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Mining & the mines, 1915

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Mining. Quieter Market Rules. Copper and Tin Stocks in Most Favour. Barriers in the Background

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

The pace on Wednesday was too severe to last. It did not. Yesterday morning's business clearly showed that. The transactions were confined to six stocks, of which four…

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State Coal Mine Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The period of industrial peace, which has prevailed at the State coal mine, Wonthaggi, for nearly a year, has evidently come to an end…

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Western Australian Gold Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 18

The, local secretary of the Bullfinch Proprietary Mine reports having sent the following cablegram to the London office, on February 3:—"No. 3 (northern series) ore body,…

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Miners Dismissed. Depression in Coal Trade. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 16

A good deal of regret was expressed locally when it became known to-day that there were 200 men, employed at the South Bulli colliery, who had received 14 days' notice…

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Edna May Gold Mine. Month's Net Profit. £8886

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 18

Tho Edna May mine milled a record tonnage for January. The yield for the month was as follows:—3039 tons are milled for a yield of 2711 ounces of bullion, valued at £10,844…

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Welsh Coal Miners. Proposed Notice to Owners. London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 5

The Welsh miners executive has decided to recommend that the general conference to be held on Saturday should, on April 1, give the coalowners three months notice of its…

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Barrier Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 14

BROKEN HILL, Friday. -- At a meeting of the Barrier Labor Federation last night, the secretary was instructed to write to all the affiliated…

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Fallen Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 15

BATHURST, Friday. -- William Barrett (29) was charged at the Bathurst Police Court to-day with having stolen a quantity of coal belonging to the Railway Department, valued at 1…

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The Mine Fields

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 17

The general statement that a mine become, useless after a comparatively short period in the water, has to be modified in the light of experience. It is certainly true that from the…

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Mining. Tin and Copper Solid. Barriers Generally Firm. Gold Shares Inactive

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 18

One would have expected the announcement that the Barrier mines are in a fair way of gotting over the difficulty of selling; their zinc concentrates, which have been concentrating…

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Newcastle Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 19

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The amount of coal sent from Newcastle to places beyond the State during the week was 88,196 tons. Of the total, 51,087 tons went to Commonwealth and New Zealand ports, an follows: --…

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Sale of a Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 17

J.E.S. writes:— Sir,—£1250 derived by the sale of an interest in a mining property, which is almost immediately afterwards formed into a company. Must the amount…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 18

The Kampong Kamuntins Tin-dredging, Ltd., has been placed on the official list of the Sydney Stock Exchange. The authorised capital, £150,000, in 150,000 shares of £1 each;…

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North and South. Miners Differ

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 17

For some unaccountable reason, there has never been a feeling of amity between the northern and southern coal miners of this State. The working conditions, rates of pay,…

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Accidental Discovery of Gold. Culcairn

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 1

While engaged in sinking a bore on his property at Mountain Creek, about 16 miles from Culcairn, Mr. J. Nyhan discovered traces [?] sold at a depth of 20ft. Although not in…

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New Burragorang Silver Mine. Lode Little But Good

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 18

There was not a dissentient voice heard at the half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the New Burragorang Silver Mine (Yerranderie), held yesterday afternoon at the secretary's office in Pitt-street. How…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 17

Business was again on the quiet side on the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. There was what operators call a very "solid" market in sliver-leads, and the…

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Tin Mining, Purchase of Concentrates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 18

Attention was drawn in Thursday's issue of the "Syd ney Morning Herald" to the opinion freely expreaid in mining circles as to the difficulty experienced in selling tin concentrates since the war started. Mr. Erie S…

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Coal on Railways. Warning to Collectors. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 15

A caso of interest to railway employees was heard in the local police court, when William E. Barrett, 29, was charged with stealing a quantity of coal valued at 1s from…

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Dangers to Shipping. Germans Drifting Mines. London, Saturday Morning

The Sun · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 5

A report from Amsterdam states that the Dutch shipping companies have arranged to hold a meeting to discuss the taking of the necessary steps for the protection of…

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