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Mining & the mines, 1905

4,906 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 246

Mining in New South Wales. the Copper Mining Industry (By Our Special Mlning Reporter.) No. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 4

The Overflow, Yellow Mountains, Melrose, Condobolin, and Dandaloo are far western copper areas, and may be included in the large and important cupriferous belt of sllurian…

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Newcastle Mining Prosecutions. a Jury Disagrees. Another Breakdown

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The Quarter Sessions were re-opened at 9 o'clock this morning. The jury in the case against William Evans, who had been locked up all night, was brought into…

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Our Mining Industries. to the Editor of the Herald

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

Sir,—Your valuable columns have published so much upon the above matter that it appears to me superfluous to crave more of your space to publish my opinion upon the…

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Overworked Coal Lumpers. White Firemen and Bad Liquor. Evidence Before the Navigation Commission

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 10

The Navigation Commission took further evidence yesterday, Mr. Hughes, M.H.R., presiding. H. G. Self, retired engineer, and formerly…

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The Horse with Shoes of Gold. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 10

Sir,—I read with much interest your correspondent's letters in reference to the horse sh[?]d with gold, but as they all appear to have gained their knowledge on the subject…

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The Commonwealth. Navigation Commission. an Irate Witness. More About the Ferries. Coal-lumpers' Conditions

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

The sittings of the Navigation Commission were continued in Sydney at the Commonwealth offices yesterday. Mr. W. M. Hugher, M,P., presided…

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Great Coal Strike. Causes Immense Losses. to All Parties Concerned. London, Tuesday, 2.50 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 1

The great coal strike in Westphalia, Germany, has cost all the parties concerned no less than 90,000,000 marks (about £4,500,000), including 18,000,000 marks (about £900,000) in…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 8

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--The following January crushings were announced to-day:-- Great Boulder Proprietary: 9494 tons, yielding by amalgamation 3702oz., by cyanidation 6803oz.,…

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Our Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 4

Yesterday we published a mass of interesting information bearing on the position and prospects of the mineral industry in this State. It is to be regretted that…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 9

The turnover yesterday on the Sydney Exchange showed a further contraction, and generally a quiet market obtained. Silver scrip as a whole received lets support, British, Proprietary, end Block 10 alone holding their…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 9

Business was not so brisk on the Stock Exchange yesterday, and transactions were very limited in the afternoon. Broken Hill shares were for the most part quiet, and a…

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Fire in a Colliery. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 5

A serious fire broke out in the northern workings of the Heddon Greta colliery. The origin is supposed to have been from spontaneous combustion. All the colliery…

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Colliery on Fire. Sealing Operations Resorted To

Evening News · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 4

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.—Considerable excitement was caused last evening, when it became known that a fir had broken out in Heddon Greta Colliery. Extra men were put on to…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 6

The steamer Glaucus cleared at the Customs to-day for Melbourne with 1770 tons of coal, the American schooner W. H. Talbot, far Koloa, with 1220 tons of Seaham coal; and the steamer Moorabool, for…

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Minister for Mines. Visit to Nowra

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 1

Mr. S. W. Moore, Minister for Mines and Agriculture, left Sydney lost night, accompanied by Mr. W. S. Campbell, Director of Agriculture, for Nowra, with a view to…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 9

The North mill, working 106 hours last week, treated 1410 tons of crude sulphides, which produced 260 tons of concentrates, bulking 70 per cent, lead, 19oz silver, and 7 per cent…

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Fire at Heddon-greta Colliery. Result of Spontaneous Combustion

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.--A fire has broken out in the Heddon Greta colliery. A gang of men have been put on to remove the heated material, but it is impossible to get at the seat…

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Western Australia. Collie Coal Commission. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 5

At Monday's sitting of the Collie Coal Commission, Mr. George, Commissioner of Railways, said the loss to the State railways by the use of Collie coal in preference to…

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Great Coal Strike. Men Resuming Work. LONDON, Wednesday, 2.40 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 1

Out of 250,000 strikers in the, Ruhr district, Prussia, four-fifths have resumed work…

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An Expensive Cruise. Cost of Rozhdestvensky's Mission. Half a Million of Money for Coal

Evening News · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 6

The cost of the voyage of the Baltic Fleet must be a serious item in Russia's none too flourishing finances. The actual value of the units composing it, allowing for the heavy…

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