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Mining & the mines, 1919

4,299 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 215

Coal Production for 1918

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 4

Mr. J. C. L. Fltzpatrick, the Minister for Mines, has furnished a statement relative to the production of coal and shale in this State during the year…

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Mount Lyell Mines. Queenstown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 8

At North Lyell mine, 1100ft level, No. 49 stope continues to produce very rich ore, as beaten out at about 40ft above the ground floor, while No. 41 stope, at the northern end…

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School of Mines. Bathurst's Request Fails

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 2

BATHURST, Wednesday.--During the recent visit made by Mr. J.C.L. Fitzpatrick, M.L.A., to Bathurst, representations were made to him requesting the establishment of a school of…

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Milburn Creek Copper Mine. Rush for Possession. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 8

A large number of conflicting applications came before Relieving Warden Farr for authority to work the leases known as the Milburn Creak Copper Mine at Mt. McDonald in…

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Miners' Demand Increased Rates. Ratio of Wages to Profits

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 6

The executive of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees" Federation sat in Sydney yesterday to consider the reply made by the coal proprietors to the federation's demand…

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Gold at Temora New Find Reported TEMORA

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 5

A new find of gold is reported. Two line specimens of quarts are on exhibition, one piece of [?], weighing 11b. contains [?] of gold. The stone was…

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"Do Not Earn So Much " Union's Order Colliery Trouble in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 8

The Blackball miners have been instructed by their union not to earn more than 11s per day. As the average earnings are said to…

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Bran and Pollard New England Mining Fixed Prices Sussex-street Trade

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 3

A few days ago, the Government raised the price of milling wheat on trucks. Darling Harbor. This advance was followed by a rise in bran and pollard…

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New Mining Act a Warden's Difficulties Dealing With Applications BATHURST

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 4

Mr. Farr, relieving Mining Warden, has decided the title of the well-known [?] Creek copper mine at M[?] M'Donald…

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Studded with Gold 'Rich Specimens at Temora All Land Taken Up Temora

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 9

Great excitement prevailed here today, when two pieces of stone thickly studded with large nuggets of gold were exhibited…

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Export Manifests. New South Wales. 1919. W. T. LEWIS, bq. For Honolulu. Sailed Newcastle, February 5, 1919. Seaham Coal Co., Agents. HONOLULU

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 2

Seaham Coal Co., Ltd., 3506 tons coal (Complete.) AMENDED. MAHANA, s…

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Mine Explosion. Disaster in Queensland Colliery. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 7

An explosion occured at the Cardiff Colliery, situated in the Blackstone district, at about 8 o'clock this morning, three men, named J. Jones, Wm. Ellis, and Owen Evans, being…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 7

The Zinc corporation has declared an interim participating dividend of 16 per share, less English in come tax, payable on March 31, to both preference and ordinary share holders registered on February 14…

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Full Inquiry. Coal-miners' Demands. Approaching Federal Government. Proposed Reduced Output

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 4

The council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Federation has decided that, in the interests of members, it should negotiate further with a view to placing the facts in regard to its…

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Colliery Questions Council's Decisions

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 4

At the sittings of the council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, hold in Sydney during the week, consideration was given to the following motion from the…

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Will Miners Strike ? Coal Crisis Likely in March What the Trouble Is About

Evening News · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 1

The rumblings of a great [?] grow ominously louder, but [?] that they are audible may[?] postpone the explosion [?]…

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Industrial Unrest Serious Threat of a Coal Crisis Throughout N.s.w. Miners' Claims Resisted

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 5

The proprietors of the Northern, the Southern, and the Western Coal Associations have refused the claims of the Australasian Coal and Shale…

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New Zealand Miners Resume Wellington

Evening News · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 4

The Blackball miners have agreed to refer the mining dispute to the committee. Work has [?] resumed, and normal conditions now prevail…

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