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Mining & the mines, 1917

4,216 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 211

The Gold Find

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 4

LITHGOW, Monday.--Private advices from Sunny Corner and of local residents who have visited the scene of the gold find near Dark Corner, are to the effect that the magnitude of…

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Coal for Electric Lighting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 8

When the strike of coal miners was [?] the amount of coal in stock at the pows house was about 1900 tons. It proved [?] ticable for the first week or two after [?]…

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Miners and Their Meeting. Wollongong, [?]

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 5

Both [?] are idle to-day [?] the [?] their monthly [?] It was [?] held to-morrow, but [?] to the [?] at the Tunnel Mine over a [?]…

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Coal Lumpers at the War

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 6

Out of 200 members of the Coal Lumpers' Union who have enlisted since the outbreak of war, 11 have, been killed and many wounded…

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Queensland Gold Yield. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 7

The gold yield for December was 17,254 fine oz valued at £72,390 against 19,148 fine oz of the value of £81,335 for December, 1915…

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Mining Shares. Barriers Better

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 5

Hampden [?] Mount Lyells and [?] Morgan steady [?]. In the Barrier [?] put on…

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Mining. Centrals 1/4½ Firmer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 9

A fair day's business was done in mining ventures on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Copper still ruled quiet. A cash sale of Hampdens was effected at the…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 6

For a Monday there was rather better than average business in mining shares on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Prices were a little irregular, with a tendency towards…

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Coal Strike Echo. Minister's Thanks to Naval' Authorities

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 8

In connection with the recent cool control by the Department of the Navy, the Minister of State for the Navy, Mr. Jensen, has sent a letter of thanks to Captain F G. Waley,…

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More Expense. Increase for Burker Coal. Fresh Charges for [?] and Shipping

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 1

Shipping [?] one have [?] the cost of[?] which was [?]…

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Emerald and Gold From Yass to Burrowa the Country a Picture of Fertility

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 3

Yass is a N.S.W. town with the quaintness and picturesqueness of an English Village; its old-fashioned homes, treesha[?]ed streets, and extensive gardens,…

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MINING. N.S.W. Gold Yield

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 45

Mr. R. H. Cambage, Acting Under Secretary for Mines, has furnished a return which shows that the gold yield recorded in New South Wales for December was 26,891oz crude, equal…

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Scarborough Collieries' Dispute. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 12

The Scarborough New Tunnel and Old Scarborough mines are idle to-day for the purpose of the monthly meeting. The former mine was [?]d[?]e yesterday on account of the men…

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Miners' Accident Fund

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 45

Complaints are frequent among South Coast colliery employees regarding the inadequacy of the allowance under the Miners' Accident and Relief Fund. It is said that no attempt has…

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The Coal Tribunal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Mr. Justice Edmunds, after dealing with the steel works case in the Industrial Court yesterday, left by train for Muswellbrook, to sit as chairman of the…

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Drake Gold Field

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 45

Operations on the old Drake, mining field, are quiet, the only mines working being the Pioneer and Adeline. The Kyloe has temporarily suspended operations, and it is…

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Mining Instinct

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 50

The laws of heredity were singularly instanced in the case of James Anderson, of Rutherglen, Scotland, whose death occurred recently. One of the veterans in the…

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Old Gold Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 12

The fund receives donations of old jewellery, such as brooches, lockets, rings, scaripins, watches, and chains; in fact, anything gold or silver, no matter how old[?] battered, or broken. The proceeds are distributed…

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Belligerents' Gold Resources

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 16

Interesting figures are contained in the "Bullion Circular" issued by Samuel Montagu and Company, the Old Broad-street bankers. These show that at the end of 1916 the gold in…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 8

During December last the mineral exports from Broken Hill were valued at £379,583. Lead concentrates accounted for £282.800, zinc concentrates £86,725, and silver-lead ore…

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