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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

4,495 stories in Sydney's papers · page 78 of 225

"Miners Will Fight" Trades Hall Statements Declaration by Owners Mines Will be Closed Indefinitely

The Sun · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 9

Officials state that the coalminers have determined to fight the owners. The position is a serious one, and the whole State will probably be affected…

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Western Miners Lithgow

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 6

The whole of the collieries throughout the west will be idle to-morrow for May Day. There are however no celebrations in Lithgow, not even the…

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Naval Wedding Blue and Gold

Evening News · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 7

St. Phillip's Church was the scene of a picturesque naval wedding this afternoon. The bride was Beatrice daughter of…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 11

A brighter atmosphere was apparent in the mining share market on the Stock Exchange yesterday, and an improved tunrover was effected in silver-lead and tin concerns…

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Rich Gold Another Western Find Orange

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 5

An important gold discovery is reported front Yeoval, near Cumnock, on ground held by Small and party. For years this area has been known,…

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Naval Wedding Gold Braid and Silver Lace

The Sun · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 9

St. Philip's Church, Church Hill, was packed this afternoon for the wedding of Lieut. Eric Davis, R.N., of H.M.A.S, Adelaide, and Miss Beatrice…

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Ajax Copper Mine Mt. Morgan Takes Over ROCKHAMPTON

The Sun · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 7

An important mining deal was completed to-day, when the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company took over the Ajax copper mine, eight miles…

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Owners Firm No Job Control Coal Position Ominous Outlook

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 5

There is no ground for optimism regarding the immediate future of the coal industry, unless the minors prepared to forgo their…

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One Touch of Coal Makes the Whole World Kin

The Sun · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 12

Left to Right: A group of men closely concerned with the present coal situation:--Messrs. A. Earnshaw (Colliery Agents' Association), E. G. Weyland (manager Southern Collieries), G. Lane (Shipowners, who will feel it if there is a strike), J. C. L.Fitzpatrick (Minister for Mines), W. Armstrong (Coal Freighters and Colliery Agents), C. M. McDonald (secretary of the Northern Collieries Proprietors' Association), and R. G. K. Waley (Southern and Northern Colliery Agents)…

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Stocks of Coal Believed to be Ample Users Heed Warnings

The Sun · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 9

None of the mines in the southern district holds a stock of coal, There are some stocks "at grass there, but the coal is the property partly of the…

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Gold at Wellington Prospectors Strike Reef Wellington (N.s.w.)

The Sun · Tuesday 1 May 1923 · page 6

An Important gold discovery is reported from the Wellington district in the viciinity of Yeoval, on ground held by Small and party. For many years…

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Current News. Gold Mining

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 2

Melbourne, 28th April. 1923. Rose, Thistle and Shamrock, Harrietville, 27th: Shamrock underlay shaft at 90 feet; east drive to 28 feet, reef 3 ft. wide, carrying…

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Mining Notes. South Lucknow Gold Mining Company

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 5

An important development has occurred in drive from winze in No. 1 drive, 125-ft level. A few days ago arsenical pyrites commenced to make,…

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Coal-mining Industry. Outlook Grave

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 18

The adjourned conference between the Coal Barons and the Miners' Federation will be resumed to-day, though there seems to be little chance of a settlement being…

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Deadlock Coal Trouble Conference Adjourns Miners Reply to Owners

Evening News · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 7

The conference between the Maitland and Greta proprietors and representative of the men to-day failed to produce a base of…

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British Miners' Working Hours. New Demand by Coal Barons

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 17

The immediate result of the occupation of the Ruhr region is manifested in an increased demand for British coal. The mine-owners are taking advantage of this…

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The Coal Outlook

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 11

LAST week the Coal Barons revealed themselves in their they colors. They stated that they were not prepared to end the present lock-out of the miners on the Maitland coalfield unless the miners were willing to agree to terms which no decent body of…

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The Coal Crisis

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 3

IT seems that the colliery proprietors of New South Wales not only own the coal, but are also under the impression that they own the miners as well…

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Coal Trade Crisis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1923 · page 12

A much more serious, if not a complete, dislocation of the coal trade may be brought about to-day. The appearances are that the employees' representatives will…

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