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Mining & the mines, 1923

4,495 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 225

Verdun Cold Mine. Warden's Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 12

A copy of the report of the Bathurst Warden on the Verdun gold mine Sunny Corner was made available yesterday by the Minister for Mines (Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick)…

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800 Miners Entombed London, January 31

The Sun · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 7

A serious explosion of coal damp occurred in a mine at Beuthen, says a message from Berlin. Only 500 of 800 miners who were…

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German Mine Disaster Berlin, Thursday Night

Evening News · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 1

One hundred and fifty bodies have been recovered at the Hainite mine, Beuthen, [?] where [?] miners were out off by fire dares…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 11

An adverse turn in metal quotations had but slight effect on the market for mining shares on Change yesterday. The influence on B.H. Proprietary of the long-awaited…

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Miners' Wages. Case for the Men. Reduction Impossible

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 12

The hearing of the proprietors' claim for a general reduction of 33 1-3rd per cent, in miners' wages was resumed before the Coal Tribunal yesterday, when further evidence was…

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Mining Notes. Hawkins' Hill Operations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 2

The mine manager of Hawkins' Hill Gold Mines, N.L., reports that the lower tunnel has been drained by cleaning and cutting for a considerable…

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Events of the Day Afghanistan Mines New Regulations

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 4

Hopes were raised by a recent investigation by Italian mining experts of developing Afghanistan's mineral resources, Formerly Badak Shan was…

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Mine Disaster Feared. 250 Lives Imperilled. London, Jan. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 9

A Berlin message states that 250 miners have been cut off by fire-damp in the Heinitz mine, Beuthen. (Silesia.) It is feared that all have perished…

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Dragging on Coal Tribunal Mr. M'Donald Impatient

Evening News · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 7

"We nava been fitting here since last June, and it is time the hearing was completed and the decision expedited."…

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Strike Pay. £58,000 in Levies. Help for Victorian Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 9

I. was learnt yesterday that the central council of the Coalminers' Federation has decided to vote strike pay to the miners on strike at the State mine at Wonthaggi (Victoria), and…

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"Rich Ore" Gold at Bathurst But Capital Needed

Evening News · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 8

"The Ore it rich, and there is every prospect of a good chute of gold being developed. "But money it required to equip…

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Rich Gold Yield. Revival of the Ovens Field

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 9

A very rich yield of gold is reported from a lease of 30 acres held by a syndicate at Murruangee, two miles from Recehworth, on the once-famous Ovens…

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The Ruhr. German Coal French Notification. LONDON, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 9

A Paris report states that Germany has been officially notified that hen[?]orth the despatch of coal and coke from the occupied zone into Germany will not be permitted, except coal…

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Steelworks. to Re-open. Announcement by Company. Coal Concessions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 9

The Newcastle Steel Works are to resume operations immediately. Mr. Essington Lewis, general manager of the Broken Hill Proprietary Co., Ltd.,…

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Ruhr Isolated Coal Supplies Stopped German Expulsions PARIS, February 1

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 5

The Ruhr has been effectively isolated from unoccupied Germany. At midnight all coal supplies were stopped…

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Gold in Fiji Promising Spec. Color in Streams Suva. January [?]

Evening News · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 7

There have been many attempts to prove that gold in payable quantities can be found in fiji. In some cases the so-called…

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Currajong Gold Mines

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 4

The manager of the Currajong Gold Mining Co., N.L., advises that the main tunnel is now in 345 feet, with rails laid from the face to the dumps…

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Metropolitan Colliery. Helensburgh

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 14

An agreement having been reached with th[?] Raliway Commissioners in respect of the recent hitch over coal supplies, the Metropolitan colliery is now assured of practically eight…

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Coal Export

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 4

The quantity, of coal (bunker and cargo) shipped at Newcastle for the week ended January 25, for places beyond the State was 68,619 tons, of…

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Carving in Coal

The World's News · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 30

That he has sold coal at a higher price than any living man is the claim of a Yorkshire miner, whose hobby is carving. Thirty years ago he tried to carve a lump…

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