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Mining & the mines, 1917

4,216 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 211

Mining. Edna May Group Firmer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 15

There was an animated market for mining scrip on the Stock Exchange yesterday, and in addition to activity as far as quotations were concerned, a large amount of actual business…

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Covetous Germany. Wants Hollands Food and Gold

Evening News · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 1

"Le Temps" [?] provocative [?] "Germany," [?] provocative [?]…

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Southern Collieries Men Being Put Off Wollongong

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1917 · page 9

At the Excelsior Colliery, Thirroul, twenty men have received notice of discharge, the management's contention being that there are too many hands employed for the amount of…

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Wood and Coal Weights New Act Will be Protective

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1917 · page 15

It has been stated before that one of the commonest of the robberies of the people is that effected by juggling with the weights on the scales in some…

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What Conditions of Life Imposed by War Will Be Preserved? a Great Crater on the Somme Front North of Combles Made by a French Mine

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1917 · page 23

THE HOLE, THE LARGEST OF WHICH ANY RECORD HAS SO FAR REACHED THIS COUNTRY, WAS MADE BY A FRENCH MINE ON THE SOMME FRONT NORTH OF COMBLES. ITS MOUTH IS NEARLY 100 YARDS LONG AND 60'YARDS WIDE, A CHARGE OF 22.000 POUNDS OF EXPLOSIVE BEING USED. OF THE TWO PRUSSIAN COMPANIES SWALLOWED UP, ONLY FOUR WOUNDED MEN WERE FOUND ALIVE, TWO OF THESE DYING THE NEXT DAY IN A FRENCH HOSPITAL…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 6

The following quotations of mining shares were recorded on the London Stock Exchange on Saturday:--North B.H., buyer 46s 3d, seller 47s 3d; Mount Elliott, buyer 100s, seller 110s;…

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Fell Down Mine

The Sun · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 5

A telegram from Wyalong states that James Leadbitter, sen., a farmer and mailman, disappeared from his home at midnight on Friday. Tracks were found in the…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 9

A good business was transacted in mining scrip on the Sydney Stock Exchange on Saturday. The market was the busiest which has prevailed on a Saturday for some time. The…

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A Big Gold Mining Deal Thirteen Million Pounds Involved Romance of the Robinson and Barnato Wealth

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 11

The biggest deal in South Africa since the record occasion when Cecil Rhodes consolidated the diamond interests at Kimberley in 1888 has been completed between the Rand…

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Broken Hill Mining Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Saturday.--At the inquest held yesterday on the bodies of Joachim Pinazza and Stease Giordano, the two Italians who were killed in the South Mine the previous…

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Colliery Mechanics Dispute Workers Refuse to Resume. West Maitland

Evening News · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 5

[?] of the [?]…

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Western Australian Gold Yield. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 9

The February gold output was 83,704 [?] ounces, valued at £355,552. The total is 2013 ounces less than in January, and 15,734 ounces more than in February last year…

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Mining Shares. Edna Group Buoyant

Evening News · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 5

[?] buying orders from Adelaide such an the [?] of the [?] group on Sunday Exchange with a bound. Centrals rose nearly is [?] Edns Deep 2d to 5d…

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Mines and Mining Another Lively Market

The Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 3

In the mining market to-day substantial business, was recorded at both the first and second calls. Sales were chiefly, in the Edna May gold enterprises, and as a result of a…

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Coal Shipped From Newcastle

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 7

During last month 181,841 tons of coal was shipped at Newcastle for interstate ports and New Zealand ports, as compared with 206,014 tons for the…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 7

The adjourned meeting of Rimu Option, Ltd., was held yesterday at noon, when a number of the shareholders assembled to learn the result of the negotiations, or investigations…

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Hampden-cloncurry Mines. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 9

During the month of February the HampdenCloneurry copper mines treated 6169 tons o[?] ore, producing 551 tons of bllster copper, 542 tons of fine copper, 167oz of gold, and 4020oz…

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Tasmanian Gold. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 9

A few months ago a discovery was made of a promising gold-bearing reef within four miles of Fingal, North-oastern Tasmania, close to Mathinna-road, Hobart, and a…

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Spain Seeking a Substitute for Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 12

The fuel question has become of such importance of late in Spain that practical experiments are being made by which various materials hitherto…

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New Zealand Miners. Must Work or Fight

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 4

The New Zealand Military Service board at Greymouth has decided that the output of the mines must be kept up to normal, and it will not grant exemption…

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