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Mining & the mines, 1925

4,744 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 238

Gold Reef Bribbaree Field True Fissure Vein

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 4

THE reef appears to be a true figure vein, its main direction is north west and south-east, and it underlies to the south-weat…

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Money Market Imported Gold Mint Pays Sovereigns

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 8

Gold imported from overseas, and deposited with the Sydney Mint by banks is being paid for by sovereigns as they are coined, and not by cheque…

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Gold Shipments. From America. a Big Consignment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 9

Shipments of gold by the American mail steamer Sonoma, which will arrive this morning, are known to be larger than those by the Maunganul or the Slerra…

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Two Miners Entombed. Fatality' Feared. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 10

At the State coal mine at Dunollie, Dennis Hughes and John Knox were entombed on Saturday afternoon, owing to a roof collapsing while they were taking out pillars…

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"Safety in Mines" What's Done in Britain Balmain Miner's Experience

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 6

Sir.--I see that Mr. McDonald. the spekeman of the [?] owners,[?] with the members, of the Safety Propaganda Committee…

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Money, Mining & METALS Colonial Sugar Move to £51--All 5 Per Cent. Loans Higher-- Paul and Gray go Lower--Zincs and Tongkahs Best of the Mining List--Taranakis Quoted Higher -- Lapse in Vegetable Creek

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 6

Colonial Sugar moved up to (51, and more would have been taken, but sellers asked 10 more. It looks like a bonus Issue of one in three In May,…

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The Collieries. Three Mines Resume

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 19

Official advice was received yesterday by the Northern Collieries Association that work had been resumed during the morning at Killingworth, Cessnock, and Wallsend…

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N.S.W. State Coal Mine. Property Being Developed

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 6

The N.S.W. State coal mine at Lithgow is being developed rapidly, and indications clearly point to the possibility of it eventually becoming the biggest…

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Miners Gaoled Kembla Dispute

Evening News · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 7

"THESE men set up loyalty to their organisation before their loyalty to the State. In this particular case it was said they were even offending…

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The Mines Sydney Sharemarket

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 12

A sharp fall in cabled quotations for base metals caused general slackness on the mining sharemarket yesterday. Many leading stocks suffered a sharp set back,…

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Mount Isa Mines, Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 17

The following progress report has been received from the mine superintendent of Mount Isa Mines, Ltd., for the period ended February 15:- Simpson Area: Nos. 3 and 19 shafts, Black Star lode,…

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Imports of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 17

Chief interest in the gold which arrived from the United States yesterday by the Sonoma was in the fact that the largest shipment, that of 91 boxes, was not…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 17
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Gold was quoted in London on Monday, our correspondent cables, at 86/10 per oz fine, a decrease of /5 since Friday. At this price the pound sterling would be equivalent to…

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42 SENTENCED Colliery Employees Futility of Fines

The Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 9

Forty-two employees of the Mount Kembla Colliery, who were concerned in the strike which commenced last…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 12

Sydney Collieries. Ltd., advise that the output from the Balmain Colliery for the week ended February 28 was 2415 tons, Reporting for the period ended March 3 the…

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Western Australian Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 17

Our Perth correspondent telegraphs that the gold yield for February was 33.483 fine ounces, valued at £187,931, o[?] 1250 ounces more than the previous month, but 10,652 ounces below February last year…

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Council Coal These Contracts Again

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 6

THE coil contract, recently entered into by the City Council concerning which a section of the Press…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 17

A pronounced decline in the first London metal quotations received for the week led to depression in the mining share market yesterday. Buyers were naturally inclined…

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Mining Shares. Prices Recede

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 4 March 1925 · page 5

A weaker tendency developed in the mining share market yesterday, as a result of the all-round drop in metals. Tin slumped considerably, the spot…

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