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Mining & the mines, 1905

4,906 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 246

Helping the Mining Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 6

In the renewed interest which is happily being taken in the development of our mineral resources we may with advantage note what is being done in a similar…

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Pelaw Main Colliery. the Employees Still Out. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 8

The refusal of the terms of compromise offered to the Pelaw Main colliery employees by Mr. John Brown, of the firm of Messrs. J. and W. Brown, will have serious consequences…

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Mount Morgan Mine. Hale-yearly Report. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 9

A Mount Morgan telegram states that the half-yearly report of the Mount Morgan Company shows that the ore treated for the halfyear totalled 119,673 tons for [?],540oz, being [?]…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 7

The steamer Warrimoo cleared at the Customs today for Wellington, via Sydney, with 1[?]00 tons of [?]al and timber; the barque Malgwyn, for Eten, with [?]4[?] tona of Messrs. Brow's [?]al the steamer…

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Distress in Prussia. the Closing Down of Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Seventy thousand coalminers in the Dortmund district of Prussia have struck for shorter hours. Much dissatisfaction has been caused by…

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Newcastle Mining Troubles. Applications at Law. Leave to Prosecute Strikers Granted. Counter-action by the Men. Position at the Mines Unchanged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 5

The situation at Newcastle was responsible for two applications at law yesterday. One was made to the Arbitration Court on behalf of the State Attorney-General for leave to prosecute…

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Tasmania. Bush Fires at the Mines. Queenstown (Tas.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 7

Particulars of the bush fires at the Comstock and Tasman and Crown Extended mines were, wired last night, but fuller information came to hand to-day. It is to the effect that…

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Gold Prospecting. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 3

Sir,—Under the above heading much useful information has been imparted during the past couple of weeks and ably supported by the "Herald" as to the question of private or…

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Prospecting for Gold and Other Minerals. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 8

Sir,--As a miner of 40 years' experience in New South Wales, I should like to let the public know why there is so little being done to open fresh ground, or re-work that already opened…

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Coal Strike in Prussia[?] Seventy Thousand Men Out. London, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 7

Seventy thousand coal miners in theDortmund district, Prussia, have struck work for shorter hours of employment. Much dissatisfaction exists at the…

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The Case for the Men. Miners Loyal to the Act. the Wheelers Confident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 7

Representative miners when seen to-night repudiated the suggestion that they were in any way encouraging the wheelers in their def[?]ance of the Court's award. Mr. David…

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Position at Pelaw Main. the Mine Still Idle. Engines Being Fired by the Manager

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 6

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--The prospect of an early settlement of the trouble at the Pelaw Main Colliery appears to be very remote. The wheelers have resolved to stand firm against…

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Special City. "Evening News," Office 4.30 P.m. the Miners' Strike. How Matters Stand. Crown Prosecutions to Proceed

Evening News · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 5

The position which has arisen in connection with the industrial trouble in the Newcastle district was much discussed in legal and commercial circles this morning, and not a little…

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Pelaw-main Colliery. Meeting of Miners' Lodge. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 11

A monster meeting of members of the Pelaw-Main Miners' Lodge, including machine men, borers, blasters, shiftmen, fillers, wheelers, enginemen, and surface men, was…

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The Lithgow Collieries. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 11

The Newcastle strike has in no way affceted the local trade…

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Coal Trouble. The Situation at Newcastle Miners' Lodges Meet. [By Telegraph.] NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 8

There is nothing fresh to report to-day regarding the strike, the employers and the employees remaining resolute. The price of coal on the spot has not been raised, and…

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West Australian Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 17

KALGOORLIE, Friday. -- December returns; Red-hill, Westralia, 819 tons for 611oz. of gold; Bayley's Mines, 740 tons for 265oz. The board of the Chaffers has decided upon…

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Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 9

WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- The coal trade of the district has been brisk during the week, all of the collieries having worked well. The following steamers loaded at this port for Sydney --…

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Cost of Coal

Evening News · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 3

"Consumer" writes:—It has been stated that the colliery proprietors of Newcastle cannot afford to pay existing rates for the hewing of coal, inasmuch as they have to sell their coal…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1905 · page 13

The mining market was fairly active yesterday, and the movements of stocks generally were closely followed by operators. The business was principally confined to noon…

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