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Mining & the mines, 1905

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Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

LITHGOW, Tuesday.—Despite the rather protracted period of dry weather, mining matters are on the move throughout this district. On the Glanmire Estate, some few miles west of…

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West Australian Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 8

KALGOORLIE, Monday.--A very important development on the north end of the Kalgoorlie field has taken place, on Thornett Bros. A.W.A. United claim. The owners have been crushing from a big formation on the…

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Gold Yields

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

Star of the East cleaned up 237 tons tor 175oz 8dwt 18gr gold. New Ravenswood, 2001 tons for 2601oz…

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Lithgow Collieries Benefit. Other Business Driven to Japan

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 6

Messrs, W. Scott Fell and Co., who have the contract for the supply of coal to the United States Government at Manila, have had their steamer Indradoo waiting at Newcastle for a…

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Pelaw-main Colliery. West Maitland

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

Work was resumed at the Pelaw-Main Colliery on the midnight shift, and the other shifts went to work as their turns carno to-day. Trouble has been caused at the…

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Mining Intelligence

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

The Mining market showed signs of renewed activity yesterday, despite the fact that interstate business was to a certain extent limited owing to the Adelaide Exchange…

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Coal-lumpers' Strike at Rockhampton

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 6

ROCKHAMPTON, Monday.--The trouble with the coal-lumpers continues. The Tinana, on Saturday, was loaded by the ship's crew, and the employees of Walter Reid and Co., including…

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Coal Trouble. No Fresh Developments

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 6

Speaking to a "Star" reporter the Attorney-General (Mr. Wade) said that he had pot yet made up his mind whether he would alter the form of prosecution in the case of…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

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

Mr. Edward Laughton, lately managing director of Block 14, when spoken to regarding the present position, explained that the Melbourne interest in Block 14 had been so…

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Work Resumed. at the Pelaw Main Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 6

WEST MAITLAND, Monday.--The wheelers at Pelaw Main having, notified Messrs. J. and W. Brown that they were prepared to accept the compromise arranged by the lodge, Mr. John…

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The Colliery Strike. Work Resumed at Pelaw Main. Trouble at Abermain

Evening News · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 4

WEST MAITLAND Tuesday Morning.—Now that the dispute at Pelaw Main Colliery, so far as wages are concerned, would appear to be settled, nearly all the collieries in the Maitland…

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Employment at Broken-hill. a Surplus of Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 6

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--For many weeks past a small but steady stream of unemployed has been trickling into Broken-hill, for the most part from the other States. The…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

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

The steamer Easb[?] cleared at the Customs to-day for Melbourne via Kembla with 1314 to[?] of coal, the steamer Barrier for Melbourne with 2700 tons of coal, the steamer Rotokino for Lyttelton with 2600 tons of…

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Newcastle Strike the Fourth Week. Thirteen Collieries Idle. Sixteen at Work. Trouble at Abermain

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The wheelers' strike entered upon its fourth week to-day, and there is still little concrete promise of an immediate settlement. Thirteen collieries are idle,…

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The Indradeo Leaves Newcastle Empty. Will Load Southern Coal. Japanese Coal for the U.s. Government

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

Owing to the strike at Newcastle, Messrs. W. Scott Fell and Co., Ltd., contractors to the United States Government at Manila, yesterday ordered the steamer Indradeo, of 5315…

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Mining in New South Wales. Tingha

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

Jack and party, who have been working in a large cutting for some months in Herding Yard, have been compelled to cease operations owing to the rock dipping, thus…

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Southern Coal Trade. Declaration of Average Selling Price. Hewing Rate Unaltered

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 7

BULLI, Saturday.--The coal trade for the past week has been brisk. The majority of collieries worked full time. Work at the North Bulli Colliery is much retarded by shortage of water…

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Another Conference. Miners and Wheelers Discuss the Situation. an Appeal to Arbitration Advocated

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--To-night the expected conference between the executive officers of the Colliery Employees' Federation, Messrs. John Bower. Peter Bowling, and James Curley,…

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The Newcastle Strike Police Court Prosecutions. To-day's Proceedings. Important Representative From the Miners to the Wheelers. [By Telegraph.] NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 5

The prosecutions against wheelers and others for an alleged breach of the Arbitration Act, by leaving their work at the collieries before reasonable time had elapsed…

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