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Mining & the mines, 1904

5,050 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

West Australian Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 9

KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--It is understood that Mr. Hewitson, who was been commissioned to report on the Ivanhoe Junction, will not complete his report until a crushing has been put through to test the general…

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Russia Refused Coal

Evening News · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 4

LONDON, February 18, 2.45 p.m.—Denmark has refused Russia permission to coal in her ports, and has summoned 2000 reserves to protect the ports…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 3

The steamer Argus cleared at the Customs to-day for Singapore, via Melbourue, with 3500 tons of coal and six horses, the steamer Victoria for Wellington, via Sydney, with 1200 tons of coal, the steamer…

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The Gold Bug's Victory

The Australian Star · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 4

The Sydney "Daily Boodiegraph" does not scruple to slate, and in big type, that Australia's objections were of no avail to avert the doom of South Africa. When were these…

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The Mining Wages Question

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 6

The result of the ballot taken In connection with the Amalgamated Workers' Association regarding the acceptance or otherwise of the industrial agreement for the settlement of the…

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Country News. Alleged Water Pollution by Mining. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 3

An officer of the Victorian Mining Department has been obtaining samples of river water for examination and analysis in connection with the recent…

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Denmark's Refusal. To Give the Russians Coal. LONDON, Thursday, 2.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 4

Denmark has refused to grant Russia permission to coal her ships at any Danish port. Two thousand reserves have been…

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Winnecke Depot Goldfield. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 9

A telegram from Alice Springs concerning the Winnecke Depot goldfield states that a crushing from the Black Eagle Mine gave a return of 20oz 11dwt per ton. The shaft is…

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Russo-japanese War. Japanese Organising Chunchuses for an Attack on the Siberian Railway. the Tsar's Estimate of His Foe. "Brave, Confident, and Crafty." Denmark Protecting Her Ports Against Russia. Chunchusee organising under Japanese leaders. Preparing for a attack on the Siberian railway. Tsar witnesses departure of regiments for the Far East. Warns them that their foe is brave, confident and crafty. Russian gunboat Mandjur still at Shanghai, though ordered to leave. Denmark refuses to allow Russia to coal and LONDON, Thursday, 2.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 4

No further particulars have yet transpired regarding the attack made by the Japanese torpedo boats on Port Arthur on Sunday last. The United States Admiralty, however,…

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Britain's Coal

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 3

According to "Science Siftings," the latest estimate places the United Kingdom's coal supply at 80,684,000,000 Hons, which the present make of mining would exhaust in 370…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 16

A fair turnover wan recorded yesterday on the Sydney Exchange, but attention was confined almost exclusively to gold interests, and in several instances lower prices were accepted. The market, generally speaking, continued…

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Gold Dredging

Evening News · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 3

A farther indication of the healthy condition of some of the N.S.W gold-dredging properties is to hand in the declaration by the Turon Company of a dividend (the first) of sixpence…

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Is Coal Contraband?

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 6

Lord Lansdowne, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in replying, to a Cardiff firm, said that coal was not by itself contraband of war, but if it was destined to be used for…

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Late Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 12

Mr. R. N. Kirk, Sydney agent of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Limited, advises the receipt of the following cable by the company:—"London, February 18.—silver, 2s…

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Champion Gold Medal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 14

In the association champion medal Fitzgerald, of Waverley, during the week beat Carrie, of Petersham, by 31 to 25…

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Shale Miners' Difficulty. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 9

A report from Airly, in Capertee, indicates that a difficulty has arisen in regard to working conditions in the shale mine. At a meeting on Monday night a resolution was…

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Miners' Annual Gala. Wollongong

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 7

Sir John See, Premier, has intimated, his intention of being present at the Illawarra miners' annual gala, Lo be held at Bulli on Saturday, March 20. Everything points to the…

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Western Coal and Metal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 10

LITHGOW, Friday,--The coal trade is only normal. This condition is due to the fact that the back country products are being carried to the seaboard in moderate consignments. Thus…

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The Fitzroy Iron Mine. a Story of Failure

Evening News · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 5

Poets have enthused on ruins of palaces—any old fragment is good for a string of verses—but I have not yet read any poem, pathetic or other-wise, on the subject of the Fitzroy Iron Mine…

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Claims of Employees. Appeals of a Mine Manager

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 11

H. E. C. Brook, mine manager of Cadia, yesterday applied to the Full Court to make absolute a rule nisi for a prohibition, restraining C. S. Gilbert, miner, also of Cadia, and…

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