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Mining & the mines, 1905

4,906 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 246

Newcastle Mining Troubles. Enforcing the Anti-strike Law. the Case of Robert Nugent. Breakdown of the Prosecution. No Case for the Jury

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 February 1905 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The sittings of the Quarter Sessions were resumed this morning, before Judge Fitzhardinge, and the case of Robert Nugent, miner, was continued. The defendant…

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Japanese Mines and Forfigners

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 February 1905 · page 8

The "Express" corespondent at Tokio says that, after a heated debate, the House of Representatives passed a clause prohibiting foreigners from exploiting any Japanese mine…

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Prussian Coal Strike the Men Crushingly Defeated. London, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 February 1905 · page 5

Two hundred delegates, representing Rhenish strikers, recommend the resumption of work, on the grounds— first, that funds are exhausted, and,…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 9

A fair average business was recorded on Saturday on the Sydney Exchange, but the inarket was without conspicuous feature as regards priers. For New Wylie Creek an advance was paid, and in the silver section a slight…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 9

South Glanmire and Monkland obtained 268oz amalgam for the week, also 4 boxes specimens Baker's Creek crushed 385 tons ore for 276oz 15dwt smelted gold, also 7 tons concentrates, estimated to…

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Gold-dredging Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 9

Jembaicumbene Middle Ground, 37oz 19dwt for 123 hours. Araluen Central No. 1 credge, 40oz 17dwt for 120 hours…

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Newcastle. Export of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 6

The quantity of coal exported from Newcastle to places beyond the State last week was 42,503 tons, and in addition 4940 tons were taken for the use of vessels going outside New South…

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Western Coal and Metal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 9

LITHGOW, Friday.--The coal trade, after the late rush, has suffered a slump. All the shipping orders have been filled, and there appears now very little work for the collieries. All the…

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Fell Down a Coal Bunker

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 8

John Campbell, a cook, 60 years of age, yesterday fell down one of the coal bunkers of the steamer Kyarra, a distance of 20ft. He was removed to the Sydney Hospital by the…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 9

That the Round Hill mine at no distant date will have a payable body of mill sulphides is probable, provided that the prospects at No. 2 shaft are any index. This shaft has been…

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Appalling Slaughter. a Hundred Men Shot. Polish Colliery Atrocity

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 7

Strikers crowded the narrow yard of the German Catherine Colliery, at Sosnowice. Poland, to prevent the machinery hands from resuming work…

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Fatality at a Mine. Queenstown (Tas.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 8

Alf. Walshe, a miner, was killed in the North Lyell mine to-night by a fall of stone. He was working with a mate in B stope at the 300ft level. The boring of a hole had…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 8

The coal shipped beyond the State, exclusive of that for ships' use, during the week ended yesterday amounted to 46,070 tons, of which 20,056 tons were sent to interstate and New Zealand ports, and 26,014 tons…

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The Sai-yen Disaster. Terrible Mine Explosion. a Thrilling Story

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--Particulars of the disaster which overtook the Japanese cruiser Sat-yen at Port Arthur on November 30 last have been given by Commander Okuda…

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Mining in New South Wales. Hillgrove

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 9

Baker's Creek Gold-mining Company cleaned up on February 10. The return was 275oz 15dwt smelted gold from 385 tons of ore crushed, also 7 tons of concentrates,…

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Coal Ship in Distress. Towed Into Moreton Bay. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 7

The ship Paul Revere arrived in Moreton Bay on Friday in a leaky condition. In an interview with Captain Whittier, he stated that the vessel left Newcastle on January 21 for…

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Country News. Southern Collieries. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 6

The lodge secretary of the Coledale mine has received a communication from the manager offering Is 3d per ton for the getting and filling of coal in a portion of the mine…

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Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 8

HILLGROVE, Tuesday.—The Baker's Creek Company's battery cleaned up on Friday for a return of 275oz 15dwt of smelted gold, from 385 tons of ore crushed. Concentrates were also…

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Newcastle. the Coal-mining Dispute. the Proposed General Agreement. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 6

A special meeting of the delegate board or the Colliery Employees federation was held at the Trades Hall to day for the purpose of considering communication from the secretary of the Colliery…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 9

North Lachlan.—Clean up for four weeks [?] 4th inst, 501 tons for 119oz by amalgamation, 216oz by cyanidation. Total, 335oz smeited gold. The 10-head battery is to be duplicated at once…

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