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Mining & the mines, 1922

3,424 stories in Sydney's papers · page 70 of 172

Market Quiet Rise in Pastoral Shares Brisk Business in Mines

The Sun · Sunday 4 June 1922 · page 4

This week the market has been fairly quiet -- a reflex of the slackening off in trade in the city. Possibly the fall in the basic wage, combined with the…

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"Nothing Found" Wireless From Geranium Two Reefs Searched Mine-sweeper to Cruise Further

The Sun · Sunday 4 June 1922 · page 2

The minesweeper Geranium has arrived off Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs and reports that no trace has been found of the missing barque Manurewa. THE Geranium left Sydney on…

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The World of Finance :: Market Notes & Reports Doings of a Great Bank-Mighty Reserves in "the Wales"—Sunday Times Preference Shares—Active Mining Market Latest Notes and News From Exchange Bank of New South Wales

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 June 1922 · page 5

The profits earned by tho Bank of New South Wales for the half year ended March 31, 1922, of £359,210, are some £10,000 larger than those of the…

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Gold-mining. Lower Wages in Western Australia. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 June 1922 · page 6

Minutes of the award of the State Arbitration Court, presided over by Mr. Justice Draper, covering the gold-mining industry, which were issued yesterday, propose a…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 June 1922 · page 9

The Gold-producers' Association reports the London quotation for gold on Thursday was 33/1 per oz. fine, an increase of /4 since Tuesday last…

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Miners' Pay Compulsory Conference Called

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 June 1922 · page 7

Affidavits, covering a log of claims by colliery proprietors of different States of Australia, asking for an immediate reduction in rates paid to contract men and off-hand employees, and…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 June 1922 · page 7

The Minister for Mines is in receipt of a report from Mr. Mining Warden Williams, of Goulburn, respecting the reported discovery of gold near Bribbaree. He states that P. J. Light…

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Miners' Wages. Compulsory Conference. to Meet on

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 June 1922 · page 8

The chairman of the Commonwealth Coal Industry Special Tribunal (Mr. Charles Hibble) announced on Saturday that the compulsory conference, which he had decided to…

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Barrier Miners When Fatalities Occur Broken Hill

The Sun · Monday 5 June 1922 · page 2

At a meeting of the Workers' Industrial Union yesterday Mr. Blakeley, the president of the A.W.U., addressed the members on the progress of the O.B.U.,…

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Broken Hill South Australia's Attitude Coal-carriage Question

The Sun · Monday 5 June 1922 · page 2

"Would South Australia take over Broken Hill?" said the Acting-Premier (Mr. Bice) when questioned to-day. "Speaking personally and unofficially I…

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In Germany Industrial Situation Gloomy Effect of Dear Coal Berlin, June 3

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 June 1922 · page 6

Herr Schmidt, Minister for National Economy, takes a gloomy view of the German situation. Addressing a meeting of Saxon Journalists,…

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Mining in and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 June 1922 · page 7

Tongkahi Compound, No. 2, reports 14.6 tons of tin oxide won from 41,643 cubic yards in 323 hours. Hill End Deep Level mine, after two weeks'…

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Gold From the Air

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 June 1922 · page 11

The Director of the New York Mint is, according to the "New York Export World and Herald," testing a new process by means of which the air, smoke, and dust which escape…

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Mining. Base Metal Prices

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 June 1922 · page 11

At the close of last year there were hopeful signs that the price of the chief industrial metals would improve, and producers were looking forward to a lifting of the depression,…

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Muriel Tank Gold Field. Hermidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 June 1922 · page 11

Undoubtedly the Muriel Tank field has excellent possibilities, and the authentic reports have not been overestimated. Toomey's mine, where a crosscut has been made cast of about…

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State Mine Closed. a Deserted Town. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 June 1922 · page 9

A message from Cairns states that the Dlnasleigh State mine has been closed, the dwelling and plant have been dismantled, and consignments of machinery have been sent to…

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Coal Control. Sir Thomas Henley Objects. Who Is Responsible?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 June 1922 · page 9

Complaints by the Minister for Works and Railways, Sir Thomas Henley, that but for the interference of the Commonwealth Government conditions in the coal industry would…

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Gold Mining Report

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1922 · page 2

Melbourne, 2nd June.—United Miners, Harrietville. East drive off 48ft. In north drive to 45ft., full face quartz and mixture. Nice appearance, carrying a little…

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Russian Trade Gold Mine of the World New York, June 6

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 June 1922 · page 7

Sir Charles Higham, addressing a gathering of advertising men, expressed the hope that Great Britain and the United States would become allied to prevent Germany regaining the…

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Undiscovered Gold

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 7 June 1922 · page 13

People sometimes remark that it is strange how, when one gold find is made, a number of others materialise very shortly afterwards…

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