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Mining & the mines, 1916

4,482 stories in Sydney's papers · page 77 of 225

Mining. Hesitant Speculation. Unrest in the Old World. Metal Values Solid

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 May 1916 · page 11

The termination of the Easter vacation saw the Sydney Stock Exchange reopen last Thursday under cheering conditions as regards metal values and the prospects of the…

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Colliery Case Fails. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 10

About a month ago a wheeler in the Bu[?] mine broke his safety lamp, and the manager, Mr. Barnes, deducted 5s for the damage incurred, in keeping with the coal mines…

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Submarine Mine-laying

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 9

The loss of the pre-Dreaduought Russell through a mine emphasises the fact—already rather painfully demonstrated in the case of the King Edward VII., the cruiser Arethusa,…

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Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 6

BULLI, Monday. -- All the Bulli mines are idle to-day, as the first Monday in May is always kept up as the miners' annual holiday. In previous years the occasion was marked by…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 11

Mr. R. D. Hartwell, Sydney agent of the Bodangora Gold-mining Company, has received the following telegram from the Melbourne office: "Bodangora yield dated April 28:…

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Western Australian Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 11

The gold output for April totalled 90,527 fine ounces, valued at £384,537, against 93,993oz for the previous month and 102,609oz in April of last year…

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Curzon Will Load Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 4

Arrangements have been made for the Chilian four-master barque Curzon to load a cargo of coal at Newcastle for a port on the West Coast…

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Gas in a Barrier Mine

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 4

Several men working at the 250-ft level in the proprietary mine (Darling section) in the Broken Hill have been affected by gas leaking though from an old fire…

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Barrier Miners' Award. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 10

The Broken Hill men have made no publi[?] statements as yet with regard to the Ar[?] tration Court award. With a general [?] pect of a 44 hours week, and a rise of [?]…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 9

The mining section of the Sydney share market and scarcely the semblance of vitality yesterday morning. "Dull, and heavy as lead" commented a broker, who must be numbered…

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South Coast Mines. Eight Hours Question. Wellongong

Evening News · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 6

Complaints are being made concerning the delay in appointing a chairman to the Board of Reference, the representatives for which, from each side, have been appointed for some…

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Mining. Stagnation Supreme. Interstate Exchanges Affected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 11

That the market was distinctly disinclined to do business yesterday morning was shown by the fact that out of 32 stocks quoted at the morning and noon calls in two only were…

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Hill End Dispute Miners' Offer Refused Anzac Day Incident Bathurst

The Sun · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 6

The Hill End miners' strike has entered into its ninth week, and the prospects of a settlement appear to be remote. Mr. Little, secretary of the Federated…

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MINING. Revival of Mining on Old Goldfields

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 May 1916 · page 47

The Minister for Mines is anxious to discover the possibility of a revival of mining in some of the old gold fields. On April 25, Mr. Estell met his mining war…

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Skilled Miners Wanted

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 May 1916 · page 17

The War Office asks for 10,000 skilled miners to do tunnelling work oh the various fronts…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1916 · page 13

The NOs. 1 and 2 plants of the Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging, Limited, working 1256 hours during April passed 208,000 [?]ubic yards of material over the tables, and recov…

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Blue and Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1916 · page 5

This year the reunion of Sydney University women, which took place last night, has discarded much, of its former character, and, while preserving the social side of the…

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