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Mining & the mines, 1915

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 13

The first return from the London-Australian property known as Kamunting Tin Dredging, Ltd., situated in Malaya, was made public yesterday afternoon. Messrs. Joseph Palmer and…

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Distress Among Miners Government Relief Sought

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The West Wallsend miners to-day appealed to the delegate board for assistance. The slump in the coal trade has been such that, it is said, for the past 16…

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Imports and Exports of Gold

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 17 April 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 March,…

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Wallsend Miners. Request for Relief Works. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 18

During the past 16 weeks the 350 members of West Wallsend Miners' Lodge have worked only 29[?] days owing to slackness of trade. At to-day's meeting of the Miners' Delegate…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 13

Although prices were well maintained, business was dull on the mining section of the Stock Exchange yesterday. Generally, buyers seemed inclined to recede, and sellers were…

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Mining in the State. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 19

The secretary of the Chatsbury State Company, Ltd., reports that the quarry is looking better at the present time than at any period since starting work. The removal…

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Blown to Pieces. Enemy's Trenches. a Huge British Mine. Terrorised by Officers. London, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 4

"Eye Witness" at the British headquarters in France says that our forces exploded a large mine on April 9 near Armentier[?]. Timber and debris were hurled 200ft into the…

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Mining Weaker Prices Lower in Most Cases

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 April 1915 · page 4

The Mining market opened on Monday with great strength and in a large number of instances, considerably higher prices were paid than those obtaining on the previous Saturday…

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Finance—Mining Investments Steady Picture Shares Rising

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 April 1915 · page 4

Investment stocks generally continued very Steady on the Stock Exchange during the past' week the chief features being a decline in the price of Tooth and Company's shares and a rise…

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Share Market. Banks Still Rising. Mining Scrip Irregular

The Sun · Sunday 18 April 1915 · page 3

Though transactions in investment stocks on the Sydney Exchange yesterday were of extremely small dimensions a healthy tone prevailed, especially for all gilt-edged…

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Red Cross Work. St. John Ambulance Results. More Socks Wanted for Mine-sweepers

The Sun · Sunday 18 April 1915 · page 17

The committee of the French-Australian League of Help has decided to assist, if necessary, any of the soldiers arriving from Noumea towards the end of this month on…

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Mine Exploded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday.—"Eye–witness" reports that the Allies' exploded a large mine near Armentieres on April 9. Timber and debris were hurled 200 feet into the air…

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Dummy Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

LONDON, Sunday.—Some dummy mines were recently washed ashore on the coast of Holland. They were constructed of wood and canvas, suggesting that the Germans,…

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Indian Coal Trade

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 4

The outbreak of war had an adverse effect upon Indian coal traffic, and crippled for a time export business from Calcutta docks. This caused a…

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Valuable Coal Find

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 8

HELENSBURG, Saturday.—A seam of cool, over aft. in thickness, and declared to be of excellant quality, has been located on tho western portion of the Metropolitan Coal Company's…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 11

The total value of the gold recovered from the 132 tons of ore treated by Clark's Gold Mine (C.T.) was £1760. The manager Mudgee slates quarries reports…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 11

The return of Kamunting Tin Dredging Ltd. for its first run (298 hours), as reported in this column on Saturday, should have been 24, and not 34 tons of tin oxide. The lesser yield is…

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Enemy's Trenches. Blown Up by Mines. London, April 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 9

"Eye-witness" with the British Headquarters Staff reports:—We exploded a large mine on the 9th near Armentieres. Timber and debris were hurled 200ft in the…

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Mining. Current Prices on 'Change. Kampong Kamunting Strong

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 11

Last wook closed with prices stonily upon the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange on Saturday. The morning's business wos responsible for 14 sales, of which the tin division…

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