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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1915

4,404 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 221

Riches in Sea Sand. Gold, Tin and Platinum

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 4

Having expended about £7000 in the erection of a plant at Black Head Beach, on the North Coast, N.S.W., for the purpose of extracting the mineral contents…

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Their Own Trap. Mines Block German Baltic Fleet. Copenhagen

Evening News · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 1

The German fleet was unable to return to its base after attacking Libau, being caught in its own minefield, which was adrift. The warships have taken refuge between the…

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German Fleet Cut Off. Blocked by Own Mines. Vancouver

The Sun · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 1

A report from London states that a Copenhagen despatch published by the Dally Mall says that the German battle fleet has been cut off from its base by its own minefield,…

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Broken Hill Concentrates. Mining Companies' Contracts London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 7

The Times publishes a special article condemning the Government for not releasing the Broken Hill companies from their contracts for the supply of concentrates, and…

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Newcastle Notes. Collieries Idle

The Australian Worker · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 22

The difficulty over the afternoon shift is at an end, but there is still trouble in the Newcastle and Maitland districts. Wallsend colliery is idle because of…

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Labor. South Coast Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 10

The following award has just been Issued in respect of the mechanics and surface hands employed at tho South Coast collieries:— Mechanics 21 years of ago and over.—…

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Mine Restarts

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 10

BATHURST; Wednesday.—The Valentine Reef mine has started work again after having been idle for some considerable time…

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Vegetable Creek Tin Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 11

Report from mine manager for the week ended April 1:— Chandler shaft: West crossdrive off 2305ft. north crosscut advanced 27ft. wash averaged 21in, worth…

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Loyal Miners. London

Evening News · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 1

The Welsh miners are displaying admirable loyalty. Two hundred thousand have returned to work in response to Lord Kitchener's appeal…

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Bar Gold Stolen

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 4

PERTH, Wednesday.—The State Battery at Payne's Find Mine, In Yalgoo district, was broken into on Saturday night. and two bars of gold, one 123oz, and the other 23oz. stolen…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 11

Our Lithgow corresponding. reports:—"Rainier and Gess, of Scabban Flat, have finished putting throng a crushing of 20 tons for a yield of DS ounces of gold. Tho shaft on their ieaso…

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Gold in a Creek

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 8

MUDGEE, Wednesday.—W. Hogan and party unearthed a nugget of gold weighing 15 ounces in the bed of Shaw's Creek at Merrindee…

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MOONDYNE. Story of Convict in Australia. Book First: the Gold Mine of the Vasse. Chapter Iv. Bond and Free

The Catholic Press · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 44

Three years passed. It was believed that Joe had perished in the bush. Bowman had entered the convict service as a trooper, but even his vigilance brought no discovery…

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West Australian Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 11

The Mararoa milled 2720 tons during March for a yield of £4886. The manager reports that No. 8 level north (intermediate level, No. 2 rise), the north drive, has been…

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Mining in the State. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 11

Hill End advices state that at the HawKin's Hill Reward mine the output is steadily mounting towards 300oz per month. Good stone is at present being obtained in all…

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Miners Indignant. Want 20 Per Cent. Rise. London, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 5

The London Miners Federation has expressed astonishment and regret at the refusal of the colliery owners to meet the workers in conference to consider the…

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Coal and Shale Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 4

Judge Edmunds heard further argument in the appeals by the Commonwealth Portland Cement Company, Ltd., the Lithgow Valley Colliery Co., Ltd., and the Invincible Colliery,…

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Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 9

For the four weeks ended April 4, the fur[?] treated 21,506 tons Mount Morgan ore, 4078 tons Many Peaks ore, 2611 tons concentrates, and 7.58 tons secondary products, for a productions of 810 tons…

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Miners' Demand

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--The Coal–owners' Association has refused the Minors' Federation's request for a joint conference to discuss the question of a 20 per cent. increase,…

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Miners' Demands

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 7

The Coalowners' Association has refused the request of the Miners' Federation for a joint conference to discuss a 20 per cent. Increase, but the employers are prepared…

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