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Mining & the mines, 1923

4,495 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 225

Gold Strike Hill End District Are the Values Below?

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 March 1923 · page 4

What a reliable authority describes as the most impressive gold-mining surface-show discovered in New South Wales for years, has been…

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Dublin Style Boxing to the Roar of Land Mines 1000 Troops on Guard McTigue and Siki Fight in Ring Surrounded by Bayonets LONDON, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 19 March 1923 · page 1

With the devastating roar of exploding land mines and the rattle of firearms' outside; with troops inside surrounding the ring, armed with…

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Newcastle. Bellbird Colliery. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 9

The threatened action of the management of the Bellbird colliery to close down, if the miners continued the practice of only filling their skips to a certain level, was carried into…

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Coal Tribunal's Finding

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 4

Mr. Hibble (chairman of the Coal Tribunal) is expected to return to Sydney to-day or to-morrow to deliver his judgment on the application of the…

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The "Darg" Colliery Closed Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 5

Bellbird Company has carried out its threat to close down the mine if the miners did not abandon the "darg" imposed a couple of weeks…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 7

Tin Bentong produced 10 tons of tin oxide during the fortnight ended March 15. About 34,342 cubic yards were treated. The working time was 326…

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The Cadal Gold Find

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 11

An interesting story is told in connection with the discovery of rich gold at Cadal (N.S.W), as reported in a recent issue of the farmer and…

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Gold Shipments From United States

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 11

Possibility of a shift in the international movement of gold some time this year, resulting in gold exports from the United States exceeding imports, has been discussed…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 11

Silver-lead and copper interests displayed slight weakness on the mining share market on the Stock Exchange yesterday. Burriers were lightly dealt in. Souths lost /6 at 52/6,…

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Sporting News and Notes All Gold's Sprint Etive's Flying Seven Some Cup Gallops The Cypher Stretched Out

The Sun · Tuesday 20 March 1923 · page 4

Rain, which everybody is so anxious to see, threatened early this morning, but it held oft until practically the whole of the work had been…

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Conditions of British Coal Miners

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 19

In a recent speech in the British House of Commons, George Barker, a Labor member, exposed the conditions under which the English coal miners are working. Below will be found the chief points in Barker's speech…

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Caledonian Collieries

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 11

The Caledonian Collieries have decided, subject to audit, to recommend the payment of a dividend for the half-year ended January 6 last of 4…

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Miners Demand Conference. To Equalise Work in Mines

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 14

A conference of delegates from the combined miners' lodges of the Maitland and Newcastle coalfields was held, at the Newcastle Trades Hall last Friday, when…

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Coal Tribunal. Miners Ask that Owners' Claims be Dismissed

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 8

After representatives of the miners in Queensland and Tasmania had addressed the Coal Tribunal last week, Mr. Willis, on behalf of the Miners' Federation, said…

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Coal Exports

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 5

The quantity of coal shipped at Newcastle for the week ended March 16, for places beyond the State was 89,721 tons, of which 62,215 tons…

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Gold Yield

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 11

While the gold yield or Australia for February, at 59,340 ounces fine, was 6,245 ounces in excess of that for January, the production for the first…

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Balmain Mine. Withdrawn Offer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 14

The City Council last evening received without discussion the lette from the promoters of the new company being formed to reopon the Balmain co[?]ine withdrawing the offer…

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Mining Notes. Tongkah Harbour

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 4

The output from Tongkah Harbour for the last week was 11 tons of tin oxide, and from Bangtao 8 tons of tin oxide were recovered…

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Pooling Coal Orders. Remedy for Unemployment

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 19

Mr. Amram Lewis, treasurer of the Northern District of the Miners' Federation, speaking at Newcastle last Monday, said that the Federation was convinced…

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Northern Miners Trouble Threatened Awaiting Tribunal's Decision NEWCASTLE

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 March 1923 · page 10

There is 'serious trouble week at some of the big mines on the Maitland field. At Bellbird, where the miners refused, to lift…

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