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Mining & the mines, 1920

3,666 stories in Sydney's papers · page 78 of 184

Mining

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 June 1920 · page 11

Hill End stocks provided substantial business during the past week, but other gold interests were practically neglected. Copper and silver-lead shares exhibit…

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Bolshevik Gold Held

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 June 1920 · page 1

PARIS, Friday.—In reply to a request by France, Sweden has decided to hold the Bolshevik gold deposited in Sweden, pending a settlement of policy. The…

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Coal Export

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 4

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle during last week for places beyond the State was 84,675 tons, of which 52,558 tons represented…

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Newcastle Coal Extorts

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 6

The quantity of coal exported from New castle to places beyond the State during the week was 83,760 tons of which 52,198 tons went to Commonwealth and Now Zealand…

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State Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 9

The Under-Secretary for Mines (Mr. R. H. Cambage) has furnished a return showing that the gold yield for the month of May amounted to 3545 ounces crude, equal to 3280 ounces…

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Bowen Coal. Tests for Coking Purposes

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 7

BRISBANE, Saturday.--The Minister for, Mines is pleased with the results of some independent tests of Bowen coal for coking purposes, which were carried out by Messrs…

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British Tug Strikes Mine. London, June 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 7

A message from Amsterdam states that a British tug, while towing a German steamer from Chris to Hamburg, was mined off Terschelling Island. Sixteen of the crew were…

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(All Rights Reserved.) Red Wharf Mine. Chapter XVIII.--(Continued.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 3

I don't Know, the pumps win no sel working at once, and everything possible will be done. They will know there is a chance of some being in the mine, cut off, as we are. I…

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"In the Balance" Position in Sydney Question of Black Coal

The Sun · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 5

"Dark clouds' are looming on the industrial horizon." "Anything may happen within the next day or two, but union officials are…

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Soviet Russia. Polish Success. Sweden Holds Gold. London, June 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 7

A Warsaw communique says the Bolsheviks, who have been repulsed, are now withdrawing on the whole front. Fighting is taking place in territory from which the…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 6

The Vegetable Crook output for the week ended June 19 was five tons of tin oxide. The tin return of Star Gully (N.S.W.) for the past It days was 40 tons…

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Constitution of Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 10

The banded texture of all bituminous coal, which seems to be built up of a succession of (generally thin) dull and bright bands, had long been…

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Coal for Singapore

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 4

The Japanese steamer Amagasin Maru is listed to reach Newcastle today from Auckland, to the agency of Messrs. F. & H. Langwill. She will…

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Mining Notes

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 2

Asam Kumbang during April ran 531 hours, treating 81,000 cubic yards, for a return of 30.18 tons. when sold, this product realised £5920/1/2, and…

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Discovery of Gold BRISBANE

Evening News · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 4

News has been received of a discovery of gold in Brady's Paddock, some miles south of Enartein, in the Brisbane River Valley. The report states that the [?]…

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Gold at Gloucester. Good Finds Reported

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 4

Further finds of gold are reported from the Gloucester and the Barrington (N.S.W.) districts. One of these is on the Mummel River Held, where a…

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Coal Tar Distillation Securing the By=Products

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 10

Until a few years ago the distillation of coal tar and the recovery and treatment of the by-products on a large scale in Australia was not…

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Strike Settled Welsh Miners Return LONDON, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 1

The strike of 15,000 miners at Rhymney (Wales) has been settled, and the threatened general stoppage thus averted…

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Red Wharf Mine. (All Nights Reserved.) Chapter XIX.—(Continued.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 9

"Don't: please don't." she pleaded. ' I would rather you think of me just as the girl you love." "And who loves me?" he asked…

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India's Coal Committee's Report Need for Controlling Body LONDON, June 10

The Sun · Tuesday 15 June 1920 · page 1

A message from Simla states that the committee appointed to inquire into coal questions in India advocates the appointment of a controlling…

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