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Mining & the mines, 1922

3,424 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 172

Currency Question. Gold Standard Urged. Capetown, May 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 13

A Parliamentary paper has been issued which contains the report of the conference appointed to consider the currency question. It recommends that steps should be taken…

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King Coal Industry Waits Price Reduction Country's Only Hope

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 6

No reduction in the living wage, no economy of Government, no removing of those fetters which the Labor regime clamped upon the industries of…

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Gold Basis South African Currency Problems Capetown, May 18

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 8

A parliamentary paper contains the report of the conference appointed to consider the currency question. It recommends that steps be taken to prevent a further inflation of the…

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Steelworks. Last Mill to Close. High Cost of Coal. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 13

It was stated to-day that the last of the mills in operation at the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's steelworks at Port Waratah would probably close down early…

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Miners May Strike Low Wages in Wales Average of 36- a Week London

The Sun · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 1

Speaking on the mining estimates in the House of Commons, the Labor members declared that serious-trouble was brewing in the mines, owing to…

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The Man Who Lost His Head. a Mystery of the Murchison Goldfields of W.a

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 17

THERE was no apparent reason why he should have gone riding round the landscape in that headless condition. He was dead. The decent thing…

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New Goldfield Prospects at Muriel Nothing to Justify Rush Canbelego

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 9

Muriel Tank, the scene of the new gold find, has not oven the pretensions of a wayback township. A fettlers' quarters, a dingy, smoked, pump-house, beside a deep excavation called "a…

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Mining

The Sun · Sunday 21 May 1922 · page 4

Apart from tin, metals generally have been well represented on the sales board, at advancing prices. It is reported that negotiations are proceed…

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Coal Profiteers President Harding to Act VANCOUVER

The Sun · Sunday 21 May 1922 · page 1

Legislation to punish coal profiteers in the United States is contemplated by President Harding. Not content with initiating a…

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Market Optimistic Improvement All Round the Glamor of Gold

The Sun · Sunday 21 May 1922 · page 4

The past week has seen a regular "bull" market, and a much more cheerful feeling is in evidence. The majority of the investing and speculating…

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GOLD! Chance for Diggers Have We Struck It Rich?

The Sun · Sunday 21 May 1922 · page 15

GOLD! Seen by the naked eye! Reefs outcropping everywhere! Has Australia, down and out, found…

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Mine Book! Ex-Kaiser Wants a Million Dollars for Foreign Rights "Apology for His War"

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 May 1922 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday.—The correspondent of the Daily Chronicle at Berlin announces that the ex-Kaiser's book has been shown to foreign buyers…

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"Idols of Clay". "Their Feet Are Gold, Silver and Copper". Annie Besant and Mr. Leadbeater

Truth · Sunday 21 May 1922 · page 7

At the King's Hall, Hunter-street, Sydney, on the night of the 17th of May, a meeting of members of the Theosophical Society gathered to decide…

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Coal-mining Conditions. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 May 1922 · page 10

Sir,—Re Mr. Baddeley's statement with respect of the money miners carn, he does not say how many days these men worked to earn same. A month ago, two men in Abermain…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 May 1922 · page 11

The Gold Producers' Association reports that the London quotation for gold on Friday was 92/11 pet oz fine, a decrease of /3 since Tuesday…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 May 1922 · page 7

Debook output for the first half of May from the dredge at Hopuibon was 8 tons of tin oxide. Tongkah Compound No. 2 return for the first…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 May 1922 · page 11

South Lucknow played the dominant part in the mining share market on Saturday, and the prevailing activity in the contributing shares was intensified. The report of Mr. Harper,…

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Junction North B.h. Mine. N.l

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 May 1922 · page 11

The accounts of the Junction North B.H. Mine, N.L., for the half-year ended March 31 disclose a net loss of £11,054, and, with £10,478 brought forward on September 30, a total debit of £51,532 is shown…

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Shaft Where First Gold Was Found

The Sun · Monday 22 May 1922 · page 1

On top of Toomey's shaft at Muriel Tank -- the old shaft that was abandoned by dozens of prospectors till Robert Toomey, his son (also named Robert), and a former school teacher, Stanley Shanahan, made a cut along to one side from the bottom and struck a rich reef. The picture shows Stanley…

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Tin-mining. the Malay States. an American "Invasion."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 May 1922 · page 9

"There is virtually an American invasion taking place in the tin-mining industry of Federated Malay States, and if the present depression continues, it is quite possible that…

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