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Mining & the mines, 1922

3,424 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 172

U.S. Coal-miners Great Strike Starts Vancouver

The Sun · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 1

Twenty-five thousand containers in the Illinois and Ohio have ceased work, thus inaugurating a great strike which is expected by midnight to…

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Gold—bedford

The St George Call · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 5

On the 28th February, at St. Paul's Church, Kogarab, the Rev. S. G. Best united in holy matrimony, Miss Glory Bedford, younger daughter of the late…

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Coal-loading Facilities. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 10

Port Kembla was visited by representatives of the Interstate Steamship Owners' Association, who made an inspection of the port and coal-loading facilities, which…

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Prospecting for Gold. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 10

An area of country 275 miles long by 50 miles wide, the western boundary of which is about 60 miles east of Kalgoorlie, has been chosen as the site of the State prospecting…

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Mining Shares. Quiet and Firm

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 4

Mining shares had only a small amount of business at the Stock Exchange yesterday, but silver-leads continued in demand at firm prices…

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N.Z. Coal Freightage Wellington, N.Z.

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 8

The Blackball Coal Company has announced that, on account of the falling off of the tonnage handled from the mine, it has been found that more satisfactory arrangements can be…

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Commercial, Investment & Mining Markets Cheese Firmer Sydney-Brisbane, Melbourne Sussex-street Trade

Evening News · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 3

Royal Show and racecourse caterers are booking large stocks of New South Wales Cheese for Easter holiday use. Brisbane has already raised…

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The Leisure Hour in the Home Circle Rise of the West the Golden Era the Discovery of Gold. (Continued from the Last Issue.)

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 15

These reports from departments officials convinced the Government that a payable gold-field had really been opened, and the work of…

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Where Labor Is Scarce on W.A. Goldfields Perth

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 March 1922 · page 6

The mining warden at Westonia on Wednesday heard an application by the Edna May Deep Levels for forfeiture of 72 acres of mining leases held by the Edna May Central…

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Gold Mining

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 6

The following report came to hand by wire on March 28th:—Rose, Thistle and Shamrock, Harrietville: Clean up 400 tons; 300 tons development work, 100 tons from…

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Misers and Gold Mines

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 18

THE Band of Albion Gold Mine was a dividend producer in the early sixties at Ballarat, Vic., giving employment to many miners who risked…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 15

Barriers underwent a relapse to quietness on Change yesterday, and rates eased slightly. Proprietary, which had an undercurrent of strength, in view[?] possible improvement in…

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Production Ceases 6000 U.S. Mines Idle VANCOUVER

The Sun · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 1

Coal production ceased to-day in approximately 6000 mines in the United States. It is expected that the Government will not interfere in the…

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U.S. Coal Strike Government Attitude New York

Evening News · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 1

While the coal strike does not become effective officially until midnight a thousand miners in twenty States [?] their mines this morning. Half…

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Walk-in-walk-out Germany Handing the Huns the Mining Industry

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 1

Into the hand still dripping with the blood of Australia's 60,000 dead, he pours the lifeblood of Australia's industry…

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Secret History of the Day The Police Chief's Old Friend--When a Gold Pass Saved a Politician--King O'Malley and the Commonwealth Bank--Stories Behind the Elections--M.L.A. Arrested for Escaped Lunatic--A--A Policeman and His "Honorariums"--The Loyalty of Mick Connington

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 April 1922 · page 9

AN eight-year-old boy was knocked down by a motor car in a Sydney suburb the other day. He was more frightened than hurt, but he was rushed…

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Mining

The Sun · Sunday 2 April 1922 · page 4

The Barrier market has been really active. Sydney opened on Monday very firm, but interstate markets did not respond quite so quickly, and a slight…

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Big Coal Strike

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 April 1922 · page 3

VANCOUVER, Friday.—While the coal strike is not to take effect officially until midnight, a thousand miners in twenty States left the mines this…

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The Gold Stealers

The Sun · Sunday 2 April 1922 · page 3

Dick Haddon, Billy Peterson, Parrot Cann, Phil Doon, Jacker and Ted Mack are schoolmates. "Jo" Ham is the schoolmaster. Gabel is a little half-witted old man who attends school too. Frank Hardy, friend of Dick's widowed mother, is in gaol because gold was found in his clothes at the Silver Stream Mine. He had also sold similar gold…

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Miners' Strike Big Struggle Begins in U.S.A. Mines Shut Down Government Blames the Operators VANCOUVER, March 31

The Sun · Sunday 2 April 1922 · page 1

The United States to-day faces one of the biggest strikes it has known. Almost every coal mine in the country is idle, and 600,000 men are on strike as a protest against lower wages and the Worsening of Working…

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