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Mining & the mines, 1915

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Wild Cherry Tin Mine

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

The latest report from the mine manager states:— "The lode in the crosscut, No. 2 level, at a depth of 155ft vertical, ls 2ft 6in wide,…

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Mining Notes

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

Last week the tunnel crosscutting at the Mount David mine gained 16ft, and passed through several bands of slate and quartz leaders carrying gold. The present face is in…

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How to Save Coal

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 33

Few persons seem to be aware that a good handful of washing soda dissolved In half a gallon of warm water, if thrown on the coal, will make half a hundred weight of it burn…

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Coal Loading at Port Kembla

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

An indication of the activity in coal mining circles on the South Coast may be expected in the near future, jetty that the new Government coal loading jetty is open,…

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Wharfage Charges. Effect on Southern Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 10

WCLLONGONG. Tuesday.--At a meeting of the Wollongong Council last night, a communication was received from the Southern Colliery Proprietors Association, pointing out that they…

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Weight of Coal Cargoes. Newcastle Version

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 4

At the request of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce we publish the following excerpt from a speech made by Mr. H. C. Languill, President of the…

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South Coast Miners. the Special Places Difficulty

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 11

The recurrence of the cavilling dispute at Corrimal has complicated a tense position, which it was confidently' expected would have been relleved this week. The Insistence of the…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 12

Yesterday's business on the mining section of the 'Sydney Stock Exchange was apparently unrelleved by market incidents of even secondary importance. At least, the notlco-boards…

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Gold Yield. Western Australian Figures. Perth

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

The April gold yield was 102,609oz, valued ar £435,855, compared with 23,764oz for March, and 99,007oz for April last year…

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Papua's Governor. Arrival in Sydney. Mining Operations Slack

Evening News · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 8

Judge Murray, Governor of Paper arrived in Sydney by the Royal liner Houtman this morning, after a long absences. "I have not been out of my territory stace…

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Loss of the Gulf Light. May Have Struck a Mine. London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1915 · page 5

Regarding the loss of the American steamer Gulf Light, which was believed to have been torpedoed off S[?]illy Islands, the United States Government has received a message stating…

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Illawarra Miners. Corrimal and Coalcliff Collieries

The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 May 1915 · page 17

After a period of idleness extending over two months the cavilling difficulty at Corrimal looked like being settled when a hitch occurred. When the cavil was…

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Explosives in Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 May 1915 · page 5

It was represented to the Minister for Mines yesterday, by a deputation representing the northern mining industry, that there was a danger of many collieries being thrown idle…

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Wharfage Rates. Southern Colliery Proprietors Complain

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 May 1915 · page 9

In March last year a deputation representing the Bellambi Coal Co., Adelaide S.S. Co., G. S. Yuill and Co., Excelsior Coal Co., and tho North Bulll Colliery Co., waited upon the then…

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Unemployed Miners. "Hungry Children."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 May 1915 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Considerable distress is said to exist in the West Wallsend district owing to slackness of work at the collieries. A combined meeting of the minors,…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 May 1915 · page 11

During the past fortnight the North Broken Hill, Ltd., despatched 2244 tons of concentrates…

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Goal Mining

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 May 1915 · page 42

Long, long ago, before there were any men, women, or children on the earth, ferns grew as big as trees, tall, strong and thick. The sun shone down on them all day long,…

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Paper and Gold

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 6 May 1915 · page 22

Men whose daily business it is to deal with monetary matters, and watch every ebb and flow of the financial tide with observant eyes, are always entitled to respectful attention…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 May 1915 · page 11

The manager of the Oroya Links reports that in the Eclipse mine at No. 9 level the winze at 150ft north has been sunk from lift to 42ft. From 11ft to 16ft it averaged 32s…

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