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Mining & the mines, 1928

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Slackness in Iron Trade Coal Suffers, Too State Mine Does Well Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 6

Lithgow and Zig Zag collieries were stopped to-day owing to slackness of trade. In the Associated Collieries during the last six months work has…

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Miners' Council Meet North District Ballot

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 6

The central council of the Miners' Federation met at head office, Rawson Chambers, yesterday, under the presidency of Mr. pan Bees…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 17

Despite a smaller aggregate turnover than on Monday business showed improvement in yesterday's mining share market. Interest was taken in a larger number of companies,…

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Excelsior Mine Idle Trouble Over Meeting Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 6

Excelsior colliery is again Kile indefinitely. The men held their usual stop-work monthly meeting yesterday, when it was…

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Coal in Lithgow's Main Street Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 1

THAT Lithgow has been built upon coal in more ways than one was proved by some work men who were excavating in the…

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Mt. Morgan Mine Exploring Markets in Europe LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 24

The Australian Press Association learns that Sir Granville Ryrie and Mr. Huxham, at the request of the miners, who contemplate co-operative working…

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Northern Mines. Loss Through Strikes. Smallest for Seven Years

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 16

Official figures made available yesterday by the Northern Collieries' Association reveal that during the year 1927 coal workers on the northern fields lost a comparatively small…

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American Miners Win Long Fight. Wartime Standard Kept for 350,000 Unionists

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 16

An agreement ending the strike in the coalfields of Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas Oklahoma and Texas was signed by repre[?]tatives of the mine-owners and men at…

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New Methods of Gold Prospecting Geophysics Scheme State Experts' Views

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 8

GEOPHYSICAL prospecting for ore bodies in this State has been the subjects of Investigation by Mr. E. C. Andrews, Government Geologist, who has…

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New Methods of Gold Prospecting Geophysics Scheme State Experts' Views

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 3

GEOPHYSICAL, prospecting for [?] bodies in this state has been the subject of investigation by Mr. E. C. Andrews Government Geologist, who has…

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21 Miners Killed by Explosion Parties Searching for Trapped Men New York

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 4

It is reported from West Frankfort (Illinois) that 21 miners were killed by an explosion in the Industrial Coal Company's mine…

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Marts—money—mines and Maritime Plenty of Eggs Market Is Quiet Cheese Too Dear

Evening News · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 7

THERE HAS been [?] improvement in the demand for eggs since the drop in prices on Monday. supplies are being sell maintained, and the market is [?]…

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Two Killed 24 Buried Mining Explosion West Frankfort (Ger.). Tues

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 1

Two miners were killed and 23 entombed in an explosion in the industrial Coal Company's mine…

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Money, Mines & Merchandise City Gossip P.C. Board's Report Burma-malay Tin Cable Co.'s Finances

The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 4

In their financial phases, the business operations of the Pacific Cable Board, during the twelve months which ended on March 31 last, were…

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"White Man Eaten" New Guinea Natives' Story Anxiety Felt 12,000 Ounces of Gold Salamoa

The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1928 · page 12

It is reported by natives that a white recruiter was killed and eaten on the Waria River. The report is not authentic, but anxiety is felt…

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Mining on a Co-operative Basis Tasmanian Colliery May Be Taken Over

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 6

SOME few months back the company controlling the Cattarain colliery, situated at Port Davey, on the south-west coast of Tasmania, decided to suspend…

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DEPRESSION. Lithgow Collieries. Worst Ever Known. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 12

Lithgow collieries are experiencing the worse time ever known in the history of the coalfield. Most of the collieries controlled by the Lithgow Coalowners' Association have…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 13

Gold was quoted in London on Thursday, our correspondent, cables, at 84/10½ per oz. fine, a fall of /1½ alone Friday…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 13

Another fall in London prices for base metals caused a further loss of confidence in yesterday's mining share market. The only shares to gain on the day were Mt. Lyell,…

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Heavy Dismissals Lithgow Coal Trade Lithgow

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1928 · page 9

SO bad [?] the coal trade in the western district that [?] considered probable that 70 out of every 100 men Lithgow coal Owners'…

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