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Mining & the mines, 1922

3,424 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 172

Gold for Food

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 2

LONDON. Friday.—M. Krassin has finned an agreement under which the Soviet is to ship ten million dollars in gold to New York to purchase food and…

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The Gold Stealers Begin the Story Now

The Sun · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 27

Dick Haddon, son of Widow Haddon, is among a group of boys at Waddy, in Victoria, who have run away from school. The school committee organises art unsucessful search, but Dick, returning home of his own free will, is collared by Emphraim…

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Rand Miners Strike Ballot to be Taken CAPETOWN, December 30

The Sun · Sunday 1 January 1922 · page 1

A message from Johannesburg states that one of the most momentous conferences in the industrial history of the Rand opened to-day, when the…

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Prick of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 9

The Gold Producers' Association reports that the London quotation for gold orr December 30 was 98/ per ounce fine, a decline of 1d since December 23…

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Building a Coal Pit

The Sun · Monday 2 January 1922 · page 7

It is true that coal pits are getting deeper, and on the Yorkshire coalfields 900 yards and more is becoming a common depth…

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Mining in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 7

A discovery of tin are has been made near Tumut, at Sandy Creek, where alluvial tin has been worked during the last 30 years. In all that time the lodes which shed the tin had…

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Miners' Ballot

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 4

It is to be hoped that the coal- miners have made, and will keep a Now Year resolution not to decrease production, particularly by voting down the four and a…

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Mine Manager Assaulted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 6

CANBELEGO, Monday,--Charles Cooper, foreman at Mount Boppy gold mines, was the victim of an assault on New Year's Eve by several men who were in a party which, it is…

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Copper Mines in Papua. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 6

It is understood that the New Guinea Copper Mines, Limited, has approached the Papuan Government with a view to obtaining a recommendation to the Commonwealth Government…

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Mining. Production of Barytes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 9

Barytes, which has extensive commercial uses as a filler in the manufacture of paint, rubber, linoleum, and asbestos goods, is found at numerous localities in the Commonwealth,…

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"PEACEFUL'' African Coal Strike CAPETOWN, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 1

A message from Johannesburg states that the cool strike at Witbank is in full operation. All work, save that of the essential…

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In Full Swing Transvaal Coal-miners' Strike Capetown, January 3

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 7

The Transvaal coal strike is in full swing. One thousand Europeans are out, affecting 20,000 natives. The pump men and other safety men are to remain at their posts, half their…

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Maintaintng the Gold Reserve

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 13

From time to time during the past two years attacks have bean made on the Federal Government for refusing to allow the gold, which the banks in Australia hold, to be…

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Badak Mine. Conspiracy Charge. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 11

Arising out of the transaction of the Badak Tin-mining Syndicates, Thomas West Orton, mining engineer, and formerly the company's prospector, appeared in the City Court…

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Mining. Acttvity in Test Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 13

The recent improvement in the position of tin is borne out by the increased activity in trade in the metal in Great Britain, this despite an accumulation of tin stocks in November to…

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Miners Out. Transvaal Strike. Thousands Affected. Capetown, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 11

The Transvaal coal strike is in full swing. A thousand Europeans are out, affecting 20,000 natives. The pump men and other safety men remain…

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Pump Men Withdrawn Rand Mining Crisis CAPETOWN

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 1

The Johannesburg Central Strike Committee has decided to withdraw the men who were permitted to remain at work for the purpose of…

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Axe Used on Safe Chinese Lose £110 Thirty Pounds in Gold

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 8

Thieves broke into the residence of Sun Tuy Sang and Ah Hon, gardeners, Burgess-street, Kogarah, yesterday, while the owners were at work…

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S.A. Coal Strike Utility Services Continued Big Reserve Stocks Capetown, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 5

A message from Johannesburg states that the position in regard to the coalmines at present is that only the staffs and natives are working…

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Under a Cloud Mining Restricted in 1921 Hope of the Future

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 2

Mr. R. H. Cambage, Under-Secretary for Mines, has furnished a statement to the Minister (Mr. G. Cann), respecting the mineral industry during…

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