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Mining & the mines, 1915

4,404 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 221

Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 9

The Wardens Court has granted a further six months' suspension of labour conditions to the Pinnacles Mining Company. At the B.H. North Mine, for the past…

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Gold Exported From Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

A return showing the exports of gold (coined and uncoined) from the port of Sydney, for which export entries have been received during the week…

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Gold Imported and Exported

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

Return showing the imports and exports of gold (coined and uncoined) into and from the State of New South Wales during the month of February,…

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Industrial Court. (Before Mr. Justice Heydon.) Lambton Colliery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

This was an application of the Hunter River District Colliery Proprietors' Defence Association and the Scottish Australian Mining Company, Ltd., for the variation or amendment of…

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English Monarch to Load Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

The steamer English Monarch, after discharging general cargo from London on account of the Orient Company, left port last evening for Newcastle…

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The Huntly Disaster. Mine Manager Acquitted

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

James Fetcher, charged at Auckland (N.Z.) with manslaughter in connection with the Huntly mining disaster, was acquitted. Fetcher was manager of a mine…

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N.s.w. Gold Yield

Evening News · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 5

The usual return furnished by the Under-Secretary for mines shows that the gold yield recorded in this State for the month of February is 7420oz crude, equal to 7221oz fine, valued…

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Mining. Prices Current on Change

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 11

There was a much healthier tone on the mining section of the Sydney sharemarket yesterday. The high prices rulling on the industrial metal markets were having a very self-evident…

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Mining Fatality. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 9

An inquest was concluded yesterday on the death of John Alex. May, who was killed in Central mine on February 21. by an explosion, through boring into an unexploded…

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Mining. Market Brighter. Barriers Solid. Movement in Malayas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 9

Contrary to the expectations of most operators, who closed their books on Wednesday evening, in the belief that the market was in for a slackening of values, the Stock…

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Black Sea Operations. Turkey Much Hampered. Threatened Coal Famine. London

The Sun · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 1

A Petrograd message says that the operations of the Black Sea fleet will materially weaken the small fleet of Turkish transports, without which it is impossible to convey…

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Sydney Harbor Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 11

The Sydney Harbor Colliery, Limited, applied for consent to apply to the Court for a variation of the award of the Coal Mining (South) Group, No. 3 Board, upon the ground that the…

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Industrial. Colliery Award Amended

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 11

Judgment was delivered by Mr. Justice Heydon in the Industrial Arbitration Court in the application for a variation of the award re Lambton B Colliery, made by the Coal Mining…

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Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 19

The usual return furnished by the Under-Secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded in the State for the month of February, is 7420oz crude, equal to 7271oz fine,…

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Newcastle Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 22

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The coal export trade was again slack during the week, the amount sent to places beyond the State being 83,466 tons. Of the total 53,497 tons went to…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 19

M. Wright is informed that the information he seeks in respect to the Black Lead goldmine, Gulong, which ceased work about 18 years ago, could be best obtained from the…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 19

The manager of the Mudgee Slates, Ltd., reporting for the fortnight ended March 6, states: "Open out driven 7ft, the height of the face being 23ft. The slate is of good…

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Western Australia Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 19

In February the Lake View and Oroya Queen of the Hills mine crushed 2489 tons for 24,160oz. The expenditure was £3640. The output was affected by the irregular running…

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German Steamers Lost Through Mines

The World's News · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 18

DURING the last fortnight (says a Stockholm telegram of January 17) no fewer than five German cargo steamers, varying in size from 1000 tons to 2000 tons, have disappeared in…

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Coal for Switzerland. Vancouver

The Sun · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 1

Germany, having refused to export coal to Switzerland, England has offered to supply as much aa is required…

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