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Mining & the mines, 1919

4,299 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 215

Coal Export

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 3

The following quantities of coal were exported from Newcastle to interstate and oversea ports during the week ended Friday last:—Interstate: South…

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The Mining Collapse Government Restriction of Export Killing Industry. Mines Closing Down

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 5

As a result of the restrictions upon the exportation of base metals, it is stated that many Western Australian lead, tin, and copper mines have been…

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Loyalist Miners. Compensation Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.-- A deputation representative of the National Federation to-day urged the Premier to inquire into the case of each of the "loyalist" coal miners who entered…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 3

Transactions in mining script were again quiet and prices were in most cases easier. Gundagai Long Tunnel (paid) receded 2d to 6/4, and the…

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Gold Find. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 6

Mr. J. E. Scantlebury, managing director of the Amalgamated Hill End, is at present on the field in connection with the recent developments. He stated that the stone…

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Conflagrations. a Coal Stack Destroyed

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 4

On Friday morning a [?] stack of the premier of Messrs. Howard Smith. Ltd., in Dalmain (Sydney), burst onto [?]. The outbreak, [?] was due to [?]…

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Stranded Miners Premier Promises Redress MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 8

"You make a claim for compensation on a false basis," remarked Mr. Lawson, Victorian Premier, yesterday to a deputation of the National Federation…

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Coal Crisis. Ten Thousand Employees Dismissed. London, March 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 7

Vickers', of Sheffield, owing, to having only three days' stock of coal, have given 10,000 employees a fortnight's notice. The firm is closing its works pending a settlement of the…

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The Great Cobar Mines. a Hive Of Activity to Close

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 5

The Great Cobar (N.S.W.) mine will close at the end of this week. The reason for this step is the serious fall in the price of copper, the uncertainty…

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British Navy the New Estimates U.S. Help in Mine Sweeping LONDON, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 1

The Naval Estate for [?] [?] £142,200,000) The principal [?] for building [?]…

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For Lack of Coal. Vickers' Closing. 10,000 Employees Given Notice. London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 5

Vickers' Sheffield works, owing to the fact that only three days' supply of coal are available, have given 10,000 employees a fortnight's notice…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 13

A report from Duckmalol states that in the main [?]aft of Riddell's Bismuth Mine payable ore has been forced to a depth of 75ft. It is apparently a pipe, having a diameter of about 25ft. About 2cwt. of…

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"Worse Than Swine" How Miners Live Outburst at Coal Commission LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 1

When representatives of the National Federation of Steel Manufacturers urged, at the Coal Commission on Saturday, that to increase miners'…

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The Collieries. Southern Differences. the Right to Live

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 10

WOLLONGONG, Monday.--One feature of tko discontent prevailing in the South Coast coal-mining industry is that the men who are termed non-unionists or "piuk-eyes" by the…

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Names for Gold

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 19

Coolibah: That alluring metal, gold, finds many nicknames among diggers, many of which are identical with those applied to money, such as sugar, rhine…

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Mining Shares

The Sun · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 3
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Another inactive market ruled for mining scrip both on and after the first and second calls to-day. There was a strong pressure to unload…

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Mine Sweeping. New York

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 March 1919 · page 9

Mr. Daniels, Secretary of the United States Navy, announced at Washington that the United States mine sweepers shortly will be engaged with British forces sweeping up the…

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