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Mining & the mines, 1924

4,555 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 228

Killed by Fall Op Coal. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 14

Robert Oliver, miner, was killed in Aberdare colliery yesterday afternoon by a fall of coal, estimated at 25 cwt. The coal face Was being prepared for the shooting out of coal with…

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Still Gold At Turon Diggings LITHGOW

Evening News · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 1

All the gold has not been taken from the old Ture[?]ggings. Tow burge [?] have been found by Mr. P. [?] and Mr. C. Smith. Since the…

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Gold From Sea Water Sutherland Wants Details

The Sun · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 6

A resident has written to the Sutherland Shire Council offering to supply a plant to extract gold from the salt water of the George's River…

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Mining with Smoke. (By Science Service.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 7

Mexicans working in a lead mine-in Chihuahua have found a new use for cigarettes. The mine consists of a series of caves along the sides and bottoms of which lend and silver are…

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Nuggets of Gold In Old Turon Digging LITHGOW

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 14

That there is still gold in the old Turon diggings is indicated by the recent discoveries of two nuggets by P. O'Brien and Charles Smith. Each…

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Business Done Yesterday in Money and Mining Reports About "Another Broken Hill" Should Be Received with Caution--but North Queensland May Make Good. Pastorals and Gold Better

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 3

A glance at the sales board on 'Change yesterday was sufficient to show that very little material change had occurred in share values during the 24 hours…

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Railway Strike Negotiations Fail Help From Australia Thousands of Miners Idle LONDON, January 24

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 7

The reply of the railway managers to Mr. John Bromley (secretary of the Locomotive Drivers' Society) was sent at midnight. It emphasised that the…

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How Much Gold Did The Early Prospectors of the Field Leave Unrecovered at Parkes ?

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 25

THIRTEEN years ago Geological Surveyor Andrews wrote what…

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Mining

The Sun · Sunday 27 January 1924 · page 4

The mining market has provided exceptionally good business this week, and this has been due to the healthy state of the metal market generally…

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Messages From Dead Found in Flooded Mine

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1924 · page 22

Pathetic messages were discovered amongst the belongings of Thos. Thomson, miner, of Falkirk, one of a batch of victims in the Redding Pit disaster…

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Thirty-seven Dead Explosion in a Mine

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1924 · page 7

VANCOUVER, Saturday.—A message from Johnston City, Illinois, states that 37 miners are dead as the result of an explosion…

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Chinese Miners Buffeted in Big Seas Off Queensland Coast

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1924 · page 6

BRISBANE, Saturday.—Six hundred Chinese laborers who arrived en route to the mines in New Caledonia had an unenviable experience. For eight days…

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Smaller Turnover Fall in Commonwealth Loans Buoyant Mining Market

The Sun · Sunday 27 January 1924 · page 4

IN the investment section on the Stock Exchange the turnover fell away considerably last week, while the volume of business in the mining…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 11

The Gold Producers' Association reports that the price of gold in London on Friday wns 97/8 per ounce fine, a fall of /3 since Tuesday. At this price the pound sterling…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 7

Lucknow Pups Gold Mining report allows shows that the drives on joint 140ft. level have bean supplemented by further work on 114ft. level vein formation, which is being followed…

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Gold Quotation Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 7

The Gold Producers' Association quotes the price of fine gold at £4173 an ounce…

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Explosion Kills Forty Miners Terrible Disaster in America--Men Entombed in Mine--Water Rising--Poisonous Gas Present City of Calamities

The Labor Daily · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 1

JOHNSTOWN CITY (Pennsylvania), January 26.--Forty miners were killed at the result of an explosion in the Lancashire mine…

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Coal for America Sailers Leave Newcastle

The Sun · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 8

Three sailing vessels, loaded with coal, left Newcastle during last week for the West Coast of South America. On Thursday the British barque…

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Coal Shipments. by Sailers From Newcastle

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 4

The Abermain-Seaham Coal Co., which recently loaded the steamer Nipsic with a cargo of coal for Manila, the first oversea cargo to leave…

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Mining. the Future of Tin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 11

Since the price of tin has advanced so strongly during the past few months there is much speculation as to what actual limit the metal will touch. Just as a year or so…

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