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Mining & the mines, 1923

4,495 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 225

Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 11

Tin and gold concerns attracted most attention in the market for mining scrip on Change yesterday, but with one or two exceptions dealing was not on, an extensive…

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Sunken Gold Search for the Grosvenor

The Sun · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 2

For some months past a syndicate has been at work on the Pondoland coast, on the east of Cape Colony, to salve the treasure supposed to be…

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General Strike French Miners Threat LONDON, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 1

Following on strikes at the Moselle and Sarre mines, and general unrest among French miners, who are demanding an increase in wages on…

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Back to Work the Wonthaggi Miners Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 5

A mass meeting of miners at Wonthaggi to-day unanimously endorsed the action of the union officials in agreeing to resume work on terms to be arranged…

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Gold Coinage Probable Resumption Removal of Embargo

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 2

It is expected that within a year the gold coinage will be current in Australia again. Statements made by the secretary of the Commonwealth Bank…

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Fall Down a Mine Shaft. a Little Girl's Death

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 4

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of a little girl ida Mansfield aged eleven years who left her home in Bendigo (Vic.) on Monday last to…

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Miners' Pay Increases Instead, of Reductions What Union Urges

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 4

Great activity is being shown in the Coal Miners' Union against the claims of the colliery proprietors for a 32 1-3 per cent, reduction in wages…

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Queensland Coal Discoveries Head Roma Prospects of the Field

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 7

The coal deposite which have been known to exist for the past two or three years in the injune Creek district north of Roma are about to be…

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Gleanings From the World's Mine Disasters Heavy Death Doll Rescue Work Delayed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 14

A disastrous explosion occurred in a coal pit at Dawson (New Mexico) on Thursday last, while 125 men were at work underground. Only seven men…

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Coal!

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 5

Rumors are flying about that Guildford is within the coal area. At any rate one enterprising man has pegged out an area at Old Guildford where he avers…

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Bellambi Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 9

Resolutions for the reconstruction of the Bellambl Coal Co., Ltd., were passed at an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders, held at the company's office in…

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The Poor Coal Owner!

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 1

In 1919, Abermain Colliery Co., Ltd., with capital of £200,000, made £42,000 net profit or 21 per cent. profit to capital…

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Coal Prices in Great Britain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 17

A prlsate cablegiam received fiom England states that coal is selling as follows:—North Country, large 28/ to 30/, coking coal 26/3 small coal 17/; Welsh, large 28/6 a ton f.o.b…

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Late Mining. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 16

To-day's mining sales and quotations included:- Miscellaneous: Oke's Durack Oil, 13/9, 13/3: Madang, £7/15/, £9/10/. Copper: Wallaroo. 28/, b 27/10½, s 28/1½…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 17

Mining shares figured in a quiet market on the Stock Exchange yesterday. Movement in Barriers was chiefly in Junctions, which weakened /5 at 4/3 on the selling of 500 shares…

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Mining Notes. Nawng Pet Yield

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 5

Nawng Pet Tin, Ltd., dredges ran for 379 hours during the first half of February. About, 28,000 cubic yards of ore were treated, 23.5 tons of tin…

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First Great Gold Rush Was in Darkest Africa

The World's News · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 7

Throughout the centuries one continent has remained a puzzle and a mystery to mankind. To this day we speak of "Darkest Africa"—of the "last frontier."…

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Corroding Gold Published by arrangement with Messrs. Cassell & Co., Ltd. (Copyright.) Chapter Xii.— "In the Swim." Continued

The Methodist · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 6

"The General and I want to know what we have been brought here for, Clare?" said Lady Fevershott, her transient interest quenched. It was a question which several asked themselves that…

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An Expensive Farce Tribunal That Gets Nowhere Coal Costs That Went Up But Don't Come Down Time The Absurdity Ended

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 1

The Commonwealth Coal Tribunal is an industrial tortoise in the Reduced Coal Costs handicap. ON June 8 last year, Mr. Hibble said that the application of the coal…

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Secret History of the Day Bruce says: "It's Not Done, Old Chap"--How Ley Caught the Transcontinental--John Brown Prepares for Coal Strike--Cafe's Ban on Exuberance-- Dooley Writes to Wally About It

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 11

FRANK CHAFFEY, N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture, is official head of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College. As an ex-student, Chaffey gives it…

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