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Mining & the mines, 1924

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Price of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The Gold Producers' Association reports the price of gold at £4161 per ounce…

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New Conditions for Balmain Miners

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 6

As a result of the conference held between the representatives of the proprietors of the Balmain Colliery and Miners' Federation a new agreement…

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Lucknow Mine Surveyor's Report Minister Considers

Evening News · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 6

The South Lucknow mine, from which much is expected, it now being quietly developed. The Minister for Mines (Mr…

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Terrible Mining Disaster in Utah Miners Entombed -- Feared That 175 Are Dead -- As Result of Explosion. Shaft Obstructed

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 1

VANCOUVER, March 8.--[?] Castle Gate, [?] It is feared that 175 miners have been entombed in an explosion in the mine and have lost…

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Mining Notes. Tongkah Harbour

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 4

The HongKah Harbour dredges ran for 1573 hours during February treating 165,0000 cubic yards for a yield of 17 tons of tin ore…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 11

Trading in mining scrip on 'Change on Saturday was of a casual character, although the firmness of the previous day was maintained. The chief transactions were in North B.H., in…

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Mine Explosion. Workers Entombed. Vancouver (B.c.), March 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 9

As the result of an explosion in a mine at Castlegate (Utah), it is feared that 175 entombed miners have lost their lives. The entrance is obstructed, and rescuers are…

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Rawhiti Wins R.P.A. Albert Gold Cup

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 2

Five yatchis took part in the annual race for the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club's Albert Cup. A fresh easterly breeze assisted the…

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Paid in Gold German Sailors No Fear of Strike

Evening News · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 7

According to the chief officers of the German steamers Gottingen and Hanau, which arrived in Sydney yesterday and to-day…

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183 DEAD U.S. Mine Disaster Flame-swept Tunnel Salt Lake City

The Sun · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 1

One hundred and eighty-three miners were either killed by an explosion or suffocated by after-damp early to-day at the Castlerock Colliery…

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White Gold My Lady's "Platinum" Ring Hall Mark Wanted London, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 1

Mr. A. W. Dye, master assayer, of New South Wales, contributes to the "Weekly Dispatch" an article declaring that many frauds are wittingly…

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Yachting. Rawhiti Wins Albert Gold Cup. E.o.j. Best of Restricted Class

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 12

The breeze on Saturday afternoon was too light and of too shifty a nature to produce spirited racing. Early in the afternoon the breeze was of medium weight from the so[?]-east, but it went round to…

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Trouble Feared British Coal Miners MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 7

Trouble among coalminers in Great Britain was predicted by Mr. C. M. M'Donald, chairman of the Northern Collieries Association, who arrived at…

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Pit Ponies' Harness Has a Rough Time Stampede in Coal Mine -- Harness is Damaged -- Miners Go Home During Repairs

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 8

CESSNOCK, Monday. -- Aberdare Extended miners returned home this morning under unusual circumstances. A wheeler on complaining about…

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The Mines Sydney Sharemarket

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 9

Mining interests attracted very little attention on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. The turnover was small, and movements neither violent nor numerous…

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Queensland Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 11

Queensland gold yield showed a slight increase during February on the corresponding month last year, bul the yield for the first two months of the year was less than that of the corresponding period of 1923…

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Price of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 9

The Gold Producers' Association reports that the price of fine gold on March 7 was £4161 an ounce compared with £41611 a week earlier…

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Coal Exports. Newcastle Shipments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 4

The quantity of coal (including bunkers) shipped at Newcastle for the Week ended March 7, for places beyond the State was 99,625 tons, of which…

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Miners Will Help Coke-making Strikers

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 3

Members of South Coast Lodges of the Miners' Federation, anticipating that the present coke-makers' strike would be a long one, have decided to…

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