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Mining & the mines, 1926

5,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 250

Tap the Darling for Barrier 'Mines Companies Make Offer Broken Hill

The Sun · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 7

The mining companies came out into the open at yesterday's conference, called to consider the water position. It was represented that…

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Our Melbourne Letter. State Mine Broken Faith Discrimination in Dismissals to Insure Ourselves

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 8

Things are unsettled at Wonthaggi where the State Mine is. Though the Minister for Railways (Mr. Eggleston) recently said he would visit the mine…

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The Stellar Ways of Stage and Screen "Scaramouche" to Give Way to "Iron Horse"--Jim Gerald, the Cheerful Idiot--Ancient Mariner Picturised --Funniest Person on the Stage -- The Many Humors of Masonry--End of "The Gold

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 6

THERE is nothing particularly smusing about about a double barrelled shotgun in itself, yet this weapon plays an important part in the drollery of Charlie…

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Coal Mine As Well Power House Site City Council's Bargain

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 1

LABOR'S foresight in securing the Bunnerong area la more than justified by the fact that it now appears that not only has the City Council…

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Newcastle. Colliery Disputes. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 16

A compulsory conference called to-day by the chairman of the Coal industry Special Tribunal (Mr. Chas. Hibble) in regard to the industrial position at Rothbury and Stanford…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 17

Gold was quoted in London on Thursday, our correspondent cables, at 84/11¼ per ounce fine, an advance of /1¼ on the price ruling since Monday…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 18

The Penang director of Pulo Tin (Burma) reports that 300 acres of the Kopah Option had been scout-bored to February 13 to an average depth of 26½ft. for 16oz. The last 30 acres…

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Late Mining. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 16

To-day's sales and quotations included:- Silver-lead: Amalgamated Zinc, b 30/3, s 30/[?]; Broken Hill Proprietary[?] 27/3, b 27/1½, s 27/4[?] Block 14, ord., 7/, b 7/1, s 7/3; Block 14, pref., b 10/,…

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Search in a Mine. for Entombed Body. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 15

An organised search part entered Lily Rose Colliery at Wallsend to-day with the object of trying to recover the body of Edwin Cox, who was entombed in the pit on…

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Water Shortage Anxiety at Mines Barrier and Illawarra Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 7

The water famine at Broken Hill is occasioning grave anxiety. The mines probably will close down for a fortnight from February 27. and…

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N.Z. Miners Strike But Resume on Terms Wellington (N.z.)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 8

A strike Occurred at the Hikurangt Coal Company's mine, Auckland district. A settlement, however, was reached yesterday and work resumed…

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Waterless Mines to Close Broken Hill's Plight Pirie Will Suffer Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 1

Owing to the acute water shortage the Broken Hill mines will probably close down for a fortnight On February 27 and these…

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The Great American Coal Strikes. Owners Threaten Fight to a Finish--May Lose a Billion Dollars. Employers' Tactics Point Significant Lesson to Organised Labor

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 10

In the following address the president of the United Mine Workers of America explains the issue on which the great fight of…

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A Worker's Criticism of Increased Production, Distribution and Exchange a Contest for Seven Thousand Millions Sterling--Progress in Mining and Smelting--Capitalist Conditions of a Shorter Working Day

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 9

The disposition to captuer the neutral and world markets. which is busily engaging the attention of the British capltalists, is prompted by the…

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Miners Resolved Will Fight Wage Cuts London

The Sun · Sunday 21 February 1926 · page 1

The Trade Union Congress and the Miners' Federation discussed the Marquess of Londonderry's proposal (that the owners should consult personally…

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Part Time Water for B.h. Mines Govt. Help

The Sun · Sunday 21 February 1926 · page 5

The Under-Secretary for Public Works (Mr. Tye), who represented the Government on the water shortage conference at Broken Hill during the…

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Body Found Buried 15 Months in Mine Lily Rose Tragedy Newcastle

The Sun · Sunday 21 February 1926 · page 5

The body of Edwin Cox, who was entombed in Lily Rose Colliery on November 14, 1924, was recovered this afternoon. At 3 p.m. an urgent call was…

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King Tut's Remarkable Coffin of Gold, and Its Exquisite Workmanship, Described in Letter of General Sir John Maxwell

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 February 1926 · page 14

The bewildering beauty of King Tut-ankh-amen's tomb—the remarkable remarkable of gold in which reposed the remains of tho Pharaoh's long-dead ruler—is described in a letter recently received by the Hon. Hugh D. Mclntosh, M.L.C, from General Sir John Maxwell, an old…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1926 · page 13

Gold was quofed in London on Friday, our correspondent cables, at 84/11½ per ounce fine, an advance of ¼d on the day…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1926 · page 8

Reporting on the Cherry Mine, Ardlethan, the Vegetable Creek Tin Mining Co. states that during the fortnight ended February 18 475 tons were crushed for a return of 6 tons of…

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