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Mining & the mines, 1915

4,404 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 221

Mining. Trices Current on 'Change

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 11

There was rather more animation on the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. More business was transacted, but although that was, perhaps, an unmixed…

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Mining Industry. Effects of War

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—At, the half- yearly meeting of the Amalgamated Zine (do Bavays),. Ltd., to–day, Mr. W. L. Baillieu, chairman of directors, said the net profit for…

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The Key to Economy And the Winter Invasion Preparations for Gold Days to Come

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 8

We in the city have felt within the last two or three days the warning chill in the morning air and the growing coolness as we hasten home at night, that…

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Southern Goal Mines and Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 22

WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- As a result of trouble arising over, the cavil a week ago, the Corimal mine remains idle and present indications do not augur for an early resumption…

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New Coal-cutter

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 15

Revolutionary changes :in coal-mining methods' re promised; upon the general introduction of a coal-mining machine developed by a Pittsburg U.S.A.) mining and mechanical engineer…

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Newcastle Coal Shipping

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 14

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The new movable electric crane, to be erected on the wharf on the western side of the basin, has arrived here. The crane had been under promise for a long…

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Newcastle Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 14

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The export of coal, from Newcastle to places beyond the State during, the week shows a decrease of 6000 tons, as compared with last week; but there was a…

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Dardanelles. Mine-sweeping Resumed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 13

TENEDOS, Friday. -- The Allies' warships and mine sweepers re-entered the Dardanelles on Tuesday…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 19

A recovery of 138oz of gold in 251 hours is reported by the managing director at Bright of the Buckland River Gold Dredging Company…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 17

Owing to difficulty of transport due to a break down of the motor lorries the furnace of the Corella Copper Company will run at half pace for a few days pending the…

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War and Wages. Increases Suspended. Colliery Employees' Application

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 14

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The Colliery Mechanics' Wages Board (Mr. Justice Edmunds, chairman) sat at the Newcastle Court-house this morning to hear applications by the…

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Mining. Still Unsettled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 19

There was not much character about the market yesterday. The most noticeable feature was a continuance of the retrograde movement in share values…

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Coal-loading Cranes. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 18

The first of the six new coal-loading cranes arrived to-day. The five others are either nearly completed by the manufacturers in England or on their way out here…

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South Coast Mine Deadlock at Corrimal. Wollongong

Evening News · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 8

Corrt[?]al Colliery has now been idle three weeks owing to a deadlock that has arisen between the management and the men over the drawing of the quarterly cavil. The manager…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 17

There was no indication of a recovery on the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Business was very dull, and prices, although somewhat more irregular…

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Modern Warfare. Infernal Land and Sea Mines. Terrible Explosions

The World's News · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 19

TO all the terrible tools for organised and wholesale killing that the ingenuity of man has bent to the uses of warfare, the chemist and the engineer, with…

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Mining in the State. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 19

Reports from Mount David show that the new find on the company's leases is situated…

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Mine-sweepers Busy. Forcing the Strait. Gale Still Raging. London, Saturday Morning

The Sun · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 7

The Times correspondent, writing from the Island of Tenedos, says that the equinoctial gales in the Dardanelles usually last for three or seven days…

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Paying in Gold. Germany Sends £2,500,000 Into Holland

The World's News · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 2

ACCORDING to the "Nieuws van den Dag," the Amsterdam Bank, one of the leading financial institutions of the Dutch capital, has received £2,500,000 in minted gold from the…

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"Slumpy" Mining Mart No Cause for Alarm

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 March 1915 · page 4

The mining market opened very firmly on Monday last, but as time wore on it developed almost "slumpy" conditions, and in most instances there have been appreciable falls in…

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