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Mining & the mines, 1924

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Gold Quotation

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The bold Producers' Association reports that the London quotation for line gold in January was £41610 per oz…

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Coal-dust Explosions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

Two coal dust explosions in the open have come to the knowledge of the United States Bureau of Mines, the lessons of which, stated "Engineering," may prove of interest to a…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 15

The Gold Producers' Association reports that the price of gold in London on Wednesday was 96/10 per ounce fine. At this price the pound sterling is worth in London 4.27…

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Mining. Bendigo Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 15

The Bendigo gold yield of 44,062oz for 1923 is the lowest in the history of the field. Two mines on the Sheepshead line of reef, the New Red, White, and Blue, yielded 18,569oz, and…

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Northern Mines Seven Strikes Clipper's Objections

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 8

Aberdare No. 1 and Aberdare No. 3 went on strike yesterday, the dispute concerning a clipper who objected to the working conditions. The men went home…

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More Mines Idle. Strike at Aberdare

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 14

Two more of the northern collieries, Aberdare Nos. 1 and 3, were thrown idle yesterday by a strike among the men. It concerned one of the clippers, who on Thursday…

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Latest Cables Colliery Disaster Seven Men Killed London, January 4

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

Seven men were blown to places in in explosion at the Rhosamman Coliery, at Carmarthen, Wales…

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W.A. Gold Production. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 9

The gold yield for December totalled 45,767 [?]ne ounces, valued at £[?]406. The year's production was 504,511 ounces, valued at £2,143,028…

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Late Cable News Colliery Disaster. Seven Men Killed. London, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 13

Seven men were blown to pieces through an explosion in the Rhosamman colliery, Carmarthen, Wales.—Reuter…

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MINING Christmas Gift G.M.

The Sun · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 3

The manager of the Christmas Gift Gold Mining Co. reports that the following work has been done for the month ended December 31:--300ft. Level: The cross cut…

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Death Charge in a Mine Seven Men Killed Welsh Disaster

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 1

Six men were blown to pieces when an explosion occurred in a welsh colliery. A seventh man was fatally injured…

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Blown to Pieces Miners' Party Wiped Out Limbs Wrenched Off London

The Sun · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 1

"While seven miners were preparing at midnight to descend the Rhosamman colliery, in Carmarthenshire, explosives which they intended to use…

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Maitland Coal New Seam Discovered Company to be Floated NEWCASTLE

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 8

A report from the Maitland coal fields States that a 28ft. seam of coal has been struck at a depth of 1800ft., on Mr. E. Holland's lease, near Mount Vincent, and…

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First Gold Whose the Honor? Old-timer's Views ORANGE

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

The view that the honor of discovering the first gold in Australia has been wrongly credited to Hargraves, whose name inscribed…

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TUTANKHAMEN Sarcophagus Found Dramatic Scenes Gold-covered Shrines LONDON, January 3

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

The "Morning Post's " correspondent at Luxor states that a dramatic development occurred at King Tutankhamen's tomb to-day. when Mr. Carter…

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Secret History of the Day Bureau of Commerce in the Balance--Black Coal in Gippsland--Customs Searchers' Rewar--Dinkum Woop Woop in Sydne--Bungle Over Grant Hervey's Sentence Billy Makes it up with Charlie

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 11

IT is possible now that the Directorship of the Bureau of Commerce and Industry has been shorn of most of its glory and its continuance as a…

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State Mine Trouble

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1924 · page 7

LITHGOW, Saturday.—In connection With the trouble in the State Mine through laborers being put on special work, and not receiving sinkers' wages,…

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Mining

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1924 · page 4

Taken all round the outlook for mining is decidedly good. Most of the bigger companies can almost be classed as big industrial concerns, the only…

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Maitland Miners Having Trouble with Management

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1924 · page 3

WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.—Work is not yet in full awing on South Maitland coalfields. Many of the men have not returned from holidays, but it…

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Central Mine Fire No Danger of Spreading

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1924 · page 7

BROKEN HILL, Saturday.—Owing to persistent rumors which have been circulated in the town for a considerable time that the fire from the Central Mine had sot into the South Mine,…

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