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Mining & the mines, 1921

3,752 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 188

Mining Disaster Fall of Overburden Men Buried Alive Twenty Fatalities Feared

The Sun · Thursday 10 March 1921 · page 7

A MASS OF OVERBURDEN SUDDENLY COLLAPSED AT HOSKINS' IRON MINE AT CADIA THIS AFTERNOON. THE MINERS, WHO HAD JUST RESUMED AFTER LUNCH, WERE CAUGHT AND BURIED…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 4

The further fall of £3/10/ a ton in the London price of tin appeared to "knock out" any confidence the buying section of mining shares had at the…

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The Mine. Old Copper Township

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 9

The mine at Cadia, where the disaster occurred, was taken over by Hoskins' Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., about 10 years ago, having formerly been a copper-mining township. It…

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Mount Lyell Mines. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 10

The Mount Lyell Company is continuing the active working of its mines, and so far the existing depression in the industry is not making any difference in production. At the North Lyell mine, four levels, the…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 10

Another dull day was passed in the mining share market yesterday, and dealing was almost stagnant. Further declines were reported in metal prices, except for slight…

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Mining Market Movements Rise

The Sun · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 3

North B.H.. 24s 0d--1s. Marshall's Hill End. 3s 2d--12d. B.H. Proprietary. 38s 6d--1s 112d. British B.H., old. 16s--3d…

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Queensland Coal. Visions of an Export Trade

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 3

For many years Queensland has been an importer of large quantities of coal for her railway and industrial concerns, but in recent years efforts have been…

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Coal-owners Reproached. Minister Wants Hospital Donations

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 4

In discussing further the question of hospital finance yesterday, the Minister for Public Health said:--"Since making my statement to the press…

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The Right to Strike. Freely Exercised by the Miners

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 2

The right to strike has been freely exercised by the miners in the Newcastle district during the past few weeks. Since January 1st there have…

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Notes for Gold Confidence Men Succeed Farmers Fooled

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 14

A confidence trick was successfully carried out by two men at the expense of two farmers from Mackay (Q.) who left Brisbane by the Osterley on…

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Gold for Notes Oldfield's Money Returned Bourne Acquitted

Evening News · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 4

Ronald Edward Bourne, won was charged with having stolen £200 form William Albert Oldfield, the Australian Cricketer, appeared at the Darlinghurst…

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Gold for Notes Cricketer Oldfield's £260, Darlinghurst Sessions Trial

The Sun · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 5

Ronald Edward Bourne, aged 36, who was defended by Mr. J. W. Abigail, was placed on trial at the Darlinghurst Sessions today on the charge of having…

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Premature Explosion. Nine Men Killed. Big Fait of Earth and Ore. Iron Duke Mine, Cadia

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 5

By what appears to have been the premature explosion of a charge at the Hoskins' Iron Mine Cadia, near Orange, yesterday, nine men lost their lives. A tremendous amount of ironstone and earth was…

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Cadia Disaster Fall of Ore in Mountain of Iron Nine Men Buried Tragic Scenes in Mining Town Orange

The Sun · Friday 11 March 1921 · page 5

Cadia,the scene of yesterday's dread-ful mining catastrophe, is a mining village, lying nestled in the valley off the Canobolas Ranges, about 16 miles…

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Irritation Strikes. Coal Mines. Ninety Stoppages in Nine Weeks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1921 · page 13

Irritation strikes on the part of the coal miners are becoming more numerous each week Collieries are rendered idle at a moment's notice, frequently over the most trifling…

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Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1921 · page 9

The New South Wales gold yield for the month of February, 1921, amounted to 5549oz crude, equal to 5080oz fine, valued at £21,575 as compared with 4028oz crude, equal to 3763oz…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 12 March 1921 · page 5

A slightly firmer, but quiet tone, pervaded operations in all divisions of mining; shares at the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. One or two…

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Mining Notes

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 12 March 1921 · page 4

The Great Britain Sluicing Company, Limited, reports a clean-up of its Britain plant on the 9th inst., after sluicing 333 hours for an estimated…

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Idle Mines. Series of Petty Disputes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 March 1921 · page 10

A number of coal mines in the northern district have been idle during the last few days. At the Burwood mine the men ceased work on Monday over minor matters and resumed on…

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When Coal Comes Broken Hill

The Sun · Saturday 12 March 1921 · page 7

Mr. Fairweather, superintendent of the South Mine, stated yesterday that when ample coal supplies were at hand that mine would resume…

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