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Mining & the mines, 1905

4,906 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 246

Mining

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 5

The manager of the Mount David Gold-mining Company, N.L., in his report for week ending the 11th inst., says: -- 100ft. level: South-east drive from No. 2…

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The Barrier Mines

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

In silver and lead Australia has now risen to fourth place in the world's producers. Out of 246,508 tons of lead imported into England during last year Australia contributed 73,817 tons. In 1903 its position…

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West Australian Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 11

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--The Woodlin alluvial rush, near Bulong, has petered out, but the prospectors have taken up several leases with a view to ascertaining the qualities of the reef in the neighborhood. The outcrops…

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Yields. Gold

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

South Glanmire and Monkland obtained 268oz amalgam for the week, also 4 boxes specimens. Baker's Creek crushed 385 tons ore for 275oz 15dwt smelted gold, also 7 tons concentrates, estimated to…

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Gases in Mines. I.

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

Mr. W. Poole, B.E., dlrec'or of the Charters Towers School of Mines, recently delivered a lecture on the above subject at Charters Towers, Queens'and. We take the following…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 13

There was a moderate turnover on the Stock Exchange yesterday, the market being steady. Broken Hill mines showed very little variation, but a firmer tone was noticeable to the…

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Gold-dredging Returns

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

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

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Coal Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 445

The strainer Queen Adelaide cleared at the Customs to-day for Manila with 3611 tons of Wallsend coal 11,400 sleepers; the steamer Perth, for Fremantle, via Sydney and ports, with 3700 tons of coal and 31 cases…

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Coal and Shale Industry

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 445

From a return prepared by the Chief inspector of Coal Mines, the quantity of coal for of Coal Mines, that the quantity of coal hewn in 1904 was 6,019,809 tons, or 335,037…

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The Coal-lumper's Lot

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 6

According to the evidence given by the secretary before the Navigation Commission yesterday, the Coal-lumpers' Union is burdened with too many members for the whole of them to…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 13

The January output of the Great Boulder Proprietary was 9494 tons tor 11,271oz, valued at £41,167. Hannan's Star crushed 1514 short tons for…

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The Mining Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 6

The arid West is a problem it will probably take a good while to solve, and we shall be little likely to reach a successful issue if we follow the bad old advice of…

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Southern Coal Trade. Bulli

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 445

The lodge secretary of the Coledale mine has received a communication, from the manager offering 1s 3d per ton for the getting and filling of coal in a portion of the mine…

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Dutch Neutrality. German Coal Intercepted

Evening News · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday, 2.50 p.m.—The authorities of the Dutch East Indies, in the exercise of neutrality, detained two Ham-burg-American line colliers. The coal was…

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New Gold Field in Queensland

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 53

Mention was made in a recent issue of the "Journal" of the exodus of miners from Charters Towers to a new mining field called Lucky Creek, about 150 miles distant from the Towers,…

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Current News. Gold at Hawkesbury

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 2

Mr. John Green, of Lower Portland, brought some specimens of gold quartz and a small nugget to Windsor, and created a mild sensation when he said that it…

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Operations of the Past Year. Increased Output of Gold, Silver, and Tin. Decreased Yields of Copper, Coal, Coke, and Shale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 13

The Under-Secretary for Mines supplies advance particulars relative to the progress made by the mineral industry during the year 1904. Mr. Pittman states that the aggregate value of the production of…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 8

The ship Brodick Castle cleared at the Customs to-day for San Francisco with 2600 tons of Messrs. Brown's coal, and the steamer Oonah, for Hobart, via Sydney, with 875 tons of coal and 50 cases of…

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Mining. Notes From the Field

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 445

The Crown Creek Company have smelted 159 tons of ore, producing 33 tons matte, and roasted 31 tons matte for 14 tons rough copper, Refilling No. 5: Treated 98 tons rough…

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Broken Hill Mines. Junction North Magnetic Plant. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 13

Arrangements between Block 14 board and Mr. J. R. Godfrey, local mine inspector, are practically complete, and it is understood that Mr. Godfrey will take over the general…

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