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Mining & the mines, 1905

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Colliery Disaster. London, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 7

Owing to the explosion of gas in the Elba colliery, Gowerton, Glamorganshire, seven men were killed and 12 others were injured…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 9

The market remained inactive on Saturday on the Sydney Exchange. The silver section opened quietly, but the dividend declaration by the Proprietary and a favorable report by the North Broken-hill for the past…

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West Australian Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 9

KALGOORLIE, Friday.--December returns: Potosi Consolidated, 2186 tons for 886oz. gold: Hannan's Star, 2421 tons for 1265oz fine gold, and 137oz, fine siver. The Oroya Brown-hill has commenced interesting…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 9

The general manager of the Myalls and Peak Hill gold mines reports forwarding the following cable to London:—"Value of gold won for four weeks, ended December 31, was £1354 Os 8d."…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 9

There were few movements in shares on Saturday morning, all lines remaining steady. at late rates. In copper, Girilambone sold at 2s; in dredging, Araluen Central, paid,…

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Late Gable News. Received This Morning. Colliery Disaster

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 4

LONDON, January 22, 2.45 p.m.—Owing to the explosion of gas in the Elba Colliery, Gowerton, Glamorganshire, seven men were killed and 12 injured…

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Serious Colliery Explosion. Seven Persons Killed and Twelve Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Seven persons have been killed by an explosion of coal gas at the Elba colliery, Gowerton, Glamorganshire. Twelve others were injured…

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Pelaw Main Colliery. Wheelers Resume Work. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 7

Mr. Brown has accepted the offer made by the wheelers of the Pelaw Main colliery to resume work, in terms of the compromiss published in Saturday's "Herald." The mine…

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Late Mining. Gympie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 8

Sales: South Gympie, 11d; Oriental Surp[?] 2½d, 3d. Quotations: Columbia Smithfield, b 10d. [?] 1s 5d; No. 1 North Columbia Smithfield, b 8½d,…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 8

The coal shipped beyond the State during the week ended yesterday amounted toi 36,923 tons, of which 18,104 tons were sent to interstate and New Zealand ports, and 18,819 tons…

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Queensland Coal. a Successful Test. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 7

Some time ago the Wallaroo Coal Company near Rockhampton supplied the Railway Department with 26 tons of coal from a mine near Tryphinia. The first test was made with…

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Newcastle Mining Trouble. Miners and Wheelers to Meet. Moral Suasion to Be Used. Storekeepers Refusing Credit. a Miner Committed for Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Beyond the fact that the officers of the Miners' Federation have arranged to meet some of the most prominent of the striking wheelers to-morrow night. there is…

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The Retention of Miners' Pay. a Supposed Legal Anomaly

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 5

No secret is made of the fact that in the cases in which colliery managers have withheld the pay of employees who have caused them trouble in connection with the present strikes…

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Position at Pelaw-main. Miners Will Accept a Compromise

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 6

WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.--The Pelaw Main miners' lodge has received a reply from Mr. John Brown refusing to consent to the conditions of the miners in regard to resuming…

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Mining in New South Wales. Hillgrove

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 9

Baker's Creek Gold-mining Company's battery resumed crushing with 20 head of stampers on Thursday. In the mine the main shaft chamber is now in position, and part of the…

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Miners' Aversion to Wheeling. Almost Indefinable, But Real. Semi-starvation Preferable

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 5

Perhaps it is because we are still too close to the days of the old unionism, with its unwritten but stringent laws regarding strikes, and the right of belligerents to expect non-interference,…

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German Coal Strike. Discussion in the Reichstag. British and German Trades Unions

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--Speaking in the German Reichstag yesterday, Count von Bulow, the Imperial Chancellor, replying to a question raised by a Socialist member…

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Special City. "Evening News," Office 4.30 P.m. the Colliery Trouble. Matters at Pelaw Main. Owners Accept the Compromise

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 5

WEST MATTLAND, Monday.—The district has been rejoiced by the intelligence that Messrs. J. and W. Brown, owners of Pelaw Main Colliery, have notified the [?]ted miners that…

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Mount David Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 9

The mine manager of Mount David yesterday forwarded the following supplementary report:—"I beg to inform you that the sulphide reef in the…

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Colliery Disaster. London, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 5

Owing to the explosion of gas in the Elba colliery, Gowerton, Glamorganshire, seven men were killed and 12 others were injured…

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