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Mining & the mines, 1925

4,744 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 238

Mining Shares. Slight Recovery in Barriers

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 4

Despite another small drop in the lead and spelter markets, Barriers developed a firmer tendency yesterday. North B.H. and Junction North made…

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Gold Find. Wingham District. Old Field. Wingham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 10

The discovery of what is claimed by Mr. Malcolm M. Beattie to be a payable gold reef at Kiwarrick Mountain, within eight miles of Wingham, has created considerable…

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Miner Killed Under Tons Op Coal Comrades' Heroism Newcastle

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 10

Jack Evans, 40, a miner was killed by a fall of coal Killing-worth Colliery to-day, Evans, with some mates was…

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Collision. Runaway Trucks. Coal Train. Forty Miles an Hour. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 9

A railway accident occurred on the Maitland-Cessnoek line at Abermain in the early hours of the morning…

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Wealth of Coal Last Year's Big Output Record Figures Slight Decrease in Coke

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 5

Last year 11,618,216 tons of coal were brought up to the pit mouths in New South Wales, its value there was £9,589,547…

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Idle Collieries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 7

Additional strikes occurred on the northern coalfields yesterday at Bellbird No. 2 and Seaham No. 1 collieries. No roason for the stoppage in the former case is stated, but at…

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Mining Shares. Gold and Copper Neglected

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 4

The bulk of yesterday's business it mining scrip was in tin and silver-lead concerns, gold and copper receiving no support at all. Tin displayed…

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State Mine Strike in Victoria Serious Outlook Miners Becoming Restive

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 3

The outlook, at Wonthaggi (Victoria) as the result of the engineer's strike at the State [?] mine, is daily becoming more sessions, The engineers…

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Miner Badly Crushed Fatal Fall of Coal at Killingworth Mine Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 5

Another worker has sacrificed his all while toiling for existence. Through a fall of coal from the face in Killingworth Mine, at 11…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 13
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Gold was quoted in London on Wednesday, our correspondent cables, at 87/1 per oz. fine, an increase of /1 since Tuesday. At this price the pound sterling would be equivalent…

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How the Mine-owners Suffer!

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 4

WE have often been informed by the plutish Press that the miner a most deplorable person. Not only has he. so the capitalist Press informs us, an entirely unreasonable objection to going down into the bowels…

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Who Gets the Gold?

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 2

The London "Grain, Seed and Oil Reporter, referring to the week's remarkable total of eighty wheat cargo sales, alludes to re-sales and mentions…

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British Miners and Communists. Exclusion Impossible

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 1

The “Colliery Workers’ Magazine,” the official organ of the South Wales Miners' Federation, makes the following remarks on the decision of the British Labor Party…

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British Miners Defend 7-Hour Day

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 4

Not a chance in the world of getting the Miners’ Federati[?] of Great Britain to give up the 7-hour day, declares A. J. Cook, the General Secretary. Before the employers can…

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Miners Injured Props Collapse Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 5

Caught between a prop and a skip at Seaham No. 2 colliery to-day, a wheeler named Thompson, a married man, living in Brown Street, West…

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[?]Time Story Pink and Gold

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 13

FAIRY PINKIE used to [?] in a big pink rose. Just the home that fairies love. As you may suppose…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 13

Yesterday's metal quotations had taken a slightly more favourable turn, and on a small turnover the mining share market had a firmer appearance. This was chiefly derived…

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Railway Collision Coal Train Wrecked Runaway Tricks

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 4

A serious railway accident occurred of Abormain, on the Maitland to Cossnock (N.S.W.) line, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. A coal…

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Wingham Gold Fine. Rumors of Rich Fast

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 2

A gold-bearing real has been discovered in an old mine about eight miles from Wingham (N.S.W.), but although there has been some pegging…

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