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Mining & the mines, 1916

4,482 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 225

Attractions of the Territory. Mining Development Foreshadowed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 3

The Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Mulzon) who represented the Commonwealth at the opening of the Australian Natives' Conference at Warrangul (Vic),…

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Coal Struck on Rocks Area Find on Old Gaol Site

The Sun · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 6

Coal has been struck in the Rocks area. It is not exactly a 6ft. seam that has been found--in fact it is not a seam at all, but what is technically known as a pipe. The find…

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In Equity. Before Mr. Justice Harvey. Mount Oxide Mines, Ltd., V Gould and Others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 4

Mr. Knox, K.C., addressed the Court on behalf of the plaintiff company. He said be had been asked, and he had no objection, to admit the fact of Hormann's bankruptcy…

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Waiting for Fine Weather Only Another Week Mines in Gulf of Riga London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 31 March 1916 · page 1

Petrograd messages state that correspondents on the Russian front agree that the period of mud and slush will terminate in a week…

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The Collieries. New Demands of Miners. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 10

The secretary of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation has forwarded log to the managers of the various mines with a request that the federation be informed…

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North Lyell Mine. Opening Up Well. Want of Miners. Queenstown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 19

Three furnaces are in full blast at the reduction works. At the 1200ft level, North Lyell mine, the ore body continues to open up Well on ground floor. At 1100ft level excellent grade…

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Southern Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 10

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The officers of the Miners' Association have issued to the lodges a circular setting out the process required in the case of the application of the federation…

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Newcastle Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 13

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The quantity of coal exported from Newcastle to places beyond the State during the month of March was 261,817 tons. Of the total 214,871 tons went to…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 19

The Brilliant Extended (C.T.) reports a crushing of 540 tons of ore, for gold valued at £1804, and cyanided 500 tons of sand for bullion worth £410. The profit for the month…

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Coal Exports. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 18

The coal exports for the month exded to-day totalled 258,124 tons, of which 212,865 tons wont to Commonwealth and New Zealand ports, and 45,250 tons to oversea countries…

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Dominion Coal. New Field Being Tested

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 7

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--Boring has been commenced to test 3000 acres of coal-bearing land in the Rimutaka Mountains, close to Kaltoke railway station, about 30 miles from…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change.'

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 12

Mr. N. S. Stuckey, manager of the Edna May Deep Levels, wired to the Melbourne office of his company yesterday as follows:--"Confirm assays of E.M. Consolidated. Am of opinion…

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Barrier Miners. to Consider Judge's Questions. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 17

A mass meeting of the cambined unions has been called for to-morrow, when questions will be submitted for consideration, as suggested by Mr. justice Higgins, as to whether…

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In Equity. (Before Mr. Justice Harvey.) Mount Oxide Mines, Ltd., V Gould and Others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 9

In this suit counsels addresses were continued yesterday. Mr. R. H. Long,Innes, K.C., followed Mr. Knox, K.C., on behalf of the plaintiff company. He argued chiefly on…

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Mining. Westonias Still Moving. Tin Sound But Quieter. Junction North Solid

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 19

"Rush wires" from Melbourne yesterday to buy Edna May Consolidateds and Edna May Golden Point initiated another spurt in Westonias, and before the luncheon hour arrived…

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South Coast Miners

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 April 1916 · page 2

Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, has written the mine managers of the South Coast, submitting a scale of charges to govern the wages of all…

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Gold and Silver Sales

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 April 1916 · page 7

The lion, secretaries of the Old Gold and Silver War Fund state that all is going very well, and gifts are coming in freely. But still the committee ask that those who have not…

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Coal and Shale Workers Wollongong

The Sun · Sunday 2 April 1916 · page 2

A circular sent to the mine managers by the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees Federation submits a log as to hours and payment for overtime, and asks for a…

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Won't Work 48 HOURS Miners' Reply to Judge Broken Hill

The Sun · Sunday 2 April 1916 · page 3

A mass meeting of the Barrier miners was held to-day to formulate replies to the questions of Mr. Justice Wiggins, relative to the conditions of work on the line of lode…

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