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Mining & the mines, 1915

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Fall of Coal at Balmain

Evening News · Thursday 18 February 1915 · page 5

While John Reynolds, 51. a miner living is Jacques-street. Balmain, was working in the Balmain coal mine this morning, a quantity of coal came away from the roof above him, and…

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British-australian Oil Mine Suspension of Labour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1915 · page 7

At the Warden's Court, Capertee, the British Australian Oil Company, Limited, made an application for a suspension for six months of labour conditions on mining leases Nos…

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Mining. Speculation Slack, Sellers Firm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1915 · page 9

The general trend of the market yesterday is explainable in a very few words. It was a day of firm sellers. Generally speaking, they would not mark down prices to any great…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 February 1915 · page 11

Here and there prices sagged a little yesterday morning on the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange. It was not the apparent outcome of anything in the shape of a definite…

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Mining in the State. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1915 · page 9

The scarcity of water on the molybdenite [?]ld in the Yetholme locality was the ground for an application to the warden for a three months' suspension of labour conditions by…

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Coal Shipments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 4

Yesterday the Seaham Coal Company despatched the American four-masted barquentine Aurora for San Francisco with 1794 tons of coal, and…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 9

The half-yearly general meeting of shareholders in the Carpath[?]a Tin-mining Company has been convened to be held at the meeting room, Chamber of Commerce, George…

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Gold Medals for Clydesdales

The Land · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 5

The secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society has received a communication from the Clydesdale Society of Great Britain and Ireland to the effect…

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Mining. Heat Affects Business

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 9

The great heat had a depressing effect upon the market yesterday morning. Operators were not disposed to bustle, hence a general air of listlessness pervaded the Stock…

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Hidden Death. Mine-laying Submarines. London, Friday Morning

The Sun · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 5

It is reported from Copenhagen that Germany has built 120 big mine-laying submarines. The Kaiser and Admiral von Tirpitz are…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 11

Operators continued to "mark time" yes to-day on the milling section of the Sydney Sharemarket For the most part, they ape peared disinclined to oven attempt to make…

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Mine Sweepers Risky Work Praise From the Admiralty. London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 5

The Admiralty, in a statement it has issued, praises the officers and crews of the East Coast mine-sweepers for having effectually cleared the large minefield sown by the…

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Old Goldfields. Suggestions for Dredging

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 4

The Premier's attention was recently directed to a suggestion that the Government should encourage dredging parties to work certain, rich old goldfields. It was suggested, that a…

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Coal Trade. Lithgow[?] [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 18

The local coal trade is in about the same condition as for several weeks back. The shifts worked have not been quite so broken at two or three of the collieries, owing to…

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Coal Trade. Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The coal export trade was very slack during the week, particularly in regard to oversea ports. The total amount shipped for places beyond the State was 77,539…

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To Prevent Mine Explosions

Evening News · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 5

The Presier has made available an extract from the sixth report of the English Explosions in Mines Committee, which recently made a number of highty technical and important…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 17

An effort is to be made to enlist the support of English capital in a Papuan gold-dredging proposition on the Yodda Valley. It was tested by Messrs. Hungerford and…

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Coal Trade. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 16

South Bull[?] mine has six shifts in for pay ending to-morrow. Employees of this company who received their notice are being paid off to-morrow…

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Work on the Barrier Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 10

BROKEN HILL, Friday.--The North mine manager announced this morning that the mine and mill, which had been working on the system of week-on-week-off, would continue…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 13

During about, five months of the half-year ended December 31 the Broken Hill South Company worked on the "alternate week system." The result was that 20,375 tons of concentrates…

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