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Mining & the mines, 1920

3,666 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 184

Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 9

Again on Saturday operations in mining scrip were mostly conducted in the tin section, and prices continued to advance. Kampong Kamunting advanced 1/3 to 63/, and…

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Mines Idle Coledale and Coalcliff WOLLONGONG

Evening News · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 1

Notwithstanding that the Central Council of the Australian Coal Shale Employers Federation recommended the Coledale employes to return work…

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Croesus Colliers Piano As Clothes Horse Welsh Miners'Earnings

The Sun · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 6

Mr. Fred Mills, the chairman of the Ebbw Vale Company, recently nude a public statement in London to the effect that in one of their collieries…

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Bolshevism. Admired by Miners' Council. Plea for I.w.w

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 7

The coincil of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation concluded its sittings in Sydney on Saturday afternoon. The following motion was carried:—…

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Paris in Darkness Result of Coal Shortage Thousands Thrown Idle Paris

Evening News · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 1

Street lighting has been reduced to a minimum owing to the coal short age. The electric diguting services have…

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Industrial Unrest Sympathy with Russian Bolsheviks. the Coal-miners Attitude

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 5

At its sitting in Sydney on Saturday last the council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation carried a resolution that it viewed with…

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Coal Commission

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 4

The Coal Commissioner (Mr. J. L Campbell K.C.) will resume his inquiry in the Public Works Committee room, parliament House, on Monday next. The…

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Gold at Darwin

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 5

DARWIN, Monday.--Mr. Witherden, Government assayer, returned from his official visit to report on the gold discovery at Bridge Creek, near Brock's Creek. Prospector Reed…

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Coal Commission Further Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 4

Mr. J. L. Campbell, K.C., Coal Commissioner, will resume his inquiry in the Public Works Committee room, Parliament House, at 10 a.m. on Monday next. He has still to inquire into…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 8

The mining share market opened with renewed vigour yesterday, and business in tin stocks became more extensive even than last week. Local concerns proved most attractive…

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Miners' Diseases. Commission at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 6

Prof[?] H. C. Chapman, chairman of the Technical Commission on Miners' Diseases, and Dr. A. W. Edwards, radiographist to the commission, arrived in Broken Hill on…

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Food and Coal. France Feels Shortage. Paris, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 7

Street lighting in Paris has been reduced to a minimum owing to the shortage of coal. Electric lighting is confired to the central markets and certain…

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France's Plight. Coal and Food Shortage. London, February 1

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 5

A Paris report states that street lighting has been reduced to a minimum, owing to the coal shortage Electric lighting has been confined to the central markets and certain street…

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Shortage of Water Affects Mining Operations ORANGE

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 4

The water shortage at the Fifinid platinum field is holding up work, and the miners are suffering in consequence. The pudding machines are idle, and there…

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Bendigo Mines Output

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The output from the Bendigo Amalgamated Company's mines during the last fortnight, aggregated 3737 tons, which returned 1351oz., including tributors' gold and…

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Coal for Alaska

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 3

Although in years past millions of tons of coal have left Newcastle for both North and South American ports, a vessel is to leave Sydney…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 12

Tin stocks again occupied most attention in the mining share section of the Stock Exchange yesterday. White Crystals were again prominent, and after a firm opening at 12/3,…

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Coledale Colliery Men Again Idle Deficiency Question Unsettled WOLLONGONG

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 5

Coledale Colliery employees made a start yesterday, but the old trouble has recurred, and the mine is idle again to-day…

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Gold, the Exchanges and the Business Bank

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 8

When the exchanges were being kept right by "Government interference," it was the opinion, even of those who recognised that gold's day was done in every other way that the yellow metal was essential as a steadier of the exchanges. In vain we pointed out…

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Mining Shares. Tin Issues Again Firmer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 3

Business in Mining Scrip was again brisk on 'Change yesterday. Tin issues again provided a considerable amount of attention at firmer…

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