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Mining & the mines, 1905

4,906 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 246

Newcastle Strike. a More Hopeful Position. Pelaw-main at Work. Abermain and Lambton Join Strikers. Miners and Wheelers in Conference. Chances of Settlement. (From Our Special Reporter.) Newcastle

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

There were a number of developments to-day in the coal strike. At the Pelaw-Main the men returned to work; but there was a cessation of operations at the Abermain and…

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Broken-hill Mines. South Mine Looking Better

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 10

BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday. -- The South Company last week despatched 625 tons net weight concentrates to Port Adelaide. The large winding engine for the new shaft will be given a trial run this wek. The various…

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Coledale Colliery

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 253

Matters at the Coledale Colliery, Woonona, are very unsatisfactory. The origin of the trouble arose about the time coalcutting machines were installed, which affected 130…

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Wyalong Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 24

Our Wyalong (N.S.W.) correspondent lntlmates that operations are being actively carried on at the various linos of reef. The best yield of gold during the past year…

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Queensland Coal

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 254

Some time ago the Wallaroo Coal Company near Rockhampton supplied the Railway Department with 20 tons of coal from a mile near Tryphinia. The first test was made with…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 10

The market yesterday on the Sydney Exchange was somewhat healthier in tone, and a tolerably good business was carried through. In a few instances, prices strengthened, though fluctuations were not of a very…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 9

Brilliant Central crushed 1250 tons for 937oz; approximate value of concentrates from 10-head, £280. Hustler's Reef crushed 12[?] tons for 4[?]oz. Hustler's Reef No. 1 secured 69½oz from 185 tons…

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The Coal Trade

Evening News · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 6

The barquentine Kate Tatham cleared at the Newcastle Customs on Tuesday, for Napier, with 856 tons of coal and 5 tons of coke; the steamer Oonah, for Hobart, via Sydney, with 800 tons of coal; and the…

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Chinese and Gold

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 6

The China Navigation steamer Changsha left Sydney yesterday afternoon for Manila, China, and Japan, She carried six boxes gold (value £2490), shipped by Chinese…

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Australasia's Gold Yield

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 24

The gold production of Australasia for 1904 may be stated approximately at 4,194,822 fine ounces, of a value of about £17,828,000, as against 4,296,237 line ounces, of a valuo of about…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 9

There was a general activity in all divisions on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Broken Hill shares maintained the firm tone of the previous day, but less business was…

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Position at Abermain Colliery. the Manager Firm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 8

WEST MAITLAND. Tuesday. -- The fillers at the Abermain Colliery, who demanded an increase in the rate of pay of 4d per ton on the present price of 8d. struck work yesterday…

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Coal Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 253

The steamer Melbourne sailed yesterday for Melbourne with 1800 tons of coal. The steamer Mocraki cleared at the Customs to-day for Wellington, via Sydney, with 1500 tons of bunker…

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Sensation in a Chiltern Mine

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 254

Considerable excitement was caused at Chiltern (Victoria) on the receipt of the news that the shaft at the Chiltern Valley Consols mine had collapsed. It was subsequently…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 9

Some fine specimens of gold ore, extracted from a claim near Buttertly leases, Lake Lefroy, were on view at Boulder to-day. In the coursr of prospecting the lake bed a solid…

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The Etheridge Gold Field

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 55

With the close of 1904 there ls a very noticeable shortage in the output of gold from the mines on the Etheridge Gold Field, North Queensland—a greater shortage than was…

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Australasian Mining Patents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 23

The following applications for letters patent of the Commonwealth of Australia have recently been flied. This roport ls furnished by Mr. Fred. Walsh, patent attorney, 23…

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Southern Coal Trade. Wollongong

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 253

The coal trade this week has been brisk. At Port Kembla the shipments were: Beadle 360 tons, and Herga 250 tons for Sydney; Windsor, 4302 tons for Shanghai; Karori,…

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Coal-trimmers' Holidays. Anniversary Day

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 8

By insisting on an interpretation of their rules, which places them at variance with the rest of the community in the matter of the celebration of holidays, the members…

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Coal Trouble. Wheelers Committed for Trial

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 January 1905 · page 6

Speaking to a representative of the "Star" the Attorney-General stated yesterday morning that there were no new developments in connection with the strike. He thought…

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