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Mining & the mines, 1917

4,216 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 211

In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 6

Two furnaces were in blast at the Mount Lyell reduction works during the fortnight ended January 17. During the current half-year 1798 ton's of blister copper wore consigned to…

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Mining. Business in Copper

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 11

As far us active business was concerned, yesterday morning was uneventful in the mining division of the Sydney Stock Exchange, but after the noon call the sheets were well…

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Mining Shares. Ratruts Fluctuate

Evening News · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 5

The feature of the [?] was [?] They [?] but the [?] at [?] time being…

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Coal Shipped From New South Wales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 2

Return showing the exports of coal from the State of New South Wales during the quarter ended 31st December, 1916:—…

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Labour Disputes. North Mine. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 10

The underground men at the North mine have come out on strike. The men demand more assistance and more pay for work on the brace. The company to-day offered…

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Desert Gold. the New Zealand Champion

The Australian Worker · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 9

From a file just to hand I get the following:—"It was in the Islington Plate, of one mile, that Desert Gold, Sasanof, and The Toff met. Mr. Lowry also started…

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Trades and Labour. Coal and Shale Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 11

At the annual meeting of the Australasian Coal and Shale employees' Association applications from the A.M.A. (Broken Hill) and the Miners' Federation of New Zealand to…

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A Runaway Coal Train. Smash at Helensburgh

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 4

A serious railway smash occurred at Helensburgh (N.S.W.) on Monday night, but fortunately it was unattended with loss of life. A coal train, loaded with…

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Mining. Prices Current on Change

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 6

Better than average business was passing on the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Quotations, were very general, and the turnover appeared satisfactory…

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Dark Corner Gold Hopeful Prospectors Bathurst

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 2

There have been no further developments at the new goldfield at Dark Corner. A good deal of prospecting is being done in the Vicinity of the old Homeward Bound Mine,…

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Mining Mechanics' Claims. Proprietors' Offers Rejected

The Australian Worker · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 18

An aggregate meeting of members of the Federated Mining Mechanics and Surfacemen's Association was held at West Maitland on Saturday to…

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' Oil for Navy Proposal to Buy Mine Stormy Passage in House HOBART

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 5

The Latrobe Shale Oil Purchase Bill, in connection with which the Tasmanian Government purposed to supply the Commonwealth Government with fuel oil for naval…

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Shortage of Tea Our Trade with India Effect of Gold Prohibition an Extraordinary Position

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 5

There has been some alarm in commercial houses doing trade with India, at the possibility of business being brought to a standstill owing to the prohibition on the…

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Newcastle Wallsend Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 9

The half-yearly meeting of the Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company was held yesterday. Mr. H. de Y. Scroggie, acting-chairman, presided in the absence, through illness, of Mr…

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Newcastle Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--To-morrow being a holiday, the week's coal export to Commonwealth and New Zealand ports was small. The total was 52,374 tons, as follows: -New Zealand…

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Coal Exports. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 8

The export of coal to interstate and New Zealand ports for the six days ending to-day totalled 52,424 tons, as against 58,550 for the corresponding period of last year. The New…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 7

Among mining quotations" upon the. London. Stock Exchange on Wednesday were the following:--British (old), buyers 20s 3d, sellers 26s 3d; Broken-hill Proprietary, buyers, 49s 3d…

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New Gold Find at Lucknow

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 6

ORANGE, Thursday.--Mr. Bert Davis, who has been prospecting to the eastward of Lucknow, in the vicinity of the old rifle range, has come upon stone at a depth of 11 feet which has…

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Mining. Ratrut Basin Shares

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 9

Except for a somewhat unusual activity in Ratrut Basin shares, and also a fair amount of attention given to Western Australian gold ventures, yesterday's mining…

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Mining. Prices Current on 'Change

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 7

Speculative lines, such as Ratruts, and some of the Westonia s locks, declined sharply on the mining section of the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. After[?]…

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