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Mining & the mines, 1922

3,424 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 172

Mining Shares. Barriers Up. Drop in Marshalls

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 4

Lead, at £21 a ton, is still £4 below the price that is officially recognised as the basis of profitable mining at Broken Hill. Still, the general advance…

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South Greta Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 7

The directors of South Greta Colliery, Ltd., have declared an interim dividend for the quarter ended December 31 last, at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, payable on March 1…

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Ivanhoe Mine Resumes. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 9

The trouble at the Ivanhoe colliery, Piper's Flat, which threw the mine idle on Monday, has been settled, and the men resumed yesterday…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 7

Preparations are reported to have been made for draining the Gladsome Gold Mine (W.A.). The necessary plant to equip the Sand Queen shaft has been delivered on the mine, where…

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Idle Mine. Owners Perplexed. Conflicting Demands

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 8

A disputo regar[?] the desire of the management to work miners singly in deficient places has resulted in a strike at the North Bulli colliery at Coledale, on the South Coast…

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Badak Mine. Alleged Conspiracy. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 8

The case in which Thomas West Or[?]on, Henry Falkner Scarborough, and Alfred Clarke were charged with having, between January, 1918, and July 31, 19[?] conspired to defraud…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 11

Business in mining scrip was again dull yesterday. With London metal prices once more showing a decline, the market opened weaker, but on a light turnover the effect was not…

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North Bulli Colliery 400 Men Idle the "Split Pairs" Question

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 5

The North Bulli colliery at Coledale has been idle since February 8, and all attempts to bring about a resumption of work have so far been of…

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Dynamite on Line Attempt to Wreck Tram Rand Mines Resuming Johannesburg

The Sun · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 6

Three detonators and a quantity of crushed dynamite were found on the tramlines at Jeppe's Dip, in the centre of Johannesburg. A tram had passed…

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New Zealand Yachting Desert Gold's Seventh Win Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 8

The Auckland yacht, Desert Gold, won the seventh, and decisive, nice of the, Sanders Cup series in the Otago Harbor. The failure of the wind at the early stage was so…

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Band Mines to Start Ultimatum to the Strikers "The Curses of Thousands" Johannesburg

Evening News · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 1

In announcing to the Industrial Federation the decision to carry to work on in the mines, the Under-ground Officials Association in a…

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Commercial, Investment e Mining Markets Honey Firmer Brisbane Buying Here' Sussex-street Trade

Evening News · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 5

Thirty years ago, 4d a lb in 60lb tins was considered by N.S.W. bookeepers a lucrative price in Sussex-street for choice liquid honey. During the war…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 12

The Gold Producers' Association reports that the London quotation for gold on Wednesday was 95/4 per oz fine, an increase of 3d since Friday last. At this price a pound…

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Several Mines Resume Johannesburg

Evening News · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 1

The industrial situation is some what brighter. The decision of the Underground Officials Association that unless the strikes return it will…

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Colliery Strike. Union's Offer. Will Resume on Old Conditions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 8

Mr. A. C. Willis (general secretary of the Miners' Federation), in referring yesterday to the strike at the North Bu[?] colliery at Coledale, said that the men's representatives…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 12

The principal mining stocks were sparingly exchanged in a listless market yesterday, adverse metal prices reflecting a weakness. Barriers, however, held their ground, and on…

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Smokeless Coal Keeping the Atmosphere Clean

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 15

It is not too much to anticipate a not far distant day when griny cities will not be tolerated. Soon there will be no manner of excuse for polluting…

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North Bulli Reasons for Stoppage the Miners' Case

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 7

Referring to the stoppage at the North Bulll Coledale Colliery Mr. A. C. Willis, general secretary of the mining department of the W.I.U., said yesterday that the trouble was…

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Mining in the Inverell District

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 12

In the course of his report to the Minister on the mining industry in the Glen Innes district last year, the district warden points out that the output of tin, the chief mineral product, showed, a marked decrease…

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Edison "Gold Discovery The Transmission of Metals

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 15

"Mr. Thomas Edison the famous inventor states that in consequence of a discovery made in the last two months it may be possible to make gold…

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