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Mining & the mines, 1920

3,666 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 184

Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 11

A telegram received yesterday from the Edna May Deep Levels stated:--"Have taken delivery cyanide plant and electric power plant. Now erecting generator and preparing cyanide plant for operation. Expect complete…

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New Colliery. Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 11

Preparations are being made for the opening of a new colliery between the Abordare Junction and the Heddon Racecourse, close to the East Greta Company's railway line. It is…

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Mine Manager's Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 12

The Mount Dudley gold mine report for the week ended April 24 states that at the 145ft level a rise was put up from the end of the north drive to pick up the shoot of gold lost in sinking the main…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 5

Business in mining shares was also very quiet upon the Sydney Exchange yesterday. Copper stocks were easier. Hampdens fell 2d, and Mount…

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The Failure of Gold

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 8

Beyond question, the most remarkable happening in the financial world of the past five years is the failure of gold. As it is impossible to Joubt this failure we ought not to be expected to prove it, yet no doubt proof will be expected…

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Queensland Coal. a New Find

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 11

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Government has received word from the driller in charge of boring operations at the Styx River coal prospecting aren, St. Lawrence district, that a…

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Seeking for Gold. A Promising Enterprise

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 1

Messrs. Markham Mills, sen. and jun., together with a representative from "The Argus," took a motor trip to the west last week, and visited the old gold fields…

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Holidays on Pay Sewer Miners' and Laborers Water Board Proposal

Evening News · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 5

Twenty-four thousand pounds a year is involved in a proposal which came before the Water and Sewerage Board meeting to-day, to grant three weeks' holiday…

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Export Manifests New South Wales. 1920. MAJANKA, s. For Iquique. Sailed Newcastle April 24, 1920. Caledonian Collieries. Ltd., Agents. IQUIQUE

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 2

Caledonian Collieries Ltd., 2277 tons coal (Complete.) DEMOSTHENES, ABER. s…

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The Barrier Strike. Coal-miners' Endorsement

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 7

At a meeting of the council of the Coal and Shale Miners' Federation yesterday afternoon, the Barrier position was discussed. Reports from the delegates were received, and the…

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Miners and Coal Commission. Will Not Give Evidence

The Australian Worker · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 19

At a recent meeting of the delegate board of the Northern District branch of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, it was decided to take…

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Coal Commission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 4

The Commission will sit in the Public Works Committee room, Parliament House, at 11 o'clock…

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The Death Mine

The Australian Worker · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 15

Nine years ago the mine horror gripped Illinois with terrible taloned hands. Three hundred men were buried alive at Cherry, in one of the "model mines" of the State,…

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Mining Notes

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 4

The secretary of Carpathia Tin Mines advises that a dividend of 1/ has been declared, and, is, payable on the 19th May to shareholders…

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Wickham and Bullock Island Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 8

A[?] the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Co., Ltd., held yesterday, Mr. D. F. Stewart presiding, the directors' report and…

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Japanese Steamers to Load Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 4

The Japanese steamers Keifuku Maru and Shinsei Mara have been chartered to load coal at Newcestle for the East. The Shinsei Man left…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 8

A rather depressed air surrounded dealings in many lines of mining scrip on 'Change yesterday. A noteable movement was the further decline in Broken Hill stocks. The present…

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Coal Enquiry Lesson of Co-operation

Evening News · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 6

Further evidence wit taken this morning before the New South Wales Coal Commission (Mr. J. L. Campbell, K.C.), when W. E. Jones, manager of the…

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Coal for South Australia. Three French Steamers Loading

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 4

The French steamers Menes Neidenfields and Mnunheim, at present in port, at Newcastle, are all loading coal for South Australia. They will…

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The Greedy Rich. Worshipping a Calf of Gold

The Catholic Press · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 8

We see the men whom God has allowed to gather wealth refusing to submit to God's law for riches. Instead of remaining "poor in spirit," they swell up with the pride of…

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