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Mining & the mines, 1921

3,752 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 188

Coal Shortage

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 3

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.--Mr. Fairweather, superintendent of the South mine, stated to-day that no new consignments of coal had reached the mine. He was in…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 11

The Australian Gold Producers' Association reports the price of gold in London on Tuesday at 105/6 per ounce fine, an advance of /3 since Friday…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 4

Barrier stocks again provided the bulk of the business recorded in mining shares at the Sydney Exchange yesterday. The market also showed a…

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Mining Notes

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 4

Larut Tin Dredging, Ltd., have declared a dividend (the first) of 1/ a share, payable in Sydney on Thursday, April 7…

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Caledonian Coal the Year's Operations

The Sun · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 11

The directors of the Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., In the report for the year ended December 25, which Is to bo submitted to a meeting of shareholders on…

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Queensland Gold Yield. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 11

The gold yield of Queensland, which has been steadily declining for some years, showed a slight improvement during the past month. The yield for February was 9046 fine ounces, valued at £38,410,…

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The Moving Picture Show. Gold Production

The Sun · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 6

Hooray! Our troubles are over. Peter noticed--he could hardly help noticing It, tho typo was so large and black--that tho gold won In New South…

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N.s.w. Mining News

The Australian Worker · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 14

On Monday last the trouble at the Occidental mine was brought to a close, and practically the whole of the men resumed work on that date. It was expected that…

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Hebburn Miners. Go Back to Work. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 9

A special meeting of the Hebburn miners was held yesterday, and after addresses by officers of the federation, in which the wheelers were advised to pay the fines inflicted by the lodge,…

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B.H. South Coal Supply. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 11

Mr. Fairweather, superintendent of the B.H. South mine, stated to-day that no new consignments of coal had reached the mine, and that the management was anxiously waiting for supplies. He added that he…

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Mineral Wealth. State's Production Last Year. 25 Per Cent. More Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 5

The coal fields of New South Wales last year yielded an increased output of nearly 25 per cent. The gold won amounted to 14,797,544 ounces fine, valued at £62,855,933…

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Mineral Output. Increase £1,529,096. Decline in Metal Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 9

The output of minerals in New South Wales for the year 1920 amounted in value to £11,411,462, which represented an increase of £1,529,096 on the figures for 1919. The…

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Caledonian Collieries

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 4

The report of the directors of the Caledonian Collieries, Ltd., to be presented at the annual meeting of the shareholders to be held in Melbourne…

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Collieries Idle. Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 9

The South Clifton and Coalcliff collieries were Idle to-day owing to trouble with the lads…

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To Help Broken Hill. Plan to Bring 300 Miners to Coal Fields

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 4

The proposal that is being made by the State Government to bring 300 out-of-work men from Broken Hill to the New South Wales coalfields was described yesterday by Mr. E. J…

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Commonwealth Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The gold yield of Australia for January and February this year 13 120,508 fine oz., or 1036 fine oz. loss than for the same months of last year. New South…

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Coal-lumpers' Union

The Sun · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 5

Mr. O'Connor (secretary of the Coallumpers' Union) announced this afternoon that the union had been granted re-registratlon. Because of action…

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Miners From Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 9

Mr. E. J. Kavanagh, M.L.C., Vice-president of the Executive Council, who is acting for Mr. Dooley as Chief Secretary, stated yesterday that inquiries were being made to see if…

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Mining Shares

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 4

Despite a further fall in industrial metal prices in London on Wednesday last, values for mining shares again showed an improvement at the Sydney…

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Queensland's Gold Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 9

BRISBANE, Thursday.--The Queensland gold yield for February amounted to 9046oz., valued at £38,410--an increase of 1871oz., valued at £7932. The approximate yield for the first two…

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