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Mining & the mines, 1923

4,495 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 225

Riverina Collieries. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 10

Mr. Ambrose Brodle, Riverina representative of the Riverina collieries at Oaklands, states that contracts have been let for the supply of timber and brickwork for the poppet heads…

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The Costerfield Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 11

The Costerfield Mining Co. reports that during the year ended December 31 the mill treated 2612 tons of mine ore and 2382 tons of old tailings, yielding 1283 tons of concentrates, assaying 60 per cent. antimony…

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Coal Output Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 6

Mr. C. L. Barratt, local manager of the Newcastle Wallsend Coal Co., this afternoon gave the Royal Commission on Newcastle Harbor some interesting…

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The Coal Hold-up

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 6

The community must have cheap coal. It is the life-blood of industry. At present every man, woman, and child is taxed by the coal producers—…

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Hoarded Gold and Silver

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 14

While searching a house at Wellington (N.Z.) last week, from which a resident was missing, the police found a box containing two thousand pounds…

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Controlling the Mines. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 9

A message from Paris states that a note has been handed to the German Ambassador, intimating that France has decided to send to the Ruhr a Commission…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 11

A heavier turnover was recorded in mining shares on the Stock Exchange yesterday. B.H. Proprietary commanded most attention, and buying orders predominated. The shares rose…

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Stray German Mine. Youths Blown to Pieces

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 3

A big object covered with barnacles was washed ashore last week on the coast of Cork (Ireland) and was found to be a German mine, while being…

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Western Australian Gold Returns. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 11

Returns for December are:—Golden Horseshoe, 5916 tons, revenue £15,985, expenditure £14,662; Associated Northern Tributers, 231 tons, value £1284; Boulder Perseverance, 2103 tons, value £9842, Ivanboe, 14,639…

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Newcastle. Coal Trade. Unpromising Outlook. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 10

Important evidence of the probable adverse effects on the Newcastle coal export trade if a Harbour Trust were set up was given today by Mr. C. L. Barrett, local manager of…

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Rich Gold Yield. Diamond Greek and Queenstown

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 7

In a report received by the Victorian Department of mines last week, it is Stated that some high-grade are was recently put through the State Battery…

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More Gold Last Year's Yield Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 4

For the first time since decline in the gold yield of Australia, was arrested in 1922. The returns of the different States…

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Rig Unionism Miners and A.w.u. Coming Conferences

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 4

The annual meeting of the central council of the mining department of the Workers' Industrial Union of Australia (Miners' Federation) will be…

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The First Shots the Herrin Mine Riots a Remarkable Letter

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 3

The trial of a number of men for the alleged participation in the Horiumino riots, previously mentioned in the "Farmer and Settler," is still…

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Coal Contract Premier Replies to "News" "Suggestion Is Incorrect"

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 7

"The statement in the "Evening News'" leading article to-day on the coal contract difficulty that my suggestion to the Chief Railway…

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Country News. Mining Company Helped. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 10

The warden (Mr. James) at the Hill [?] Mining Warden's Court, granted partial [?] pension of the labour couaitions for [?] months to the Deep Levels and the [?]…

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Poor Outlook for Cheap Coal Wages Reduction Will Not Solve Problem Railways Fight for Lower Price

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 5

Who is to fix the price of coal, now. that the Federal control has been removed? Such violent exception has been taken to the manner in which the existing high price was fixed that some alteration…

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The Passing of the Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 4

It has been said that the discovery of sold in payable quantities away back some 72 years ago "precipitated Australia into nationhood." If that be…

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Western Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 5

LITHGOW.--Though the Lithgow collieries are working full time they are only about half-manned owing to uncertainty sis to how long the boom will last. It is…

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Mining Notes. Shares of the British B.h. Mine

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 4

Unregistered shareholders in the British Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Ltd., have been asked to send scrip to the Adelaide office for transfer…

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