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Mining & the mines, 1915

4,404 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 221

Earth Shocks. English Mines Suffer

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 8

LONDON, Tuesday.--Earth shocks have been felt at Conisboro, Denaby, and Wrist Molton. in West Yorkshire resulting in heavy falls. One of the Denaby pits has been rendered…

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Price of Coal. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 7

The excutive officer of the Colliery Employees' Federation have written to the N[?]ssary Commodities Commission asking the probable date of the resumption of the inquiry…

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Mining. Copper and Tin in Request. Zinc, Silver, and Lead Neglected. Gold Stocks in the Background

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 11

The moods and vagaries of the mining market are interesting, because they are variable. Some days operators pin their faith to one metal. The next day it is absolutely…

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Mount Lyell Mine. Development Work Resumed. Queenstown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 11

The ore being won in No. 41 stope ore body at the 1100ft level of the North Lyell is of very good grade, and a big tonnage of this material is still available. The other stopes…

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Coal Exports. Restrictions on Trade. Newcastle Hampered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 9

The restrictions on the export of coal to foreign ports are having a serious effect on Newcastle trade, and yesterday a deputation waited on the Minister for Customs (Mr…

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Coal for Export. Effects of War Restrictions

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 3

A deputation representing the mining section of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce saw Mr. Tudor. It consisted of Messrs. F. W. Nowman (Calodonian Collieries), Isane…

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Yorkshire Mining Dispu[?] London, Feb

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 10

The West Yorkshire mine-owners ar[?] confer next week with the Miners' Fe[?] tion and the Yorkshire delegates…

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Mining. Prices Current on Change

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 10

The copper stocks were responsible for seven individual sales, while in the aggregate, only half a dozen copper companies were even mentioned in the official quotations, Hampdens…

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Earth Shocks. Falls in Coal Pits London. Feb [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 10

Earth shocks at Conisbro Denaby and High Milton have occurred, resulting in [?] falls of earth. One of the pits in Denaby (Yorkshlre has…

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Perilous Ride. Trucks Break Away. Miners Injured. Ipswich (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 8

An accident occurred at Noble Vale colliery, No. 1, this morning, whereby 15 men were injured, one of them seriously. It has lately been the custom [?] the…

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Mining Shares. Several Lines Better. Barriers, Morgans, Compounds

Evening News · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 7

A brighter tone characterised of the Barriers Broken Hill Proprietary put od M. Souths and North Brokens firm. Hampdens advanced another 9d. A few weeks ago they…

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Foreign Cables Deaths of the Veterans Threatened Strike of the Coal-miners

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 4

Coal mines in England have been given a fortnight's notice by the employers, but it is likely that the parties will meet in an endeavor to arrive at an…

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Miners' Accident Relief

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 4

The annual report of the New South Wales Accident Relief Fund, which was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, disclosed that the limitations imposed upon metal…

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Exports of Gold

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 4

Return showing, the exports of gold— coined and uncoined—from the port of Sydney, for which export entries have been received during the week ended…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 11

The Broken Hill Junction Lead Mining Company, N.L., has been placed on the [?] list of the Sydney Stock Exchange. The authorised capital is £150,000, in [?]00,000…

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Saving Gold out of Black Sand

The Land · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 15

J.S. (Inverell) writes:—With reference to the query as to the best method of saving fine gold and cleaning it out of black sand, the Department of Mines…

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Fire at a Mine. S[?]ing for Months

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 5

For some months a fire has been smouldering near Glencoe mine, Rosewood (Q.). On Saturday it broke into flames at the pit head, causing [?]…

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Yorkshire Mines Wrecked. Earth Shooks at Several Points

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 4

Earth shocks at Conisboro, High Milton, and Denaby, in Yorkshire, on Tuesday, resulted in heavy falls of earth. One ut Denaby rendered the coal pits…

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Mining Industry. Wardens in War Time

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 3

A representative of the Sulphide Corporation was recently reported to have written to some of the mining wardens in New South Wales stating that the company was a buyer…

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Fatal Accidents Mishaps at Work and Play Miners' Perilous Ride on Bolting Trucks

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 4

An accident occurred at Noble Vale colliery, Ipswith (Q.), on Wednesday morning, whereby fifteen men were injured, one of them seriously…

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