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Mining & the mines, 1919

4,299 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 215

The Coal Trouble

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 March 1919 · page 4

IT would be idle to disguise the fact that the trouble affecting the coal industry in N.S.W. may, if not wisely handled, develop into a serious situation. The public is concerned, not so much with the controversy which…

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Great Cobar Big Mine to Close 600 Affected by Copper Slump

The Sun · Sunday 9 March 1919 · page 8

Immediately before the armistice copper was bringing C122 a ton. Since then it has been steadily declining. To-day it would bring not more than…

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Coal Trade Crisis. Serious Situation Looms—Both Sides at a Deadlock

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 March 1919 · page 2

There have not been any fresh developments regarding the crisis in the coal trade. Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary of the…

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Labor's Latest Prohibitive Protection Miners' 30-Hour Week Compulsory Voting; 18 Years' Franchise

The Sun · Sunday 9 March 1919 · page 4

The New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party has listed resolutions for discussion at the next…

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Coal Strike May Come at End of Month Both Sides Stand Firm

The Mirror · Sunday 9 March 1919 · page 2

Unless some favorable development takes place within the next few days, it is believed that a strike in the coal-mining industry may be declared at the end of…

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Share Market Run on Investments Higher War Loan Prices Mining Scrip Depressed

The Sun · Sunday 9 March 1919 · page 4

There was no shortage of money for investment on the Sydney Exchange yesterday, and operators in gilt-edged securities and industrial undertakings…

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If Mine Closes Cobar Will Stagnate Business Slack Already—Premier Tries To Secure Removal of Embargo on Export of Metals COBAR

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 March 1919 · page 1

The news was officially telegraphed from Sydney to Cobar this morning that owing to the serious and continued fall in the price of copper, the uncertainty…

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New Zealand's Coal Supply. Outlook Critical. Miners Threatening Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 4

WELLINGTON, Sunday.--The Blackball mine dispute, concerning the dismissal of 10 members of the Blackball Union, was discussed by stopwork meetings at the State, Paparoa, and…

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Northern Collieries. Work Well Distributed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Work was fairly well distributed among the northern district collieries during the fortnight ended on Saturday. [?] time being over 8½. The…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 3

Transactions in mining script on the Sydney Exchange on Saturday were fairly lively. Mammoth (paid) (Molybdenite) advanced 6d to 6/ for…

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Gold Producers' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 11

The gold producers' committee has proceeded with the formation of an Australian Gold Producers' Association, and as a result the association has been registered as a…

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Mining Ardlethan

Evening News · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 2

At the raises the effect of the recent rains [?] felt the [?] being [?] to a [?] extent. Southern Cross dam, which [?] dry, now has left of water is it…

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Interstate Gold Yields. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 11

The following mining yields are reported:— Lansell's Little (180 hours), 93 tons, 93oz. New Golden Fleece, 365 tons, 190oz. New Red, White, and Blue, 330 tons, 67oz…

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Financial. Gold Premium or Bonus?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 11

A Gold Producers' Association has been formed for the purpose of supervising the sale of gold for export at a premium. Presumably most of the sales will be made in the…

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Yerranderie and Araluen Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 11

Mr. Williams, mining warden in the Goulburn district, has furnished particulars with regard to mining operations in the Yerranderie and Araluen divisions…

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Base Metals Restrictions. W.a. Mines Close Down

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 8

PERTH, Friday.--Mr. Hudson, Minister for Mines, has telegraphed to the Treasurer (Mr. Gardiner), who is in Melbourne, asking him to enter the strongest protest against the…

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Copper Crisis. Wealth the Mines Have Produced. Industry's Gloomy Outlook

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 6

The erisis in copper has resulted in one of the biggest blows to the industry in New South Wale[?] that it has ever received. Several times the copper mines of the State,…

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30,000 AFFECTED Acute Copper Mining Position Other Industries Will Suffer

Evening News · Monday 10 March 1919 · page 3

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 7

It is announced that the Amalgamated Hill End has cleaned up 334oz. of amalgam from 60 tons of ore, taken outside of the rich chute recently struck. That would seen to indicate that the stone is worth about…

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Mine Prosecutions

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 6

WEST MAITLAND, Monday.--Before Mr. Gale, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court to-day, Charles Willis Dixon, manager of the South Greta Colliery, was charged, under the…

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