Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Mining & the mines, all years

Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

4,906 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 246

District Mining Difficulties

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 6

A special meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation has been convened for Monday next to consider the matter of the proposed general agreement as…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Minister for Mines. Gone to Wallongong

The Australian Star · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 4

The Minister for Mines and Agriculture, Mr. S. Moore is absent from town to-day, having proceeded, in company with Mr. W. S. Campbell, Director of Agriculture, to…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Victorian Coal. Advantages of Automatic Stokers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A factor in the competition of Victorian coal with that imported from New South Wales is the automatic feeders successfully introduced by the City…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 8

The steamer Barwon cleared at the Customs to day for Melbourne with 4550 tons of coal and 30 tons of coke; the steamet Dilkera, for Adelaide, with 4130 tons of coal, 1000 sheep, and 120 tons of bullion;…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Newcastle Mining Dispute. Favourable Prospect of Settlement. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 7

In reference to the negotiations which are proceeding for a settlement of the dispute between the Northern Colliery Employees' Association and the Colliery Proprietors'…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Mining Industry. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 2

Sir,—I have read with the greates interest the numerous correspondence published in your valuable paper regarding our neglected mining industry, the unsatisfactory state of…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Coal Trouble. The Trial of Wheelers at Newcastle. [By Telegraph.] NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 6

The eases against the wheelers and miners for alleged breach of the Arbitration Act, through stopping work, pending an industrial dispute, and before the same had been…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Newcastle Mining Troubles. Enforcing the Anti-strike Law. a Dudley Miner on Trial. an Important Demurrer Overruled

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1905 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--A beginning was made this morning, at the Quarter Sessions, before Judge Fitzhardinge, with the cases set down for hearing arising out of the recent strike of…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Coal Tar

The World's News · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 11

The value of the by-products of coal tar is such that gas companies could give away their gas and make a profit from these products. From…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Mining

Evening News · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

FORBES, Saturday.—Mr. J. W. Potter, of Herberton (Q), who has been appointed general manager of the Forbes Nil Desperandum G.M. Company, has commenced his duties. The…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 13

No. 5 North Phoenix crushed 20 tons 10 cwt for s yield of 20oz 4dwt sinelted gold. No. 1 North Oriental crushed 942½ tons for a yield of 695oz 19dwt smelted gold…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Arsenic and Gold

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 2

By a singular change of circumstances, the gold-miners of Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, who for years were baffled in trying to…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 13

Although the Mining market was a little brighter than on Thursday, transactions are still very limited, and there is practically no business except that of filling orders. The…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 13

Messrs. Govett and Loring returned from an inspection of the Lancefield mine last night. Interviewed this morning Mr. Loring said that the 20-head battery of the new mill, in…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

The Gold Rush to California

The World's News · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 16

The great rush to California in the middle of the last century is the most historic gold rush on record. The population of California soon doubled, and then trebled, and the now…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Tasmania. Strike at the Hercules Mine. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 11

The directors of the Hercules Company have been inundated with applications from the mainland for employment to replace the strikers. Many Victorians offer to pay their…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Southern Colliery Proprietors. Summonses Under the Arbitration Act. Deputation to the Attorney-general

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 10

A deputation from the Southern Colliery Proprietors' Association saw the Attorney-General this week with reference to matters connected with the Arbitration Act…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

The St. Louis Gold Medal for Mudgee Wool

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 11

It will be remembered that some time ago strong efforts were made to secure the representation of this State at the St. Louis Exhibition held last year. Upon the failure…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Prospecting for Gold. to the Editor of the Herald

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

Sir,—Under the heading, "Prospecting for Gold," you published a letter from your correspondent. Henry Leahy. I have waited to see it someone connected with the industry…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →