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Mining & the mines, 1916

4,482 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 225

Welsh Miners Determined

The Sun · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 5

Mr. H. E. Pratten, of Sydney, accompanied members of Parliament and addressed 30,000 Welsh miners at 35 meetings. He was impressed with the sprit of…

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Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 5

CORRIMAL, Thursday. -- The Corrimal colliery is working at high pressure, and constant work is assured for a considerable time. Large expenditure is being incurred in installing…

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Miners' Earnings. Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 8

All collieries and cokeworks in the Clifton area worked well during the past fortnight. At Coalcliff full time was worked. One pair of miners at this colliery will draw £29 15s [?]…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 9

Our Melbourne correspondent, telegraphing yesterday, states:—"The following telegram was received to-day from the manager of the Hampden-Cloncurry coppor mines:—Hampden…

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Decreased Mining Output

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 4

PERTH, Thursday. -- ThE Kalgoorlie Chamber of Mines has announced that owing to the refusal of the miners to work with Austrian Slavs, the output of nine mines fell 5300 tons…

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Mount Lyell Copper Mine. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 9

The Mount Lyell company's smolting return from January 20 to February 16 inclusive is as follows:—25,317 tons of ore treated, being 11,763 tons from Mount Lyell minc and…

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Old Gold and Silver Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 4

The antiques presented to the fund will be offered for sale at Paling's, George-street on Saturday morning, between 10.30 and 12.30 o'clock. Arrangements have been made for the photographing of donations if…

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The Coal-lumpers. Demand for Beer at Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 7

The majority of the members of the Coallumpers' Union and of the Wharf Labourers' Union take great exception to the closing of the hotels at 6 o'clock, and the latter body…

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Mining in the State. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 9

Work is proceeding apace, at the Hawkins' Hill Central mine, Hill End. It embraces the Rowley Reef Company and several smaller adjoining concerns, and has a nominal capital…

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London Markets Bank of England Returns Gold Accumulations Larger London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 5

The weekly returns of the Bank of England show that the reserve in notes and gold is £49,920,683, as compared with £40,704,003 last week, and £39,864,015 a fortnight ago…

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Mining. Market Less Animated. Values Well Maintained. Barriers and Tin Most in Favour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 9

The Sydney Stock Exchange was much less animated yesterday than it was in the earlier pottion of the week. Indeed, it was noticeably subdued. The effect was seen in…

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New Burragorang Mine

The Sun · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 3

The directors of the New Burragorang Silver mining Company, in their eighth half yearly report and balance sheet, which 13 to be submitted to a meeting of the…

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Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 14

WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- At the low-level jetty, Port Kembla, the shipping trade has been particularly brisk of late, and there are indications that the duplication of the…

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Coal Export Restriction

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 12

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- At to-day's meeting of the council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commence there was considerable discussion on the subject of the embargo on the export of…

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Newcastle Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 13

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The restriction of coal exports continues to have a depressing effect on trade. The quantity exported to places beyond the State during the week was only…

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Newcastle Coal Exports

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 4

The Newcastle coal exports for the week ending: Feb. 25, totalled 55,068 tons, of which 40,780 tons went to Commonwealth and New Zealand…

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Miners Dissatisfied. Cloncurry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 18

It is reported that the miners of the Hampden Company's Duchess mine have given a fortnight's notice of their intention to cease work owing to dissatisfaction with the recent…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 19

The Ronpibon Tin, N.L., whose operations are carried on at Trang, in Siam, has been placed on the official list of the Sydney Stock Exchange. It is constituted with an…

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Coal Exports. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 18

The coal exports for the week ending to-day totalled 55,068 tons, of which 40,780 tons went to Commonwealth and New Zealand ports, and 4288 tons to oversea countries…

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Embargo on Newcastle Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 4

At a meeting of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce held yesterday it was unanimously decided that strong representations should be made to the…

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