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Mining & the mines, 1921

3,752 stories in Sydney's papers · page 72 of 188

Late Mining. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 10

To-day's mining sales and quotations included:— Copper: Wallaroo, b 29/, s 29/6. Silver: B.H. Proprietary, 40/, b 39/7½, s 40/; British ([?]d), b 18/6, s 18/9; British (new), b 15/, s 15/6;…

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Mr. Willis's Campaign. Control of the Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 10

Mr. A. C. Willis (secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation) in the course of a statement said that he was not preaching syndicalism to…

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Britain to Import Coal. London, May 11

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 5

The Board of Trade announces that the Government has arranged to import coal in order to ensure the maintenance of services essential to the life of the community, and to take…

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Grave Decision Bojcott Imported Coal LONDON

Evening News · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 6

The coal situation is, generally speaking unchanged pending to-morrow's conference. Meanwhile the Associated Society of…

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Diamond Mines. Reduced Production Likely. Capetown, May 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 9

A conference of representatives of diamond— producing mines in the Union and South-west Protectorate, also the diamond purchasing syndicate, has decided, owing to the…

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Imported Coal. Strike Position in Britain. London, May 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 9

The Transport Workers' Federation announces that the Gasworkers Union and other trade unions have informed them that members have been suspended for refusing to…

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British Coal Strike an Acute Stage Reached The Notion May be Mobilised

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 4

THe industrial chaos, as a result of the coal strike in England, is increasing daily and the position appears to be the most serious since the war…

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Gold From Sweden. U.S. Bankers Puzzled. New York, May 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 9

The arrival in New York of eleven million dollars worth of gold bullion from Sweden is puzziling bankers. Steamers sailing from Scandinavia refuse to accept gold freight, the…

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A Show of Gold Leaders to the Main Reef a Prospector's Find

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 10

Blayuey tells me that he has been prospecting lately in his district and has obtained colors from speeimens of stone taken from near to where…

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Muswellbrook Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 14

MUSWELLBROOK, Friday. -- Muswellbrook is likely to be a big coal-producing district. Two collieries are now at work, and a company with a large capital has been formed to develop…

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Mining. in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 13

A radio, dated May 9, from the general manager of Block 10, Misima Goal Mines, states: -- "New end of the tube mill broke in several places; faulty make. Shall re-commence crushing with fine screens." The…

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Municipal Colliery New Negotiations

The Sun · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 7

Alderman Holdsworth has given notice that he will move the following resolution at Tuesday's meeting of the City Council:--…

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Mine Worker Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 14

ZEEHAN, Friday. -- Charles Murphy (36), a native of Victoria, met with a fatal accident at the Mt. Lyell mine yesterday. Murphy was barring down shattered rock, when a large…

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Newcastle Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 12

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- Coal-loading operations during the week were delayed owing to the rain. The quantity shipped for places beyond the State was 97,841 tons, of which…

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Mines Closed Down. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 13

The principal mines on the Golden Mile have again been closed down owing to the shortage of firewood. Ivanhoe, Lake View and Star, and Perseverance, have already…

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Mt. Lyell Mines. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 15

At the North Lyell mine, in spite of the labour shortage, which is more acute by reason of the uncertainty of the present position, an output of approximately 8000 tons a month is being maintained, of…

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No Gold in France

The World's News · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 18

FOR the flnt time in history, not a single gold coin was struck at the French Mint in 1920. The manufacture of silver coins, which was still being continued at the beginning of…

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Miners' Strikes. Twenty During the Week

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 13

There were 20 strikes during the week at various collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts. The coalowners report that the reasons given by the men for refusing to…

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Gold Reserve. Attitude of Banks

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The Melbourne office of the Bank of Australasia replied to-day to the statement of the Acting Prime Minister that the Commonwealth Government, in its…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1921 · page 15

Dealing in mining scrip was irregular on the Stock Exchange yesterday. Different aspects of the metal markets brought about diverse operations in the share market. Tin…

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