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Mining & the mines, 1920

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

Miners' Diseases. Personnel of Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 10

The personnel has new been completed of the technical commission of inquiry, which has been appointed under the New South Wales Board of Trade to investigate the…

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Floating Mine on Route to Singapore

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 5

Still another German, mine has been located on a route traversed by vessels trading out Sydney. The Navigation Department reports…

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Kalgoorlie Mines to Resume. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 12

The industrial disputes committee of the Australian Labour party met the executive of the Chamber of Mines with reference to resumption of mining operations on the Golden…

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Lowest Gold Yield Since 1888

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 12

The gold yield of the State for the first 11 months of last year amounted to 58,551 ounces fine, valued at £248,710, which represented a decrease of about 25 per cent. on similar…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 12

Although the re-opening of the Exchange on Monday was attended with an exceedingly heavy turnover, a still heavier turnover was effected yesterday. Each official meeting lasted…

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Lithgow Ironworks An Idle Mine ORANGE

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 5

In consequence of the closing down of the Lithgow ironworks, upwards of 130 men employed at Messrs. Hoskins's iron mine at Cad[?]a have been thrown…

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Decrease in W.a. Gold Yield

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 6

The West Australian gold yield for December was 28,166 fine ounces, valued at £119,641, compared with 65,995 ounces for November and 64,054…

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Gold Prospectors. Work of the State

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 6

Mr. Fitzpatrick (Minister for Mines) yesterday commented on the following statement in Tuesday's issue of "The Daily Telegraph":-- "At various times State Governments have…

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Dominion Coal Shortage. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 11

A serious shortage of coal is reported from most parts of the dominion. The Union S.S. Company officials state the shortage is one of lack of colliers…

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Western Australian Mines Work to Be Resumed. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 12

It is probable that work will be resumed on the local mines within a few days. At a meeting of the A.W.U. mining branch on Saturday it was resolved that the A.W.U…

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Coal From N.S.W. South Australian Order MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 3

The Victorian Railway Commissioners are preparing to ha[?]l coal from New South Wales for use on the railways in South Australia, and in…

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Broken Hill Mines. Suspension of Labour Conditions Likely. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 11

Rumours were current in Broken Hill yesterday and to-day, that the mining companies, seeing the impossibility of getting the necessary supplies of coal at present to enable a…

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Unhappy Berlin No Coal for Winter Butter 12/4 a Lb. London

Evening News · Wednesday 7 January 1920 · page 1

A message received from Berlin states that the new official prices for foodstuffs include the following:-Flour, 7 3/4d per lb: bread, 6 1/4d per lb…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 7

The O.S.A. mine report for the week ended January 7 is as follows:--Ore smelted (Company's), 241 tons; ore smelted (purchased), 82 tons; matte produced 71 tons, containing 13.4 tons of copper; furnace in blast,…

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Drifting Mines

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 4

The secretary of the Department of Navigation at Sydney has received the following telegram from the chief harbour master at Fremantle:—Mine,…

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Floating Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 7

The Secretary of Navigation in Sydney has been advised by the shipping authorities at Singapore that four mines, apparently of a German type, were seen floating in latitude…

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Johannesburg Miners. Johannesburg

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 5

In connection with the Simmer Deep Mine strike, caused by the dismissal of a German miner, it has been found that the mine captain knew the man was a German when he was…

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Short Story. Coal Dust

The Australian Worker · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 15

There were green trees in that valley and meadows and flowers for the sun to kindle in the summer days, and the spring brought a soft flush there, much as in…

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Floating Mine Off Queensland Coast

Evening News · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 1

The [?] charge Garden Island [?] message stating that [?] considered to be [?] sighted on the…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1920 · page 7

At a meeting of the A.W.U. it was decided that members should resume work as soon as the mines were in readiness. Operations will be resumed on the Great Boulder and…

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