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Mining & the mines, 1915

4,404 stories in Sydney's papers · page 82 of 221

Corrimal Mines. Strike Pay Instalment

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 8

CORRIMAL. Monday.--The Corrimal miners have received a second instalment of strike pay on Saturday, making the total amount for eight weeks 33s. Coal Cliff men received 18s. The…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 10

Messrs. Joseph Palmer and Sons write:--"We are officially informed by cable that the return for April of the Kamunting Tin Dredging, Limited, is:--52½ tons from 101,000 yards, for…

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West Australian Gold Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 8

PERTH, Monday.--The April gold yield was 102,609oz., valued at £435,855. Excessive snuff-taking was advanced by the Tottenham Police Court missionary as on…

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Tin Mining Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 13

Bourke's Hill Tin Sluicing Company (E[?]ville), April 30.—No. 1 plant: Sluicing overburden, progress and prospects good. Weather dry. Elsmore Tin Sluicing Company (Elsmore), April 30:…

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Injured in a Mine. Delegate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 6

Peter Butler met with a serious accident at the Victorian mine, Bendoc. He was working at the pump down below, when a piece of timber fell and struck him on the head,…

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Cold Mines Can't Stand It

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 4

It seems that the wages claimed by employees in Victoria are too much even for the gold mines! Speaking at the half-yearly meeting…

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Mining in the State

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 13

A report from Bu[?]ga states:—The Jackey's Flat [?]old mine is causing a bit of a stir. There is talk of the whole thing being amalgamated, and a company formed, of which…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 10

Prices were irregular on the mining section of Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday, and, on the whole, the tendency was not towards strength. Principal interest centred round the…

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Burning Wooden Fittings. Steamer Short of Coal. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 10

The steamer Matilda, form Talcahuano, has put in here short of coal. She was forced to burn the wooden fittings during her passage of 31 days. She is bound for Melbourne…

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Maitland Coal Strike. Thanks for Settlement. Who Takes the Credit?

The Sun · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 6

Senator Watson, one of the chief executive officers of the Northern Miners' Federation, has written the following letter to Senator Guthrie, president of the…

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The Charge Sounds. Machine Gun on the Mine Crater Graphic Story From France

Evening News · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 4

The Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Mail," writing from Paris on March 13, says:— From a friend who has been in the thick of the fighting in Champagne I have received a…

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Mining. Silver and Copper Stocks Soft. Tin Shares Brighter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 13

Regrading the amount of business transacted yesterday, a slight improvement was noticeable as compared with the dull record of the majority of days last week. This is…

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£10,000 Lost in Wages. Disputes at the South Coast Mines. Wollongong

Evening News · Tuesday 4 May 1915 · page 6

A [?] of relief pay has [?] made [?]and C[?] Employes. The former have new received [?] and the letter [?] during eight weeks [?]…

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MINING. Revival in Gold Mining

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 47

It is intended to revive gold-mining at Dal-morton, on the Grafton-Glen Innes-road, and a company is about to be formed. Mr. J. Friar, who has made application for some beach…

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Colliery Timber Leases

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 47

Mr. Graham (Assistant State Minister for Agriculture) proposes making an alteration in the existing system of leasing forest lauds to colliery companies…

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Mine Explosives

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 13

Owing to the scarcity o£ explosives permitted under' the Act for colliery purposes, a deputation representing the Northern Colliery Pro priotors' Association, the Colliery Employees'…

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Mining. Slack Opening. Improves at Noon. Metal Values Restart Copper Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 13

A listless feeling pervaded the market yesterday morning, during which values sagged a little in the few sales recorded, whilst the general trend of quotations at…

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Carpathia Tin Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 13

The mine manager reports for last week as follows:— No. 1 Shaft.—North, winze sunk 13ft to 90ft, soft formation, carrying low values. South winze sunk…

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Hampden Copper Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 13

The smelting operations of the above mine during April show that 5556 tons of ore were treated, producing (58 tons of blister copper, containing 651 tons of fine copper, 202oz of…

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Corrimal Mine Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 10

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--After nine woeks idleness it was expected that work would be resumed at the Corrlmal mine to-day, but,such was not the case as efforts to again draw the…

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