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Mining & the mines, 1923

4,495 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 225

Balmain Coal Council as Partner. "Take the Risk"

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 7

The Lord Mayor (Ald. Gilpin) yesterday circulated a minute to aldermen, giving details of the offer made to the City Council to acquire…

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"Like Pit Horses" Work in Mines Protest Against Lower Wages

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 8

Giving evidence before the Coal Tribunal yesterday, in opposition to the claim of the proprietors for a one third reduction in pay, W. H. Nord,…

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Found Gold Discoverer Loses Claim Strange Confusion Adelong

The Sun · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 7

A reef 18 inches wide, showing gold freely, has been discovered by Benjamin Purcell. Owing to a misunderstanding…

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Balmain Mine. Offer to City Council. a Fourth Share. to Cost £100,000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 8

Fresh proposals regarding the coal supply will be submitted to the electricity supply committee of the City Council on Monday, when the members will be asked to recommend…

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Railway Coal Mine Output 1000 Tons a Day Lithgow

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 8

The railway coal mine at Lithgow has this week achieved one of its objectives, viz., an output of 1000 tons a day. The development of this…

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Gold Currency. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 16

The annual meeting of the Gold Producers' Association, Ltd., was held yesterday. In his address, the chairman, Mr. E. C. Dyason, said that whether the [?]rplus of gold…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 17

By reason of a rise of 20/, the price of copper is at present the highest since August, 1921, and share values are making rapid steps towards a recovery from the…

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Late Mining. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 16

Copper: Wallaroo, 33/3, 33/9, s 33/9. Silver: Broken Hill Propy., 32/6, 32/3, (b) 32/1½, (s) 32/4½, block 10 6/8, (b) 6/10½; block 14 (pref.), b [?]4, s 6/7 (ord.), b 4/6. s 4/9, British Australian, b…

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Boring for Coal West Maitland

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 8

A survey has disclosed an extensive area, of coal-bearing land in the vicinity of Paterson, and boring operations are to…

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Mining Notes. Cedar Creek Operations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 4

The manager of Cedar Creek Gold Mines report that adjustments to battery-crushing section are proceeding satisfactorily, and the metalling of the…

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Miners' Womenfolk Coniditions Compared Worse than Three Years Ago

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 21

Further evidence from the women's point of view was tendered before the Coal Tribunal yesterday, to show the effect the proprietors' claim for a…

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Gold Find New Reef at Adelong Adelong

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 6

A surprising find of a rich gold-bearing quartz reef, reminiscent of Adelong's best mining boom, has just been discovered The reef is on the property…

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Coal Tribunal. Claim for Wage Reduction. Evidence for Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 16

Before the Coal Tribunal yesterday further evidence w[?]given on behalf of the employees [?]n relation to the employers' claim for a general reduction of 33 1-3 per cent, in the wage…

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

The Methodist · Saturday 24 February 1923 · page 4

Cyrus Rodney was thankful to be left comparatively quiet. His wife did not really trouble him much. His days were his own to dispose of, and he disposed of them as seemed good in his sight. She had no idea of…

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Mining

The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1923 · page 4

The market for metals has been exceptionally firm, caused, no doubt, by the Franco-German attitude. Should their differences be settled amicably,…

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Coal to Burn

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 February 1923 · page 3

LITHGOW, Saturday.—The Railway Coal Mine is proving its worth to the Commissioners. This week 1007 tons were secured in a day for the first time…

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Travellers' Gold £4,000,000 a Year for Pleasure Trips Drain on Australia

The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1923 · page 3

"See Australia First," is an idea with more than sentiment behind it. Year by year Australian tourists going overseas on pleasure trips spend at least £4,000,000. Many of them could get just as much pleasure and, perhaps,…

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The Sunday Magazine Gold-seekers of Dark Corne Three Old Prospectors Working in a World Apart Life Where Women Do Not Come

The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1923 · page 13

This is a story of whiskers and frayed hats, of dampers and dolly-pans, of a squat mud hut and a big red fire, and a creek and rusty little specks in the earth-- the story of three old bachelor's browsing on a reef of gold out near Lithgow. ON one of those sulky ridges of wes-…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 11

The Gold Producers' Association reports that the London quotation for gold on Friday was 87/6 per ounce fine, which is unchanged since Tuesday last. At this price the ponud sterling…

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