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Mining & the mines, 1904

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Pacific Colliery Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 6

The difficulty at the Pacific Co-operative colliery, which has been idle since the beginning of the year, owing to the miners' refusal of the hewing rate offered by the management, is about…

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Mining

Evening News · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

FORBES, Monday.—The True Blue battery has just finished crushing about 50 tons (seconds) of ore from the Mary's Dream, giving a yield of ½oz to the ton. The battery Is now engaged…

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COLLIERIES. The Teralba Dispute. Leave to Prosecute Granted

The Australian Star · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 5

The dispute or strike at Teralba was brought under the notice of the Arbitration Court to-day. The collieries concerned are the Rhondda, belonging to Win. Laidley and…

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Mining Fields

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--The British plant, working 12 shifts last week, treated 2205 tons crudes, yielding 313 tons first, and 108 tons second concentrates, the whole being of fair value. Shipments were 617 tons…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 2

LONDON. February 14.—On the Stock Exchange yesterday Australian shares closed as under:—Associated Gold Mines, £3 1s 3d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 30s: New Chillagoe,…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 9

The plans for the extension of the magnetic separation plant at the Central mine are making rapid headway, and the orders have been sent to Europe for machines, motors, and…

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Teralba Trouble. Extraordinary Position of Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 3

A curious instance of the kind of feeling with which miners regard the Arbitration Court has just developed with respect to miners at the Pacific. Colliery, one of the Teralba group, which has not…

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Shipping Casualties. Coal Ship Destroyed by Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 3

Advices received from Port Stanley, Falkland Islands by the R.M.S. Sonoma, announce that the ship Clarence S. Bement was burned at son, and is a total loss…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 3

The coal shipped beyond the State during the weet ended yesterday amounted to 42,153 tons, of which 23,442 tons were sent to interstate and New Zealand ports, and 12,711 tons to foreign…

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Pacific Colliery Trouble. Application for Common Rule. Congested State of the Court

The Australian Star · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 5

Mr. Wade, on behalf of the Northern Colliery Owners Association, asked the Arbitration Court to-day if they would fix a day for the hearing of the Pacific Colliery summons…

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The Russians at Jibutil the Permission to Coal

Evening News · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 4

LONDON, February 14, 2 p.m.—It is explained that the Russian warships were afforded harbour and coaling facilities at Jibutil on the ground that at the time war had…

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Mining in the State. Howell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 9

The water supply is very short at the Conrad mine…

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Russian Transport Blown Up. by a Russian Mine. Ninety-six Lives Lost

Evening News · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 4

LONDON, February 14, 2 p.m.—Vice-Admiral Alexeieff reports that the Russian transport Yenisei while lying on Thursday on the line of the submarine mines in Talienwan…

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Victoria. the Outtrim Coal Strike. Miner Committed for Perjury. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 8

Gordon Clyde, a miner, who was out at Outtrim, the scene of the protracted coal mining strike, has been committed for trial on a charge of perjury. The accused is alleged…

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Russian Ships at Jibutil Allowed to Coal LONDON, Sunday, 2 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 4

The [?] worships that were reported to have called at Jibutil, in the Gulf of Aden, for coal have been afforded facilities for coaling in the harbour at that port on the ground…

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Wealth in Waste. Valuable Product From Welsh Mining Slag. a Scientific Discovery

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 3

As the sun crept reluctantly through the mists which enshrouded the mountains of North Wales on January 5, it revealed a strikingly novel spectacle, and one which (says the "Daily Mail")…

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A Russian Disaster. Transport Blown Up. Drifted on to a Submarine Mine. London, Sunday, 2 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 15 February 1904 · page 4

Admiral Alexeieff reports that on the 11th instant the transport Yenesel, while lying on the line of the submarine mines in Tallenwan Bay, was sunk by an explosion…

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Late Mining. Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 6

The January costs of the Great Fingall were:—Working expenditure, £6816; average, 14s per ton; development, £3447; capital, £10,316; total, £20,581; estimated profit…

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Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 7

The first general meeting of the Potter's Sulphide Ore Treatment, Limited, has been held in Melbourne, Mr. V. J. Saddler, in the chair. The directors' report stated that the board, having…

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