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Mining & the mines, 1916

4,482 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 225

German "Warfare" Faked Mine-layers

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 1

M. Marcel Hutin, writing in the Echo de Paris, demands the stoppage of the practice of vessels, flying the Dutch, Swedish, Spanish. and even the Allied flags, scattering…

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Ovens Valley Gold Dredging

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 5

The managing director advices that the [?] Valley Company's [?] has been [?] down by the Government. It was found necessary to work portion of a roadway and…

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MINING. At Emmaville

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 49

All the dredges are working, and the mining industry generally is much brisker than it has been for some time; and, should the water supply be kept up by occasional falls of rain,…

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Tin-mining Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 15

Bourkes Hill Tin Sluicing, Emmaville, Jan. 14.—No. 1 plant: Expect to finish blowing in at the end of the next week. Prospects fair. Elsmore Tin Sluicing, Elsmore, Jan. 14.—No. 1…

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Western Coal Trade. Lithgow

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 4

Full time was worked at all the district collieries during the past fortnight, the averagers number of shifts working out at about 10.7 per[?]. Trucks were plentiful at [?] the…

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N.S.W. Gold Yield

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 49

The usual return furnished by the UnderSecretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded in N.S.W. for the month of December was 19,909oz crude, equal to 17,516oz fine,…

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Coal Lumpers. Refuse Night Work. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 13

Despite the denial of officials of the Waterside Workers' Federation that no decision had been arrived at by the coal-lumpers to decline work at night, the whole of five collers in…

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The Avoca T[?]-mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 15

The above company, the successful flotation of which was recently announced, has been formed to take over the Avoca mine, situated at Kangaroo Flat, near Emmaville. It is constituted in 100,000 shares of 5/…

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Strike Ends. Southern Miners. to Resume on Thursday. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 13

The negotiations between the socretary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation and the secretary of the Southern Colliery Proprietors' Association re the…

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The South Coast Mines. Preparing for Resumption. Many Wheelers Enlist. [?]

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 3

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Mining Shares. Mount Lyells Firmer. Tin Not So Brisk

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 5

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The Barrier. Strike Continues Forty-four Hours. Munitions Making Stopped. Appeal to Miners. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 12

Messrs. Considine and O'Reilly, the delegates sent to Port Pirie and Iron Knob, rereturned to Broken Hill this morning. They were met by a number of unionists at the…

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South Coast Coal Strike. Miners Resume Work. Eight-hour Question Still Undecided

The Australian Worker · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 7

As a result of the negotiations between the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation and the Secretary of the Southern Colliery Proprietors'…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 11

Owing to a heavy thunderstorm early in the month the feed and nozzle dams of the Copes' Creek Tin Dredging Company were filled, and enabled the manager to proceed with sluicing…

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South Coast Mines. the Resumption Delayed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 5

WOLLGNGONG, Wednesday.--A alight hitch occurred in connection with the resumption of work to-day at the South Coast collieries. It was fully anticipated that the shiftmen would…

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Accidents in U.s. Metal Mines

The Australian Worker · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 16

According to figures compiled by Albert H. Fay, mining engineer, Bureau of Mines, the number of fatalities in the metal mines of the United States during…

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Newcastle Notes. Mining Conference

The Australian Worker · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 17

At the meeting of the Delegate Board of the Colliery Employees' Federation, held last week, a report was submitted by the officers concerning the discontent in the…

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Against Conscription. British Miners Solid. Wealth Against Manhood

The Australian Worker · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 8

The resolution of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain against the Compulsory Service Bill, accompanied by an analysis of the district voting, has been…

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Coal Lumpers. Question of Night Work, Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 10

The coal-lumpers who were required to sign on for night shift on two colliers in Melbourne last evening resolutely declined to do so, and no reason was given for their action There…

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Southern Miners. Work Not Resumed. a Further Difficulty. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 9

Contrary to expectations, the South Coast mines will not resume to-morrow morning as anticipated. The whistles were blown for work to start to-morrow, but later on they…

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