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Mining & the mines, 1921

3,752 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 188

Coal Dispute Tribunal Meets Miners Want New Award

Evening News · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 7

The desire of the miners for a new [?] led to the calling together fo the Cold industry Special T[?]al at the Commonwealth Bank this afternoon…

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Civic Politics. Labor's New Policy. Co-operation with the Government. Coal Mine and Resumptions

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 6

The third year of the Labor control of the City of Sydney opens with the party in a strong position. Aid. Lambert now holds the reins, and has the strength, not only of the…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 12

The Gold Producers' Association reports that the price of fine gold on December 31 was £5/16/1…

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Coal Tribunal. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 12

Information has been received by the Minister for Mines, Mr. Barnes, that the Coal Tribunal, created under the Commonwealth Industrial Peace Act, will arrive in…

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Copper Mines Queensland Position BRISBANE

The Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 7

The Minister for Mines this morning said that he feared some Queensland copper mines would be closing down owing to the low price of metal…

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Coal Workers Compulsory Conference Official Statement

The Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 7

The sittings of the compulsory conference summoned by the chairman (Mr. nibble) of the Coal and Cake Industry Special Tribunals were…

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Barrier Mines Managers Reticent Broken Hill

The Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 4

The local mine managers prefer not to make any statement regarding the mining position until they have something more definite to go on regarding…

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Mining. London Share Market. London, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 12

On the London Stock Exchange to-day the following stocks were quoted:—B. H. Pty., b 41/10, s 43/9; Souths, b 30/, s 30/6; Hampden, 45/9; Waihi Junction, 8/3; Talisman, 5/9; Hampton, 7/3…

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The Adventures of Tom Rawlings. Chapter v.--ALL for Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 10

My attention was now diverted from domestic matters by a reported gold discovery in West Australia. Since, the Kalgoorlie sensation of 1893 frequent reports had come from the West…

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W.A. Gold Yield. 617,842 Ozs. for Year. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 12

The December gold output totalled 53,917 fine ounces, valued at £229,023, compared with 28,166 ounces in December of last year. The total production for the year was 617,842…

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Claims of Coal Miners. Special Tribunal Sits

The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 12

The compulsory conference, called under the Industrial Peace Act, to deal with disputes in the coal and coke industry, met at Sydney on Wednesday, December…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 6

Ratrut Basin dredge worked 566 hours in December, turning over 68,0000 cubic yards for a return of 24 tons 15 cwt. The estimated value of the month's output was £3500, and the estimated. cost £1983…

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Barrier Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 5

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.--The British and Central mines are working as before the holidays,but the management' will make no announcement regarding the future…

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Miners Demand Relief

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 4

KALGOORLIE, Wednesday.--This morning at 10.30 between two and three thousand members of the A.W.U. mining branch, who are out of work through the mines closing down owing…

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Caledonian Collieries. Retirement of Mr. M'geachie

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 4

Mr. Duncan M'Geachie has resigned from, the position of superintendent of the Caledonian Collieries, Limited, with which firm he has been…

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Invisible Gold

The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 11

ACORDING to a statement made by Joe Cook, Federal Treasurer, the Commonwealth has gold amounting to £44,000,000 as security against a note issue…

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Mining Notes

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 5

The Secretary of Ulu Yam Tin Dredging Limited, advises that the whole of the Company's dredge material lias been delivered at the…

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Mount Lyell Mines. Queenstown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 8

At the Mount Lyell Company's mines operations generally are slowly getting back to normal conditions after the holiday interruptions. At North Lyell the various levels are all maintaining their usual good…

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Where Is the Gold?

The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 9

There is no, gold. Millions of women and children are hungry because gold that was in circulation six years ago Is out of circulation. Thousands of unemployed…

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W.a. Gold Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 5

PERTH, Tuesday.--The gold yield for December was 53,917 fine ounces, of the value of £229,023. For December, 1939, luring which a strike took place, the yield was 28,166 fine…

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