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Mining & the mines, 1905

4,906 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 246

Pelaw-main Colliery. Prices for Coal-cutting. the Arbitration Court to Be Invoked. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 5

A general meeting of members of the Pelaw-Maln Miners' Lodge was held at Kurri Kurri yesterday, to deal with the terms ' offered by Mr. John Brown on behalf of the proprietors…

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Mining Intelligenge

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

The Mining market was brisk yesterday, and a good deal of business was transacted. Broken Hill sbares did not vary much, and for the most part were qui[?]t. Junction North…

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Gold Dredging Returns

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

Associated Macquarie Dredge No. 2.—71oz for [?] hours' work. Araluen Proprietary Dredge.—35oz for 115 hours. Araluen Consolidated Dredge No. 1.—13oz for 120…

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The Coal Export Trade

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

The steamar Easby cleared at the Cusloms to-day for Melbourne, with 1870 tons of coal; the scow Ururon for Gisborne with 303 tons; the barque Glenmark, for Chanaral, with 2110 tons of Caledonian coal; the…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

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

Golden Horseshee crushed 18,112 tons for 14,257 fine oz, valued at £58,406, during January. The total expenditure was £35,893, and the estimated profit £22,511…

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Income Tax Case. sale of a Mine

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 6

The Full Court was concerned yesterday with an appeal arising out of an income tax case. On December 5 and 6 last the Commissioners…

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The Third Prosecution. the Glebe Colliery Case. the Defendant Acquitted

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

Michael Kelleher, a wheeler employed at th[?] Newcastle Coal Mining Company's "B" pit, was indicted for unlawfully discontinuing work on January 3, 1905, before a…

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A Colliery Dispute. From the South Coast. Alleged Breach of Award

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 4

The matter of the industrial dispute between the Colliery Employees' Association and the Southern Colliery Proprietors' Association was mentioned in the Arbitration…

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Russia's Peril. The Colliery Massacre. Populace Furiously Indignant. London, Monday, 2.55 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 1

Owing to the indignant fury of the people at Sosnowice since the Catherine Colliery massacre largely augmented detachments of Prussian mounted police are patrolling the…

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Mining in New South Wales. Kiandra

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

At the Sonoma Copper Mine, Lobb's Here, work is being actively carried on. High grade ore is being raised, the avernge width being 18in. At Reechmann and Forstron's mine the…

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Newcastle. Proposed Mining Agreement. Approved by the Delegate Board

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 7

A special meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades-hall, Newcastle, yesterday, principally to deal with a communication from the…

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Coal Trouble. Case Against the Wheelers Further Legal Proceedings. [By Telegraph.] NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 6

The case against William Evans, wheeler, engaged at the Co-operative Colliery, Plattsburg, for alleged breach of the Arbitration Act by discontinuing work pending the…

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Newcastle Mining Trouble. Enforcing the Anti-strike Law. the Case of Wheeler Evans

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1905 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The sittings of the Quarter Sessions were resumed this morning, before Judge Fitzhardinge, and the trial of William Evans was continued. Defendant was…

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The Etheridge Gold Field. Queenslander Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 23

The Queenslander Gold Mine is situated about 25 miles south of Georgetown, and about a mile from the Delaney River, on the Etheridge Gold Field, North Queensland. The mine is in a…

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The Coal-mining Dispute. Newcastle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 446

A special meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades Hall to-day for the purpose of considering a communication from the secretary of the Colliery…

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Mine Ventilation

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 23

The relative merit of blowers and exh[?]ust fans for mine ventilation is still a mooted question, some engineers favouring one system and others the other. The blowilng fan sends a greater or…

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Arbitration Court. Colliery Matters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 5

Mr. Piddington, instructed by Messrs. Owen and Son, appeared in the matter of an industrial dispute between the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association, an industrial union…

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Collie Coal V. Newcastle Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 8

Giving evidence before Dr. Jack, who is vested with the powers of a Royal commission to inquire into the Collie coal industry, the Commissioner for Railways said he calculated the…

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Coal Lumping

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 4

Nobody needs to be told that the coal lumper's occupation is not one of those which come under the heading of "light and easy." Everybody who has had the…

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Newcastle. a Colliery Owner's Appeal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 8

At the Newcastle Quarter Sessions yesterday, before Judge Fitzhardinge, Jas. Ralston, owner of the South Greta Colliery at Maitland, appealed against his conviction before Mr. E. A…

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