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Mining & the mines, 1922

3,424 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 172

Yukon Gold

Evening News · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 4

The gold yield in the Yukon Valley. including Canadian and the United States territory, for the season of 1921, aggregated approximately £800,000…

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Mining. Copper Stocks Diminishing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 15

The accumulation of large stocks in America has been a heavy drag on the efforts at recovery made by the copper-producing industry throughout the world. According to…

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Mt. Lyell Mine Application to Court MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 4

Sitting in Chambers Mr. Justice Powers, President of the Federal Arbitration Court, heard an application by the Mount Lyell Co. for…

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Cardiff Coal. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 11

Sir,—Whilst in Honolulu recently I learned from the local papers there that two cargoes of Cardiff coal were being landed. The papers remarked that hitherto their coal supplies had…

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Gold Yield. Improvement Last Year. Total Value, £217,370

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 13

The New South Wales gold yield for 1921 amounted to 51,173 ounces fine, valued at £217,370, as compared with 48,907 ounces fine, valued at £207,746, for 1920, which was the…

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Mt. Elliott Mines. Anglo-french Syndicate. a £50,000 Advance. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 12

The Premier states that he has received a cable from Mr. Corbould, managing director of the Mount Elliott Copper mines, who recently went to London to raise money for…

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Our Export Coal Trade Cardiff Sweeping the Boards to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 8

Sir,--Whilst in Honolulu recently I learned from the local papers there that two cargoes of Cardiff coal were being landed. The papers remarked that hitherto their coal supplies had…

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In the Garden the Rocky Mountain Poppy a Thing of Gold and Glory (By "FIVECORNER.")

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 12

"If you wore looking for one lino of flowering plant for autumn and winter work," asked a friend of mine a few days since. "what seed would you purchase first?"…

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Death As Intervener How a £5000 Gold Robbery Was Gleaned Up Folly of Not Having Friends

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 3

The man who wishes to smuggle whisky into America to-day carries the bottles in his overcoat pockets. If he secretes them in the false bottom of a trunk the Customs Officers win. Brazenness is the long-suit of the successful smuggler and crook of to-day…

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The Gold Stealers Begin Tee Story Now

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 3

Having thrown an inkpot at the master and escaped, the boys of Waddy School return to reap the harvest. Ted Knight and Dick Haddon, chief culprits, received more even than they expacted from the quixotic master, Joel Ham, B A. They resolve…

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Nine-day Fortnight Maitland Miners Opposed West Maitland

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 2

The general feeling among the miners on the Maitland coalfields with reference to the nine working days proposal is that the employees on the…

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Broken Hill British Mine Extending Medical Examination Question MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 4

Mr. Emery, manager of the British mine at Broken Hill, states that he is hopeful of extending operations there by the end of next week to the extent…

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Modes for the Moment the Black Mist Harbor's Dustiest Spot Women Who Live on Coal Hulks

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 17

It should he some consolation to housewives who live on dusty streets, or just as dusty, secluded, suburban roads, to know that there are many…

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Price of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 7

The Gold Producers' Association quotes fine gold under date London, January 6, at £4 17s 11d an ounce. That rate represents a rise of 2d an ounce since January 3…

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Mining. Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 11

During December the Ratrut Basin dredge worked 507 hours in turning over 45,000 cubic yards for a return of 20 tons tin oxide. A stoppage of six days occurred for overhauling…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 7

Mr. G. C. King assumed office as president of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy on January 1. Asam Kumbang reports the following return…

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The Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 11

The Gold Producers' Association reports that the London quotation of gold on Friday was 97/11 per ounce fine, an advance of 2d since Tuesday. The price makes a pound the…

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A Mine Closed Fall of Wages Awaited Wollongong

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 6

The whole of the men employed at Mr. Hoskins', mine at Dapto were discharged on December 20. In answer to the secretary, who wrote asking, how long the mine was likely to…

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The Nine-day Fortnight Ballot To-morrow Question for Miners Maximum, Not Minimum

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 5

The ballot of members of the Coal Miners' Federation on the nine-day fortnight commences to-morrow. The question the miners are asked…

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Gold Nuggets of Sunny Corner. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 6

Sir,—I was very interested in seeing a [?] gram from Lithgow, "Gold Nuggets: A P[?] sible Reef," in to-day's "Herald," and I [?] sure there is one at Sunny Corner near [?]…

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