very great and noble one. John Brown, who fought and heroically died to free the chattel slaves of America, remains…

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Wages of Local Miners

Co-operator · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 4

At the Industrial Arbitration Court last week, before Judge Edmunds, the Lithgow Valley Colliery Co., Ltd., the Invincible Colliery Co.,…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 11

An interim dividend (the sixteenth) of 1/ per share has been declared by the Buckland River Gold Dredging Company, payable on February 5…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 10

At the first half-yearly meeting of Butler's Tin Mining Co., Torrington, N.S.W., Mr. P. R. Sutherland, chairman, stated that they would soon have an up-to-date crushing, winding, and…

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Mining at Ardlethan

The Australian Worker · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 13

Mr. C. Davis, general secretary of the A.M.A., requests that miners should be advised not to accept engagements at Ardlethan before communicating with him…

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