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Mining & the mines, 1915

4,404 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 221

B. H. South Mine. Broken Hill

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

The manager of the B.H. South Mine has decided that the mine and the mill shall work full time until April 1. All week-on and week-off miners are now to be engaged on full…

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Mining. Price Current on Change

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 10

Prices ruled very firm,and business was fairly animated yesterday on the mining section of the Sydney Sharemarket .No decided movement was noticeable in tiny one division, but…

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Barrier Mines. Decreased Ore Production. Broken Hill

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

Mr. George Weir, general manager of the B.H. North mine, stated to-day that, provided nothing unforeseen occurred, mining and milling operations would proceed on the mine…

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Carpathia Tin Mine. to the Editor of the Herald

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

Sir.—The account given by "T. J. W." in to-day's issue, showing the methods of working at the mine and battery will, no doubt, open the eyes of shareholders, and may account for the directors publishing so little…

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Mining. Fair Business. Values Fractionally Easier

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

Just as there is a tidal ebb and flow of the ocean, so there is a similar movement in the operations of the Stock Exchange. The flow set in strong towards the end of last week,…

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Death and Disaster Fatal Accidents Terrible Mine Explosion in America

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

One hundred and Sixty miners are [?]tombed in the Ned River and Poca[?] Consolidated coal mine, West Virgi[?]a, as the result of an explosion. The…

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Labor Troubles. Miners Conference. (Published in the Times.)LONDON, Friday Morning

The Sun · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 1

The Miners Federation had summoned a national conference to take place in London on the 17th. It will only be held in the event of the…

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Newcastle Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Friday.-The coal export trade was very slack during the week, the shipments to oversea countries being particularly small. The total amount exported was 59,159 tons, of…

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Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 11

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The local collieries have worked fairly well this, week, and the current fortnightly pay will average about eight days…

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Miners' Wages. Advance Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--The Miners' Federation of Great Britain has summoned a national conference, to meet on March 17, with a view to obtaining a substantial…

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Molybdenite Mining

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

The manager of the "Great Northern Amalgamated Molybdenite Mining Syndicate" reports under date February 18 as under:—"Have extended No. 1 costeen [?] feet, making over 70 feet across lode. Molybdenite…

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Mining Notes

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

A correspondent, writing over the signature of "Miner" appears to be annoyed at the repeated reference to the fact that the mining market is either depressed, listless, or…

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Coal Trade. Newcastle

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

The exports of coal for the week ended to-day reached 61,943 tons, as against 78,353 tons for last week, and 100,000 for the corresponding week of last year. The interstate…

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How Mt. Keira Miners Helped

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 9

A very good instance of how the Belgians can be helped by regular and systematic contributions is afforded by a letter from "Coal Miner," who very properly says the idea is…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 13

The report of the Kumpong Kamunting Tindredging Limited for the month of January states that progress during the month was less rapid than had been hoped but most of the…

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Find of Gold. Bathurst

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

A report reached Bathurst to-day that gold had been discovered 14 miles from Rockley. The country is of brown-coloured ironstone formation, and several areas have already…

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Manganese. Old Mine Re-opened. Lithgow

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

A report from Rockley states that the difficulty of obtaining manganese, which hitherto has been imported into this country from Germany, has turned attention to an old mine…

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The Wages Question. Miners' Conference. London, March 5

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

The miners' conference has summoned a national conference for March 17, with a view to securing a substantial advance in wages…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 13

Business was dull yesterday morning on the mining suction of the Sydney Stock Exchange. As usual of late, prices seemed to fairly well hold their own, but buyers and sellers persisted…

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South Coast Mines. South Clifton Tunnel Idle. Wollongong

Evening News · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 6

Two of the wheelers employed in the South Clifton Tunnel Mine. Who were some times ago fined for absenting themselves from work with out reasonable cause, have some to gaol rather…

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