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Mining & the mines, 1920

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Ascot Ponies. Gold Brick Wins a Double

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 4

At the Ascot Racing Club's meeting on Saturday, eleven interesting races were decided. Partake, who finished second in the first division of the…

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Confiscated Gold Representations to Minister. Decision Adhered to

The Sun · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 7

Mr. J. M. Solomon, of the office of Mr. E. R. Abigail, stated this morning that further representations were recently made to the Minister of Customs…

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Mineral Wealth an Important Discovery Reported From Gloucester. a Gold Beef

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 3

An important discovery of gold has been made on private land on Olaven Plateau, near Craven Creek, about twenty-five miles from Gloucestor…

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Mining Towns Move To Defeat H.C.L. West Maitland

Evening News · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 4

A meeting of delegates from towns on the South Maitland coalfields was held at Weston to deal with the profiteering Question. The following resolutions…

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Coal Export

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 7

The coal shipments at Newcastle during last weeK for places beyond the State amounted to 77,784 tons, of which 60,710 tons represented…

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Dunn's Silver Mine

Evening News · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 2

The manager of [?] Silver Mine reports [?] has been sunk a further [?]…

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Clipper Killed at Colliery CESSNOCK

Evening News · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 4

Dennis James Meagher, 17, a clipper, was found frightfully injured lying on the skip road, underground, at the Beilbird Colliery last night. He died a few minuted later…

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Mining Notes

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 3

The Larut Tin's output for the first half of March was 19 tons, out of 38,000 cubic yards, in 300 hours…

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More About Gold Backing

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 8

Even at the risk of wearing the subject threadbare, it seems necessary to say something more about the matter of gold-backing for paper money. Though our own Australian experience, as we showed last week, so thoroughly upsets the queer theory that there is…

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Confiscated Gold Letters of Protest

The Sun · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 6

Frank H. Cole asks questions:--Re the "confiscated gold" case, as reported in your paper on March 5, it appears in me that the supposed…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 12

A distinctly stronger market was in evidence for mining scrip on 'Change yesterday. The easiness apparent in Monday's market disappeared, especially in the case of Broken…

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Mining Shares. Recovery in Barriers

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 3

Transactions in Mining Shares continued brisk upon the local Exchange yesterday. Silver lead stocks showed a…

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I.W.W. MEN Northern Miners' Attitude Big Campaign Coming

Evening News · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 5

The whole of the miners in the northern districts are now bound to the policy demanding the unconditional release of the I.W.W. man…

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Export Manifests New South Wales. 1920. PUAKO, bqtne, For Honolulu. Sailed Newcastle, March —, 1920. Seaham Coal Co., agents. HONOLULU

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 2

Seaham Coal Co., 1846 tons coal (Complete.)…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 6

The manager of the Ratrut Basin Tin Dredging Co-cabies that dredging was resumed on the 4th inst.,and up to the middle of the month the dredge had worked 230 hours, turning over 3.2,000 cubic yards for a recovery…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 3

Transactions in Mining Shares were fairly quiet upon the Sydney Exchange yesterday. Copper stocks were dealt with at unchanged levels. In the…

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Mining Notes

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 3

Kampong Kamunting's return for the past fortnight was 25 tons, out of 70,000 cubic yards, in 522 hours. The yield realised £5308…

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Latest Mining Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 3

The closing quotations for Mining Shards upon the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday were as follows:—Copper.—Budgery, s 10d; C.S.A.,…

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MINING Business in Barriers

Evening News · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 3

[?] business was done to [?] to-day, and a fair amount of stock was sold forward at firm rates. Junction North which weakened earlier in the week [?]…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 8

Dealing in mining scrip was not so active yesterday as might have been expected after the business listed during Monday and Tuesday, but firm conditions continued to be in…

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