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Mining & the mines, 1919

4,299 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 215

Ebert's Rocky Road Situation in Germany Serious Extremists Run Huge Strikes No Coal for Government (Reuter's Telegrams) LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 20 February 1919 · page 1

Reuter's correspondent at Berlin states that the situation in Germany daily grows more precarious owing to the great activity of the…

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Coal in Canada

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 4

According to estimates prepared by experts, there is enough soft coal in the four Western Provinces of Canada to supply the world for a couple of…

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Coal Bed on Fire

The Land · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 12

Quit a phenomenon has taken place in a cutting on the Mudgee railway line, about 16 miles from Lithgow. In some of the cuttings between Portland and…

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Edna May Mine. Progress Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 4

Edna May Deep Levels, W.A., 17th—No. 6 Level—Winze No. 2 to 85 feet; hanging wall exposed; quartz, 20 dwt.; width…

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Reported Missing Miners. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 7

The Commissioner of Police has received advice from a person signing himself "Secretary to the Government at Darwin," to the effect that nothing had been heard of…

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Coal-trimmers' Strike Ends. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 6

The strike of the coal trimmers at Newcastle was settled this afternoon at a conference between representatives of the Trimmors' Union and stevedores, presided over by an…

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Coal Shortage at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 8

There is every prospect of another coal shortage in the Broken Hill mines. Mr. C. J. Emery, as president of the Mining Association, this aftetnoon made the following…

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Rich Stone Found Hill End gold Field BATHURST

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 6

Excitement has been caused on the hill End gold field by the discovery of rich stone in the Marshall's Hill End Company's mine. The part of the mine…

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Copper and Gold. "Healthy Show" at Carcoar. House Shortage

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 6

CARCOAR, Thursday.--It is reported that a healthy show of copper and gold has been found on the Highfield Estate, near the Carcoar town boundary. A miner named Lynch,…

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Tributer's Luck Gold at Hill End Famous Mica Vein Again Bathurst

The Sun · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 7

A chute of gold are, described as "richer than anything found on Hawkins' Hill since the boom days," has been discovered in that portion of…

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Lords and Labor "Always Be Unrest" Improvement Urged Miners Vote Against Strike LONDON, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 1

The House of Lords last night resumed the debate on industrial unrest. Lord Leverhulme declared that Bolshevism was not a deep-rooted…

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Coal-mining Board. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 13

At a meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation this afternoon, a motion was carried instructing the executive of the federation to negotiate with the…

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Miners Restless Dissatisfaction at Maitland Colliery May Close Down [?]

Evening News · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 3

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Coal-mining Board. Re-establishment Urged

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The delegate board of the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation to-day endorsed the action of the council of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation…

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Garth Force to Load Seaham Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 5

The ship Garthforce, which is under charter to load coal at Newcastle for the West Coast of South America, will take Seaham coal…

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British Strikes. the Miners' Situation. London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 9

The transport workers have decided to stay their hand pending the receipt of the employers' proposals, but they declare that they regard the suggested arbitration with disfavor…

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Production of Gold in the Transvaal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 5

As was to be expected, in view of the ravages of influenza among the natives, the gold return of the Transvaal for November showed a substantial…

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"Rich Gold Ahead" Work at Hill End

The Sun · Saturday 22 February 1919 · page 3

The following wire was received this afternoon by the Sydney secretary, Mr. C. A. Cooper, of Marshall's Hill End mines, from Mr. William Marshall…

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