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Mining & the mines, 1915

4,404 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 221

Germany's Mine Sowers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 7

ROME, Sunday,--The newspapers regard the statement that the Germans have built 100 mine-sowing submarines as bluff…

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Gold Movements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 11

Gold movements of the last eleven years naturally show great irregularity. First there was a series of heavy shipments abroad. Then for a couple of years the shipments were…

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Mining Dangers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 9

A report has been received by the Government from the English Explosions in Mines Committee, which has recently made a number of highly technical and important experiments…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 11

The Central Tin Mine (Renison Bell) restarted operations last week. The plant has been thoroughly overhauled, and the mannger reports that the machinery is running well,…

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Coal Disputes. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 10

The conference appointed in connection with the Illawarra Miners' Association to endeavour to arrive at a settlement with the employers in regard to an increase in wages to…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 11

A shipment of just under 18 tons of concentrates from the Tyrconnell Gold Mine, treated at Cockle Creek Works, realised £599 7s 10d net…

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Mining. a Listless Week. Speculation Restricted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 11

The daily record of the Sydney Stock Exchange during the past week was one of listlessness, with business on a very restricted scale. Extremely high heat temperature…

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Mining Shares. Barriers Steady. Compounds Quiet

Evening News · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 5

The general quotes for Barriers were strong in Sydney at midday. A sale of North Broken at 41s 6d, followed by buyer 13s, seller 42s 4d. Souths [?] steady: buyer £6 10s, seller £4…

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Mining. Prices Current on Change. Extreme Quietness

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 11

Business on the raining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange was of an unusually restricted character on Saturday. The tin division monopolised attention. On Change saw an exchange…

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Unlimited Coal. Italy Not to Be Tempted. Rome, Sunday Afternoon

Evening News · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 1

Signor Cabrinl, a member of the House of Deputies, states that Germany offered Italy unlimited coal in exchange for 30,000 a killed italians to work the German mines…

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"At Cripple Creek." Mining Melodrama at the Adelphi

Evening News · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 8

The revival of Hall Reid's four-act mining melodrama, "At Cripple Creek," at the Adelphi on Saturday was welcomed. The George Willoughby company finely interpreted the…

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New Things in Naval War. Power of the Submarine and the Mine

Evening News · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 2

Science, taking to herself wings and speeding through the air, speaking through the winds, and screaming out of the mouths of unparalleled guns, careering fleetly along the country…

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Struck a Mine. American Loss

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.— The American steamer Evelyn, 3141 tons, laden with cotton, struck a mine and sank off Borkum, a Prussian island in the North Sea, at the mouth of the Ems…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 11

The directors' report of the Mt. Blschoff Tin Mining Co. for the half-year ending December 31 will hardly afford shareholders much consolation, if—as is not unusual with…

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A Neutral Strikes a Mine. Copenhagen

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

The Norwegian steamer Bjaerke, from Leith. Struck a mine and foundered. The crew were saved…

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Offer to Italy. Men for German Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 7

ROME, Monday.—Deputy Cabrial states that Germany offered Italy unlimited coat in exchange for 30,000 skilled Italians to work in German mines. The offer was…

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Gold Exported From New South Wales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 4

A return showing the imports and exports of gold—coined and uncoined— into and from the State of New South Wales during the month of January,…

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Mining. Trices Current on Change

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 11

Despite the considerable improvement noted in overseas quotations for industrial metals, the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange did not awake to active business…

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German Coal. Not Wanted by Italy. Rome, Feb. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 9

Deputy Cabrini states that Germany offered Italy unlimited supplies of coal in exchange for 30,000 skilled Italians to work in the German coal mines…

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Mining in the State. Forest Reefs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 11

Messrs. Clarke and putty have been granted further aid for sinking, and driving from the prospecting vote. The claim is opening out satisfactorily…

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