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Mining & the mines, 1917

4,216 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 211

Investment Market. Coal Shares Wanted

Evening News · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 5

War Loan, inscribed, advanced [?] on Change [?] classes are now [?] above par. A fea[?] of the market was a brisk demand for coal [?] with few offering. East [?] put on…

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Mining. Kampong and Larut Higher

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 9

A moderate amount of business was transacted in mining scrip on the Stock Exchange yesterday. Barriers and Eastern tin concerns attracted most attention, though…

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Sustained Strike. Trouble on Lyell Mining Field

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 7

ZEEHAN (Tas.), Wednesday.--The Lyell industrial situation now looks fur from promising, and the position is sitting into a sustained strike. Ore-production at North Mount Lyell…

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Bendigo Amalamated Goldfields. Prospectus Issued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 May 1917 · page 9

We publish to-day the prospectus of the Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields, No Liability. The objects of the company are to acquire 38 mining properties contiguous to each other,…

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Mining in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 6

The Under-Secretary for Mines has furnished a return, which shows that the gold yield recorded in New South Wales for April is 5214ox, crude, equal to 4933oz. fine, value at £20,955, as…

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Miners' Wants

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 6

A deputation, representative of the northern, southern, and western miners waited upon the Minister for Mines yesterday, to ask that certain suggested amendments might be inserted…

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"Helping Germany." Idle Collieries. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 6

The coal tribunal met to-day. Mr. Justice Edmunds presided. Mr. T. R. Morgan, representing the Southern Coal Owners' Association, drew attention to…

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Decreased Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 9

Mr R. H. Cambage, Under-Secretary for Mines, has furnished a return which shows that the gold yield recorded in this State for the month of April is 49A33oz. fine gold, valued…

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N.s.w. Gold Yield

Evening News · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 4

Mr R. H. Cambage, Under-Secretary for Mines, has furnished a return which shows that the gold yield recorded in New South Wales for the month of April is 5214oz crude, equal to…

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Mining. Larut Still Higher

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 9

A weaker tendency was displayed in yesterday's operations in mining scrip on the Stock Exchange, but in a few cases an upward move occurred. [?]arriers as a whole cased…

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Restless Tasmanian Miners. a War Bonus Demanded

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 4

The miners that went on strike at Mount Lyell (Tas.) for a war bonus of 2/ per day are still out, and there is a prospect of the strike lasting for some time…

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Investment Stocks Market Again Active Coal Scrip Firmer

The Sun · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 3

Investment stocks provided substantial business on the Stock Exchange to-day. The market was healthy in tone, and quotations, generally speaking, were firmer. Coal…

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A Miner Killed. Buried by a Fall of Coal

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 4

A fall of coal occurred at the Dudley colliery in the Newcastle (N.S.W.) dis-trict on Monday, and a miner named John P. Gibbs was buried. He was extricated…

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Taking a Chance. Looking for Ballarat Gold. Mr. Agar Wynne's Reminiscences

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 4

MELBOURNE. Thursday.--When relating reminiscences of his youthful days at Ballarat at his club early in the month, Mr. Agar Wynne, ex-Postmaster-General, dwelt upon how he had…

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New Zealand Coal Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 15

WELLINGTON, Friday.--The coal miners and owners are holding a conference on the matters in dispute in connection with the late strike. It is expected that they will quickly reach an…

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Progress at State Coal Mine. Lithgow

Evening News · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 1

Progress is being made at the State Coal Mine at the upper end of Mort's Gully. The upcast shaft has reached a depth of 40 feet, and this despite the fact that there is an inflow…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 14

April returns show that the Golden Horseshoe (W.A.) treated 16,034 tons of ore. The working expenditure in Australia and London was £33,540, leaving a profit of £24,912…

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Path of Gold

The World's News · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 2

THE cost of the war has now reached such a fabulous amount that the ordinary mind fails to grasp the significance of the millions o fpounds which are daily mentioned in the…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 3

In the copper section, on Change [?] were not so [?] They recently rea[?]ed 27s [?] the [?] 27s seller 27s 3d [?] recovered [?]…

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Mining. Westonias Higher

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 14

Save for renewed attention paid to the Edna May group, operations in mining shores were of a quiet nature at yesterday's Stock Exchange meetings. Barriers tended to case so…

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