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Mining & the mines, 1925

4,744 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 238

Mining

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 4

The mining market remained quiet throughout the week. The inactivity in that section was due to rumors of threatened industrial trouble at…

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Buying Mines Eighty Million Tons Coal for Steel Works Mineral Lands Bought Newcastle

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 1

One of the principal difficulties the Broken Hill Proprietary has had to face in recent years has been the cost of coal required at the iron and…

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Chief of Gold Bricks

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 7

Mr. E. J. Card, of Kensington, and founder of the Society of Gold Bricks —he died on Thursday, at Maitland —was buried at Waverley Cemetery…

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Gold for Telephone Wires

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 3

The dream of all chemists of transmuting base metals into gold is to be put to the test by Professor H. H. Sheldon, of the Department of…

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Mine Fires Measures for Prevention Unions Make Move Newcastle

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 5

"In 1924 it was proved without any doubt that in the Newcastle and Maitland coalfields there was a greater number of accidents and fatalities…

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Millions of Money From America Dr. Page Said to Be Seeking Big Sum Gold Being Shipped to Sydney Name of Consignees Kept Secret

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1925 · page 7

Dr. Page, the Federal Treasurer, is said by some people to be visiting America in search of health and relaxation. But rumors are rife to the effect that he is…

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Associated Gold Mines Reconstruction

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 9

The Associated Mining and Finance Co., Ltd., has been registered in London, our correspondent cables, with a capital of £[?]00,000 to enter into an agreement with the Associated Gold Mines of Western…

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Coal for City Council Will a Mine Be Acquired? What Experts Say

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 5

"A big electricity supply undertaking the generating of its own electricity should either own its own coal property, or come to some arrangement…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 8

The Bathurst mining warden (Mr. Walter Scott) has just submitted his annual report to the Department of Mines. The production of gold in 1924. he states, was greater than that…

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Financial. Gold for Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 9

The cables advise that two shipments of gold to Australia were made from the United States last week, and that a shipment was made the previous week. What could be…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 9

Business in Saturday's mining share market was of average volume. Variable London metal quotations prevented any considerable advances on late rates, but prices generally…

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Mining Work at Lucknow Pups

The Sun · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 5

At the 140ft level in Lucknow pups gold mine. the drive fo;;owing the No. 4 vein to the Serpentine has been extended 6ft. the vein formation being wider than…

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The Balmain Miners and Their Trouble Lodge President Explains

The Labor Daily · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 6

"I would like you to correct certain false statements in connection with our dispute appearing in the Press towards the end of the week,"…

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Tin and Gold Cadia Farmer's Hop[?] Orange, Satur[?]

The Labor Daily · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 2

Mr. F. Parish, of "Bexley[?] recently brought to Orange [?] of what appeared to be stream [?] deposits of which he has disco[?]…

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Bright Prospects McLEOD'S Creek Gold Find Tenterfield

The Labor Daily · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 4

Further particulars to hand indicate that the discovery of a gold reef on McLeod's Creek field has every prospect of developing into a very big…

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Scarlet and Gold Dance at Barracks Scene of Gaiety

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 2

Scarlet Jackets and gold braid mingling with pretty colored frocks transformed the mess room at Victoria Barracks on Saturday night into a thing…

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Money Market Gold Imports Shipments From America Significance for Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 8

Considerable interest will be aroused in monetary and banking circles by a cable from New York, published, today. stating that two shipments of…

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Founded "Gold Bricks" Society Death of Mr. E. J. Card

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 4

The burial of the late Edward James Card, founder of the Society of fluid Bricks, took place at the Randwick Cemetery on Saturday afternoon. Mr…

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America Ships Gold to Australia Profitable Movement Due to Exchange Situation

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 1

It is reported from New York that shipments of gold from the United States to Australia, now being made, are profitable for the first lime in recent history by reason of the peculiar, exchange situation…

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Do Not Be Side-tracked Rush Election Miners' Interests Get Enrolled Now Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 5

A WARNING to the electors to see that they are on the rolls was given to-night at a successful Labor rally. The speakers pointed…

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