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Mining & the mines, 1904

5,050 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 250

The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 February 1904 · page 9

Mr. Draper, manager of the Pinnacles mine, speaks very hopefully of its prospects. He says, all told, 100 hands are employed on the mine, and over 100 tons of hand-dressed…

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Victoria. Amalgamated Miners' Association Conference. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 February 1904 · page 8

At the Amalgamated Miners' Association conference at Maryborough a motion to secure the services of Mr. Tom Mann for organising purposes for three months was lost. A…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 February 1904 · page 8

The coal shipped beyend the State during the week ended yesterday amounted to 42,906 tons of which 21,140 tons were sent to interstate and New Zealand ports, aud 21,766 tons to foreign…

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Coal-cutting Machines. to Be Dispensed With

Evening News · Monday 29 February 1904 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Monday.—It is reported that the coal-cutting machines recently introduced into some of the colleries in the South Maitland mining district are not giving the…

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Submarine Mines in Port Arthur. Material Shipped From Japan

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 February 1904 · page 5

LONDON,Saturday Afternoon.--It has transpired that a Russian firm named Ginsburg three weeks ago shipped from Nagasaki to Port Arthur as steel rope a quantity of…

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A Coal-laden Barque. Strained in a Hurricane. Ashore in Auckland Harbour

Evening News · Monday 29 February 1904 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Monday.—The Norwegian barque C. Tobias, bound from Newcastle to Honolulu, was severely strained in a hurricane, commencing on February 18, and lasting for forty-eight…

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Ministers at Burragorang. a Valuable Coal Seam. Supply for the Southern Districts. Proposal for a Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 February 1904 · page 6

At the invitation of Mr. R.D. Barry, who represents a powerful company of capitalists, Messrs. John Kidd, Minister for Mines and Agriculture, Walter Bennett, honorary Minister, W…

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The Colliery Trouble. Miners Before the Court. Information Withdrawn

Evening News · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 4

NEWCASTLE. Tuesday.—John Burgin, William Hayden, John Barnett, John Horn, Thomas Vipon, Joseph Rundell, John Rawling, and Evan Reed, miners employed at the Northern…

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Late Mining. the Commonwealth Mine. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 6

A telegram to-day from Leigh's Creek states that an improvement has taken place in the crosscut at the Commonwealth mine. The hard bar reported last week has been passed…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 8

The turnover yesterday was moderate on the Sydney Exchange, and the market continued almost devoid of feature. Silver remained firm though quiet, while in the tin section New Wylie Creek alone displayed any…

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Coal-cutting Machines

Evening News · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 6

In reference to a telegram from our West Maitland correspondent, which appeared in yesterday's "Evening News," regarding the reported discontinuance of coal-cutting machines in the…

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Killed in a Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 6

This morning, at the Forest Creek Gold Reefs mine, Chewton, a party of eight men, under Joseph Williams, were working in the slopes at the 650ft. level, and one of the party heard…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 9

The barque Margarita cleared at the Customs today for Auckland, with 832 tons of Messrs Brown's coal, and the steamer Mokoia, for Auckland, via Sydney, with 1300 tons of coal, 54 tons of coke, 490…

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MINERS. Conference at Trades Hail

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 2

A conference of the representatives of the Northern, Southern, and Western Districts coal miners, and also two representatives from Victoria, met at the Trades Hall,…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 9

The rich telluride vein struck recently at the 200ft level at Paringa continues to open up extremely well, the ore now being extracted from the face being of smelting grade…

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Newcastle. Mining Matters

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 7

Since the collapse of the strike on Friday last at Northern Extended, Rhondda, and Northumberland Collieries, the three Teralba pits at which the miners struck in defiance of the Arbitration Court's award, work has…

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Southern Coal Trade. Woonona

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 7

The Bull pit made full time for pay on Saturday; South Bulli, 10 days: Woonona, 10; Corrimal, 11; Mount, Pleasant, 8¾…

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Zeehan Tin Mines. Zeehan (Tas.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 9

Mr. Lindsay Tulloch, director, and Mr. Alfred Mellor, secretary, of the Payne's Tinmining Company, have been making an official inspection of the mine, and express…

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Ovens Valley Gold Dredging Co

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 9

The half-yearly meettng of the Ovens Valley Gold Dredging Company, No Liability, was held yesterday at the company's office, Pittstreet. Mr. R. W. Hardle presided, and there…

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Land of Fruit and Gold

Evening News · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 5

The primary object of the proposed line of tramway to connect Adelong with Mount Horeb, on the Gundagai-Tumut line of railway, is to still further develop the mines and other resources…

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