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Mining & the mines, 1916

4,482 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 225

In Training at Liverpool.—(i) Explosion of a Mine

The Land · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 9

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Mining in the State. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 11

There are still hopes of the revival of the mining industry at Sunny Corner. The Sunny Corner mineral leases are in new bands, and the holders are sanguine of getting things…

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Mining. a Slack Opening. Partial Recovery. Fall in Metals Follows

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 11

The Sydney Stock Exchange encountered several disturbing influences yesterday, all tending to unsettle the market, restrict business, and shake prices…

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Colliery Closed Down. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 17

West Wallsend Colliery has been closed down owing to the dulness of the coal trade…

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Work for Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 11

GRETA, Friday.--Inspector Dunleavy, officer in-charge of the Labor and Industry Bureau, Newcastle, visited Greta on Thursday, for the purpose of placing partly employed miners on…

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Newcastle Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The quantity of coal sent to places beyond the State during the week was 59,168 tons. Of the total, 51,499 tons went to Commonwealth and New Zealand ports as…

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South Coast Mines. [?]

Evening News · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 1

[?] South Coast collieries during the [?] have been experiencing a Lady [?] being continuous. For the [?] following collieries have…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 19

The latest report from the Bodangora gold mine, Mitchell's Creek, states the lode in No. 9 level west is 2ft wide, and worth 62/ per ton, stoplng is proceeding at No. 8 level,…

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German Mines. in North Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 9

COPENHAGEN, Friday.--A Norwegian captain reports that the North Sea is full of German mines…

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Mining. Active at Solid Rates. Big Move in B.h. Proprietary. Gold and Tin Sound

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 19

Soon after the Sydney Stock Exchange met yesterday morning members were guesting as to the cause of a sudden jump in Broken Hill Proprietary shares. A sudden index of pink…

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Mining Shares. Mount Morgans Better

Evening News · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 5

The recovery of Mount Morgans to level money is achieved partly to the improved yield, and partly to the company's [?] estimate of [?] where as the…

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South Coast Mines. More Men Required. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 17

The South Coast mines continue to work at high pressure, but the output at the various collieries is considerably reduced by an insufficiency of minors. This applies to…

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The North Sea. "Full of German Mines. Copenhagen, March 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 17

A Norwegian captain reports that the North Sea is full of German mines…

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Old Gold and Silver War Fund. Will You Help?

The St George Call · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 5

This Patriotic Fund which was started in Sydney about the beginning of this year, with the Honorable Sir W. P. Cullen, C.J., K.C.M.G., as President,…

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Financial. Gold in War. Why So Valuable? Commonwealth's-heavy Stocks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 19

Gold is a factor of supreme importance in finance, and particularly in war finance. Every belligerent nation realises this. So each conserves its stock of gold with parental hands…

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Law Report. In" Banco. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Gordon, and Mr. Justice Ferguson.) Action for Alleged Negligence. Holland v North Bulli Colliery, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 10

Mr. Watt and Mr. Tighe, instructed by Messrs, Cecil A. Coghlan and Company, appeared for the plaintiff in support of the appeal; and Mr. Rolin, K.C., and Mr. Curtis,…

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Trade Brisk South Coast Coal Mines Shortage of Miners Wollongong

The Sun · Sunday 12 March 1916 · page 5

Owing to a large number of miners and wheelers having enlisted, a shortage of men is at present being experienced in this district. The coal trade is at present brisker…

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Miners in Demand

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 March 1916 · page 9

Owing to a large number of South Coast miners and wheelers having enlisted a shortage of men is at present being experienced. The coal trade is at present brisker than it has been…

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Miners Object to Non-unionists

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 March 1916 · page 10

More than 50 members of the Federated Mine Employees' Association are "out" at Hill End. The union states that the trouble is not a strike, but a lock-out, caused by the men's…

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German Mines Found Off Danish Coast

The Sun · Sunday 12 March 1916 · page 1

A Copenhagen message states that 300 mines, mostly German, have been discovered on the west coast of Danish Jutland…

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