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Mining & the mines, 1924

4,555 stories in Sydney's papers · page 83 of 228

One of the Boys Lord Forster, Veteran Presented With Gold Badge

The Sun · Sunday 11 May 1924 · page 4

Lord Forster became a veteran yesterday. A gold badge was pinned to his breast by the president of the…

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Mining Notes. Vimy Ride Gold Mining Co., N.l

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 4

A report issued the shareholders by the directors states that approximately 100 tons of ore were crushed to the end of April, returning. 32/oz. gold…

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Smokeless Coal. Riverina Mine. Satisfactory Trials. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 8

Mr. G. Moore, sec[?]etary to the Riverina Collieries at Albury, received news on Saturday from the mine manager (Mr. D. C. Mackenzie) that there have been very…

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Mount Isa Mines Listed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 11

Mount Isa Mines, Ltd., has been added to the official list of the Sydney Stock Exchange. The company has an authorised cipital of £400,000 in 22,500 shares of £20 each Of these 12,250 vendors'…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 11
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The Gold Producers' Association reports that the price of gold on Friday was 94/7 per oz fine, an advance of /6 since Tuesday. At this price the pound sterling would be the…

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Still Idle Mount Kembla Colliery WOLLONGONG

Evening News · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 3

A bitch has occurred in the arrangements for a resumption of work to-day at the Mount Kembla Colliery, employees of which are enterting…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 11

Friday's slight recoveries in London metal prices caused an upward tendency in Saturday morning's mining share market. The actual turnover, however, was small…

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Miners' Wages. Court of Inquiry. Report Adverse to Men. LONDON, May 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 9

Reuter states that the report of the Court of Inquiry into miners' wages, of which Lord Buckmaster was chairman, says:- It is really undisputed that the agreement…

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Paved with Gold Perth Man Sees London Investors' Great Chance London, May 10

The Sun · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 1

"Perth business men in London find that there are millions of money available for sound investments," Mr. Percival Robinson, a squatter, of…

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Kaili Gold Options

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 11

Following the recent adverse reports on the property, the question of whether the company shall continue its existence or be voluntarily wound up will be decided at an extraordinary meeting of shareholders…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 9

Sinking and sloping in the eastern alluvial pipe of Vegetable Creek Mine on ore of rather poorer quality is reported for the fortnight ended May 8. At the western alluvial pipe…

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Queensland Gold Yield. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 11

The Queensland gold yield for April was 8035 Uno ounces, valued at £34,130, compared with 7449 fine ounces, valued at £31,641, in April of last year…

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Mining Accident. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 10

John Darson, a miner, 24, residing in Martindale-street, Wallsend, was seriously injured while working at the Wallsend pit this morning. As he was walking to the pit…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 11

Improvement in metal prices towards the week-end produced a brlghtor tone in the mining share market on 'Change yesterday, albolt no expansion in trading followed…

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Two More Coal Hulks for Port Jackson

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 5

The A.U.S.N. Company has sold two of its old time interstate traders, the Arawatta and the Wodonga. They are at present lying in the Brisbane…

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Bellbird Mine Penetrating Tunnel Volunteers Forge Ahead Cessnock

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 6

Bellbird mine was penetrated another 200 yards to-day, and now volunteer parties have ventured as far as 500 yards from the mouth of the…

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New Mine. Coorabin Coalfield. First Truck Despatched. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 9

Dr. Conway Macknight, one of the directors of the Riverina Collieries, returned from the Coorabin coalfields this afternoon with some fine samples of the coal that is being raised…

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Coal Strikes. Mt. Kembla Dispute. Work Not Resumed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 9

It was stntod yesterday that, contrary to the direction of the chairman of the coal tribunal, Mr. C. Hibble, the men at the Mt. Kembla mine, which has been idle for about…

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Press Publicity Working of Mines Commission Suggested Newcastle

The Sun · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 3

The attempts to reopen the Bellbird mine have called forth criticism of the conduct of the coal mining industry . from the president of the Northern…

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