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Mining & the mines, 1916

4,482 stories in Sydney's papers · page 85 of 225

Mines and Mining Strong Market for Corella Rise in Barriers

The Sun · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 5

Though transactions in mining,scrip were not so extensive to-day as at the end of last week, the market was in a strong position, particularly for copper interests. Corella was…

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Carpathia Tin Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 11

The mine manager reports for last week as follows:— No. 1 shaft, 101½ft level: West crosscut extended to 11ft. showing no material change. Intermediate level—Rise Rising to 26ft on high-grade milling values over whole…

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Financial. Gold Movements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 11

In view of the statement by the Federal Treasurer regarding the restriction on the export of gold, a table giving the movements of gold since 1904 possesses more than usual…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 11

Last month the Broken Hill South Blocks mine despatched 2102 tons of leady concentrates to the Broken Hill Associated Smelters Proprietary, Limited, at Port Pirie. In…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 8

The amount of business transacted on the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange on Saturday was above the usual Saturday dimensions. Generally, the market was solid,…

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Mining in the State. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 11

Mr. Sydney Jones, of Perthville, who has been prospecting for several weeks about Cow Flat, has discovered a copper lode about two miles from Cow Flat; the outcrop is said to…

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Mining. Sound and Unchanged Market. Westonias Most Favoured. Barriers Quiet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 11

Saturday morning at the Stock Exchange is usually a diminutive representation in quieter tones of the general trend of the week's business, and this week-end proved no…

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Coal Miners' Wages

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 4

The wages of miners employed in the southern coal district [?]New South Wales have now been raised by Judge Edmonds, by an award in the Industrial…

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A Newcastle Creep. Tho Result of Coal Mining

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 4

At about noon an Tuesday the residents of Dent-street, Merewether, and adjacent parts of that, suburb of Newcastle, were alarmed by rumbling…

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Mines and Mining Strong Share Market Big Rise in Barriers

The Sun · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 3

An exceptionally strong market ruled for mining scrip on the Sydney Exchange to-day. Transactions were more numerous than yesterday, and the quotations announced were…

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S[?]fieh Miners

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 3

The contemptible selfishness of many of the workers is illustrated in the resolution just carried by the delegate board of the ll[?]awarra Colliery Employees…

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Broken Hill Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 11

The mineral despatched from Broken Hill for the month of May was valued at £266,780, made up as follows:—Lead concentrates, 280,800cwt., value £189,994; zinc concentrates, 273,780cwt., value…

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British Miners and Conscription

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 4

Conscription is not settled altogether in Britain yet. For instance:—"The Miners' Federation card vote shows that 583,000 to 135,000 are…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 11

According to a cable message received yesterday from the manager of the Bangnon Valley Tin Dredging Company, he expected to start dredging last Saturday. It looks as if the…

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Abandoned Mines. Scheme for Development

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 4

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Estell) proposes visiting Brisbane shortly for the purpose of securing information by which our deep leads may be developed…

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Another Gold Find. Adelong

Evening News · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 1

Excitement prevalls over a copper lode discovered a short time ago. Eleven tons went is per cent, [?]wt of emelted gold. The lode was christaned "Lode Willie Hughes," The…

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New Zealand Gold Coast. River Drifts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 11

The alluvial gold deposits of the New Zealand west coast are once more attracting the attention of mining men, and it would appear that outside capital may open up many of the known pay deposits, which…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 8

Even for a Monday business was quite exceptionally dull on the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. The turnover was small, but prices ruled wonderfully steady…

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Late Mining. Charters Towers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 10

To-day's salea were.—Freehold, 1/9; Kulamadau, paid, 1/4…

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Industrial Unrest a Federal Compensation Act. Wanted by the Miners

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 4

At a meeting of the delegate board of the i[?]lawarra (N.S.W.) Colliery Employees' Association last week, it was decided that the Australian Coal and Shale…

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