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Mining & the mines, 1916

4,482 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 225

Welsh Colliers. Message to Australian Miners

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 4

Mr. William Brace, Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Home Office, and Mr. H. E. Pratten, of Sydney, addressed 1[?] miners at Merth[?] Wales. The meeting…

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Dynamite Outrage at Kalcoorlie. Austrian Miners Suspected

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 3

The Miners' Union offices at Fimiston (W.A.) were destroyed with dynamite about 9 o'clock on Monday night. The building stood on a vacant block, about…

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Export of Gold. Prohibition Not Absolute

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--According to the Federal Treasurer there is not an absolute prohibition against the export of gold from Australia. Mr. Higgs states that he is agreeable…

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Barrier Miners. Case Before Arbitration Court. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 5

When the case of the Barrier Branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Association was called on before Mr. Justice Higgins, in the Arbitration Court yesterday, Mr. Schutt, on…

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Maloja Inquest Struck a Mine London. Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 1

At the postponed inquest on a victim of the Maloja disaster, Captain Irving, the master of the vessel, graphically described the sinking oft Dover. He stated that he…

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Strike Extends. More Queensland Miners Out. Cloncurry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 8

A further development took place to-day in connection with the mining trouble. At midday the men employed in the Great Australian mine ceased work in def[?]ance of the…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 11

The tide of interest receded from the Barrier and tin divisions of the Sydney Mining Market yesterday. There was evidently a "West[?]nian" boom in Melbourne, and Sydney…

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Mining. Barriers Mostly Solid. Tin in Favour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 9

Though less active than the two preceding days, the market yesterday morning was full of character. The leading stocks in the four divisions—copper, gold, tin, and…

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Dreadful Story. Sappers Experience. Buried in a Mine. Paris, Thursday Night

Evening News · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 5

The "P[?] Journal" prints and appalling story. Three French soldiers had completed the work [?] laying a mine in the Bois de la Vauche,…

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Coal Export. Result of the Federal Embargo. Distress in Newcastle. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 7

The embargo on the export of coal, and the consequent unemployment in the Newcastle district, was brought under the notice of the Acting Prime Minister (Senator Pearce)…

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Gold Shipments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 4

Return showing the exports of gold (coined and uncoined) from the port of Sydney during the week ended 28th February, 1916:—…

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Newcastle Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--There was an improvement in the coal export trade this week, the quantity sent to places beyond the State being 64,432 tons. Of the total 49,811 tons went…

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Mine Fields. Vancouver

The Sun · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 5

A London cable states that the Post's Stockholm correspondent reports that a whole mine-field, consisting of several hundred mines, is drifting from the north, having…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 19

The Brilliant Extended gold mine (C.T.) reports a crushing of 570 tons, for proceeds valued at £1362. There were also cyanided 650 tons of sands for a bullion recovery worth…

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Mine Exploded. Whole Company Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 9

PARIS, Friday.--The "Petit Journal" states that three French soldiers completed the, laying of a mine in the Bois de la Vauche. While returning they were burled by a terrific explosion…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 11

The February output of the Deebook Tin Dredging Company was yesterday announced as 28 tons of tin oxide. The dredge treated 103,000 cubic yards in 23 days. Three days were lost…

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The Maloja Tragedy. Mine or Torpedo?

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--At the inquest on the body of one of the victims of the Maloja, Captain Irving (the master of the vessel) said that considering the speed at which the vessel was going…

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Torpedoed Mine-sweepers Sunk London

The Sun · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 1

A Havre mine sweeper, the Au Revoir, has been torpedoed. LONDON, Friday Night. The British Admiralty announces that a…

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Mining Shares. Morning Star Boom

Evening News · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 5

The Morning Star Mine is Mine is at G[?]'s Crech wood's point, Gippaland. They worked years ago down to water level, and took out 260,000z of gold, equal to about a million sterling. They…

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