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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1924

4,555 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 228

Hearts of Gold in Business Aspro Men Claim £10,000 DAMAGES -- Sydney Metho Dist Minister's Alleged Letters. Getting on Velvet

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 April 1924 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Interesting evidence was given to-day in the Civil Court, when a case was continued in which the Nicholas brothers, Alfred…

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Mining Notes. Busai Gold Mines, New Guinea

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 4

Following the good report upon this property by Mr. Frank Rich, B.Sc., M.A.I.M.E., and the subsequent report by Mr. T. W. Horton, together…

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Concerning Coal

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 11

LAST week there were strikes or partial cessation of working activities in no fewer than fourteen collieries in the northern N.S.W. coal area…

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Mt. Kembla Colliery Is Still Idle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 8

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday. -- The trouble at Mt. Kombla colliery is now extending into the sixth week. Trouble first arose over a shiftman working in…

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New Guinea Copper Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 17

A report by the New Guinea Copper Mines, Ltd., states that pending installation of the requisite blowing plant, which is now being ordered, the furnace has been temporarily reduced to the capacity of the…

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Miners Prisoned in Blazing Pit

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 1

WHEELING, West Virginia, April 28.--One hundred and seven miners are entombed as the result of an explosion at the Benwood Coal Mine…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 4

The London Oil Company directors left Orallo last Thursday. No developments have been reported…

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Victorian Mining News

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 20

I will be pleased if all mining: reps, and agents will endeavor to have all their ticket butts, sold and unsold, and any cash returned to me within the next-two…

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Miners Entombed Explosion and Fire Vancouver, April 28

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 9

A message from Wheeling (West Virginia) states that 107 miners are entombed, in consequence of an explosion in the Benwood coal mine. All the…

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Serious Competition British Coal Industry LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 11

Mr. Robert Williams (secretary National Transport Union) told the mining inquiry that the industry was faced by serious French and German…

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All Hope Gone U.S. Colliery Disaster 114 Men Perish Benwood (West Virginia), Ap. 28

The Sun · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 1

Thirty minutes after 125 miners started work in the Benwood Colliery to-day, a terrific explosion occurred. Only eleven men escaped before the…

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Explosion in Mine. Men Entombed. Attempts at Rescue Fail. Vancouver, (B.c.), April 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 15

As the result of an explosion in the Benwood coalmine at Wheeling (West Virginia) 107 miners were entombed. All entrances to the mine were blocked by…

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New Zealand Racing When Gloaming Was Beaten by Razzle Dazzle: the Demonstration: Desert Gold's Brother

Referee · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 13

Here the story of the booting of Cloaming by Razzle Dazzlo conveys the impression that the old horse's performance was…

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Damages Claim for V Sheep Detention Sheep Were Mining--Some Died--Ear Maks Allegedly Mutilated--Jury Decides in Three Minutes

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 3

ARMIDALE, Tuesday.--The hearing was concluded in the Armidale [?] Civil Court this afternoon, before Mr. Justice Gordon and a special jury of…

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Coal Strikes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 8

Strikes were continued yesterday at the following collieries:—Duckenfield No. 2, Cooperative, Hobburn No. 2, Northern Extended, Burwood, and Lambton. A strike occured…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 11

The Gold Producers' Association reports that the London quotation for gold on Tuesday was 94/1 per ounce fine, a fall of /2 since Friday. At this price the pound sterling…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 9

Crown Lyell Mine report for the week ended April 26 states that owing to the holidays no work was done in No. 2 south tunnel except for the installation of rails and pint sheets. The…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 11

Interest in mining shares on 'Change was at a low ebb yesterday, and a scanty turnover was the outcome. For this the unsettled state of the metal market was largely…

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Fine Assay Parkes Gold PARKES

Evening News · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 6

"Fifteen ounces [?] 8dwt 3 gr of gold, and a [?] 3dwt 3 gr silver a ton." It sounds like an echo of the olden golden days, but it is an extract from…

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Bellbird Mine Breaking the Seals Work Commenced Cessnock

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 May 1924 · page 7

The work of breaking the brick seals, erected at the old Bellbird mine after the disaster, was commenced last night…

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