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Mining & the mines, 1905

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Gold Find Near Charters Towers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 53

Some days ago, while a teamster named M'Coll was looking for his horses at Clark River, about four miles north of Mount Leyshon, and 13 miles from Charters Towers (Q.), he chipped…

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A Threatened Miners' Strike. Directors Stand Firm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 8

LAUNCESTON, Tuesday.--The directors of the Hercules Mining Company have decided upon a reduction of the men's wages. There are indications that the reduction will be opposed…

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Mining in German East Africa

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 23

The mineral wealth of German East Africa is likely to prove of great importance. The precious metals have already been found in the districts, of Kilimatinde, Tabora, and Nuanza…

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Mining. Notes From the Fields

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 316

At the Pacific mines, Wolumla, in the drive at the 200ft level, in the main shaft, a reef has been discovered 6ft wide. It is supposed to be the main Pacific lode. Assays prove the reef to…

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General Mining News. Nrw South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 23

The plant at Block 10, Broken Hill, treated 2700 tons of crude sulphides for a yield of 378 tons'of concentrates, during a run of 138 hours last week. A total of 615 tons of concentrates…

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Late Mining. Interstate Exchanges. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 8

The sales and quotations to-day were:- Silver: B. H. Block 10, b 40s 6d, s 41s 3d; Broken Hill, 45s 3d, b 45s, s 45s 3d; Junction, 9s 7½d, 9s 3d, b 9s 7d, s 9s 9d; Junction North,…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 53

The B.H. British mill last week treated 1944 tons crudes, which yielded 343 tons first grade concentrates, worth about 62.5 per cent, lead, 30.5oz silver, and 8 per cent, zinc; also 26 tons…

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Mining in Japan. Now Open to Foreigners

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 7

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The committee of the Japanese House of Representatives has struck out from the Mining Law the clause prohibiting foreigners from…

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Arbitration Court. (Before the Registrar, Mr. Addison.) Stanford Merthyr Mine Matters

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 10

Judgment was delivered in two references. In the case of the award made in 1902, between the Colliery Employees' Federation of the Northern District of New South Wales and the East…

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The Mines Department. Some Contemplated Reforms. Assisting Prospecting Work. Central Record Office

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 7

The Minister for Mines has under consideration important matters associated with the work of his department. He wishes to encourage the prospecting work, and to assist in other…

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Mining Accidents. The Relief Fund. Deputation to Mr. Moore

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 7

Some months ago a deputation waited upon Mr. Kidd, then Minister for Mines, with the request that the payments out of the Miners' Accident Relief Fund should be…

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Late Cable News. Received This Morning. the Premier Mine Diamond. Insured for Five Hundred Thousand Pounds

Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 6

LONDON, January 31, 2.45 p.m.—The diamond, weighing 5000 carats, found at the Premier Mine at Johannesburg has been insured for £500,000 during transit from South Africa to…

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Development of the Mining Industry. Hints to Prospectors. a New Departure Proposed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 10

During the last few weeks the columns of the "Herald" have contained various suggestions from correspondents as to what should be done by the Mining Department to…

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The S.S. Indradeo Loading Lithgow Coal at Railway Wharf, Pyrmont. Owing to the strike at Newcastle, Messrs. W. Scott Fell and Co., Ltd., contractors to the United States Government at Manila, last week ordered the steamer Indradeo, of 5315 tons, which has been lying for a week at Newcastle, to return to Sydney to load SOW tons of Lithgow coal. The Indradeo is shown in the course of receiving her large cargo

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 February 1905 · page 283

THE S.S INDRADEO AT HER BERTH MOUNTAIN COAL ON RAILWAY WHARF, PYRMONT, WAITING FOR S[?] LOADING COAL HOW THE CRANE WORKS. LOADING AFTER-HOLD OK THE INDRADEO…

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Miners' Strike. Hercules Mine Idle. Zeehan (Tas)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 6

The proposed reduction at the Hercules mine in miners wages from 9s to 8s 4d has brought about a strike. The new rate was to become operative to-day, and over 100…

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Late Mining. Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 6

Diamond drilling is in progress at the 400ft level of the Brown Hill Extended, to prespect an [?]re body from which good values recently have been obtained in the deeper ground…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 8

Operations yesterday on the Sydney Exchange were not marked by any spirit, although a fair turnover transpired. Silver was in somewhat better favor, but it was only in the case of B.H. South and North…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 9

Mount David crushed 620 tons for 143oz 15dwl; onen cut, 57oz.; cyanide, 33oz 2dwt. Oriental and Glamnire crushed 400 tons for 253oz 12dwt 18gr smelted gold…

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Stockton Coal Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 9

The forty-third half-yearly general meeting of shareholders of the Stockton Coal Company was held to-day at the company's Office, O'Connell-street, the chairman (Mr. W. M. M…

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The Abermain Colliery. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 4

All the employees of the Abermain Collery are working at the old rates, the manager having declined to give any advance…

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