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Mining & the mines, 1904

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Newcastle Coal Trade. the Reduced Hewing Rate. Selling Price of Coal. Cause of the Reduction. No Suggestion of Trouble

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 6

The unrest which is naturally associated with any proposal for the reduction of wages is bound to be felt among those engaged in the Northern coal trade ever the lowering of…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 7
Also in Evening News

Business will be resumed this morning on the Sydney and Melbourne Stock Exchanges. The Ovens Valley dredge cleaned up on the 30th ult. for 84oz. retorted gold for 186 hours' work…

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West Australian Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 7

KALGOORLIE, Monday.--A further ten head of stamps and an 18-ton boiler have been placed in position at the Golden Ridge mine, which should shortly be in a position to give handsome regular returns to shareholders. The…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 9

During the period ended December 31 the Elrington Company's dredge, owing to the holidays, only worked 158[?] hours, and washed up for 70z of retorted gold. The poor return…

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Last Year's Coal Shipments

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 6

Captain G. B. Knowles, berthing master for the Railway Department at Newcastle, has prepared a return, which shows that during last year 3,393,597 tons of coal and 3675 tons of coke…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 9

The oblique northerly crosscut from No. 1 Junction North's main shaft at the 1137ft level has reached about 37ft from the plat ground…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 9

The Kalguril's big western ore body at the 1000ft level has now been opened up northward for a length of 300ft. It continues to maintain its width, but the last few feet of…

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Injured in a Mine. Cobar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 9

J. Green, employed at the Cobar Gold Mine, was the viction of a puinfal accident on Saturday. Some tools were being seut down the shoot when he was struck in the abdomen with a pick. It is not…

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Newcastle. the San Francisco Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 6

News by the last mail from San Francisco shows that early in December there was still much-speculation in California as to whether the United States Government would extend the…

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Theft of Gold Plates. Rockley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 6

On Christmas night a robbery was committed of the gold plates from the battery of the No Objection Gold Mining Syndicate, at Back Creek, six miles from here…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 6

The berthing master, Captain Knowles, supplies some information respecting the amount of coal which was shipped during last year by the Government cranes at Carrington Dyke. During 1903 there were 3,392,597…

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Mining in the State. Tumberumba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 9

It is reported that three of the principal shareholders of the Union Jack Gold-mining Company, Tumberumba Flat, have just completed the purchase of Helnecke's water…

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Northern Coal Trade. the Reduced Hewing Rate. Generally Accepted. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 5

The reduced hewing rate, which came into operation to-day for working the borehole of tha Newcastle seam, was generally accepted by the collieries where a hewing rate is paid for best or round coal…

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The Northern Coal Industry. at Work Under the Reductions. Some Minor Difficulties

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The reduction in the coal miners' hewing rates of 4d per ton of round coal came into force practically this morning, and no serious trouble seems to have occurred…

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Oou Mineral Industry Review of 1903. (By Our Special Mining Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 3

The year just ended, has been a notable one in many respects, and it is doubtful if any previous one shows such an increase in the number of fields upon which such a revival in…

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R. Lockhart Jack. B.e., A.i.m.m. an Australian Mining Engineer

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 2

Considering the small population Australia, and the vastness of the London population, it is perfectly marvellous to see the great influence that…

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Colliery Troubles. the Hewing Rate

Evening News · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 5

NEWCASTLE. Wednesday.— The Pacific Co-operative miners continue to hold out against the management's offer of a hewing rate the shows & reduction of 7½d on the district selling…

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Miners' Accident Fund

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 17

Recently Mr. Estell, M.L.A., introduced to the N.S.W. Minister for Mines at Sydney a deputation representing the miners who contributed to the Miners' Accident Relief Fund, and presented…

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The Bimbimbie Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 24

The Bimbimbie is situated about 9 miles from Moruya, just off the road to Bateman's Bay, and within 3 miles of Mogo. It was discovered by Messrs. Boyd, Keating, and…

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