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Mining & the mines, 1916

4,482 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 225

Coal Strike. Not Endorsed by Majority. Position on South Coast. President Hits Out. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 10

The district views the present mining situation on the South Coast with grave concern. The sole topic of conversation to-day was the disappointing result of the…

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A Rich Concern. Mt. Morgan Gold Mining Co

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 6

From all sources the revenue of the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company, Limited, for the half-year ended November 23 last, was £617,038 8s 8d. The expenditure was £178,395 [?]s 5d,…

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Maitland Collieries. All But Three Work

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The wheelers, shiftmen, and tophands employed at the Maitland collieries, who struck work on Tuesday because they considered the increases given them under…

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Bulli Mines Idle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 9

BULLI, Friday.--No progress in the way of a settlement has yet been made in the coal mining dispute, and in common with all the other southern miners, the Bulli miners are…

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Newcastle Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Owing to the holidays and the two days' strike at the Maitland collieries, the coal export trade during the week was slack, the quantity sent to places beyond…

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Old Gold Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 20

The committee of the Old Gold and Silver War Fund states that the first sale of donations will be held this morning, at the premises of Messrs. W. H. Paling and Company, between 10.30 and 12.30 o'clock…

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Mining. Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 19

A telegram from Charters Towers, states that at the Brilliant Extended, 530 tons were crushed, for a return of £1534. At the cyanide works, 600 tons were treated for £455. The…

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Coke and Coal Shipments

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 10

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The shipping at the Public Works jetties this week was: Allinga, 500 tons North Bulli coke; Nardoo, 1500 tons coal. The Southborough is booked for January 7 for…

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Coal Exports. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 10

Owing to the strike on the Maltland held this week, the coal exports from the port reached only 39,103 tons, of which 35,435 tons went to interstate and New Zealand ports,…

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Mt. Lyell Mines. Queenstown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 19

At the 1200ft level the north drive along the ore body from the end of the crosscut has been advanced to about 40ft, with the face continuing in rich ore. Some splendid grade…

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Labor. East Greta Coal Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 14

WEST MAITLAND, Friday.--The agreement arrived at yesterday in Newcastle at the conference of representatives of the East Greta Coal Mining Company's railway and of the…

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Necessary Commodities. Price of Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 9

Yesterday morning the wholesale and retail coal merchants wero called upon by the Necessary Commodities Control Commission (Mr. Connington, Deputy Chairman, presiding),…

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Queensland Gold Yield. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 19

The Queensland gold returns for December bring the total gold yield for the year up to 249,360oz, of the value of £1,059,213, as against 248,395oz, valued at £1,055,114, in…

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Gold in Queensland Brisbane

The Sun · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 5

The approximate gold yield in 1915 was 249,360oz., valued at $1,659,213, compared with 248,395oz, valued at £1,055,114, in 1914. The Balmain and Rozelle Starr Bowkett…

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Mining in the Territory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 7

I was not favourably impressed will the first section of the great North and South Central railway from Darwin to Pine Creek, a distance of 140 miles. The approach is by…

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Woodcutters' Dispute. Mines Still Idle. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 10

There was practically no change yesterday in connection with the Woodline trouble. The Acting Premier, Mr. Collier, arrived yesterday morning, and spent the afternoon in…

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Current Prices. Control by Commission. the Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 11

The wholesale and retail coal merchants were called on, before the Necessary Commodities Control Commission, yesterday, to show cause why prices should not be reduced to the ruling…

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Hot Water for Comfort in a Gold Climate

Nepean Times · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 7

Every man or woman enjoys a warm bath in the winter time, and it is necessary to have warm baths also in the summer for cleanliness; the…

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The South Coast Coal Crisis. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 10

Sir,—Your welcome sub-leaders in Wednesday's issue is both well-timed and forcible I, for one a resident of ever, 21 years of the southern district, cannot and will not…

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Coal Strike Improved Outlook on South Coast. Men May Resume. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 16

The general topic of conversation in mining circles to-day was the decision of the New castle delegate board not to co-operate with the South Coast miners in regard to drastic…

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