MINING. Effect of War on Metal Prices
Not only so long as the war lasts, but perhaps permanently, and certainly for a couple of years after general pacification, the outlook is for abnormally high prices of such metals…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Mining & the mines, 1915
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Mining Shares. Some Barriers Fluctuating. Spurt in Malayas
Junction Norths and Junctions opened stronger in Sydney. Some Harriers, however, were stacker, such as Broken Hill Proprietary, British, and North Broken. Broken Hill South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Tents and Clothes Burnt. Large Sums of Money Lost. West Maitland
A big fire occurred at North Rothbury, and, with the wind behind it, destroyed nearly all the tents and huts in the pit paddock. The fire raced along the paddock, and crossing the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining. Steady But Inactive Market. Scrip-holders Stand Aloof
A cursory glance at the sales board of the stock Exchange yesterday would give a stranger the idea that the market was as fat as a pancake. That would have been a…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Iliawarra Miners. Among the Mines
The Mt. Keira management has posted a notice at the pit mouth to the effect that employees coming out of the pit before the proper time in future will be…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mines and Mine Sweepers. Method of Operations
The first appearance of the submarine mine occurred In America, when it was–described as an "Infernal machine of Yankee introduction," outraging all the principles of warfare…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal Figures
INFORMATION WANTED. When the Necessary Commodities Commission, some months ago, considered the cost of gas it made the price of that commodity dependent on the quality and price of coal. That resulted in the Government submitting the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mining Notes
The secretary of the Ratrut Basin Tindredging Company, Mr. Edward Edwards, writes:—"Reports from their local representative in Stam have reached the directors to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In and About the Mines
There has beer, a sharp upward movement during the past 48 hours in the quotation for Malaya Tin Corporation shares. Business at 72s 6d was followed by a sale at 80s, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Necessary Commodities Commission. Soap, Coal, and Kerosene
Companies dealing in kerosene, benzine, and such like commodities have approached the Necessary Commodities Commission (N.S.W.) with an intimation…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Mining. Prices Current on 'Change
Business fell away yesterday on the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange. Copper and gold lines were utterly neglected, und up to the luncheon interval only two sales of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hampden Copper Mine. High-grade But Patchy Lode. Melbourne
The following telegram was received yesterday from the manager of the Hampden-Cloncurry copper mine:—"No. 3 shaft; North-east drive, off west crosscut, fuce at lift shows 4ft…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Price of Coal. Suggested Newcastle Basis. Returns Called For
The Inquiry into the price of coal was resumed before the Necessary Commodities. Control Commission yesterday, Mr. Justice Edmunds presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining. Market Less Strenuous. Tin Stocks Least Affected
The market was decidedly less strenuous yesterday. It looked as if the pace of the earlier days of the week bad been too fast; consequently operators took a pull on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Colliery Idle. Independent Miners. Clifton
Coal Cliff Colliery has been idle since Monday, and will likely remain so all the week. With the abolition of the dog-watch the management dispensed with the services of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Metalliferous Miners
The Amalgamated Miners' Association elected the following officers for the ensuing year: -- President, Mr. W. D. Wearmouth (unopposed); general secretary, Mr. C. H. Davis (unopposed):…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Industrial. a Colliery Award
A variation or amendment of the award re Lambton B colliery, made by the Coal Mining (North) Group, No. 3 Bo[?], was sought by the Hunter River District Colliery Proprietors'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Sweeping. London
The Petit Parisian states that minesweepers in the Dardanelles protected the French squadron, destroying five rows of mines in the vicinity of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Victorian Gold Yield
The yield of gold in Victoria for February was 32,049oz gross, or 28,788oz fine, valued at £122,284. This shows a decrease of 13,[?] fine as compared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Thrown Out of Work
SINGLETON, Thursday. -- Owing to the Railway Department being unable to supply trucks the miners at Rosedale Colliery were thrown out of work this week. There are about 30 or…
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