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Mining & the mines, 1905

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The Etheridge Gold Field. Havelock Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 36

About three miles from the Queenslander Mine (described in our issue last week) is the Havelock Mine, situated in splendid auriferous country which gives every indication of being…

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Fire in a Colliery

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 510

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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Arbitration Court. a Colliery Matter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 4

In this case, Harrie Stuart Banks, an [?] spector under the Shops and Factories Act, appealed against the decision of the Wollon[?]e Court of Petty Sessions in respect to a…

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Broken-hill Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 11

BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--The South Blocks No. 2 shaft is rapidly reaching the required depth, and by the end of the present week the 450ft. required will have been completed. A chamber wilt then bo cut at the level and the are body. which lies westward, will…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 13

Brilliant Central crushed 1132 tons for 773oz smelted cold. Received account residues during fortnight, £[?]48. Concentrates, £200 sterling. Tasmanian Company's clean-up for four weeks ended…

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Gases in Mines. II

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 35

Atmospheric air, as already stated, contains usually about 0.04 per cent of carbonic acid. This proportion has ne effect upon the respirability of the air, but if the proportion of the gas…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 13

Although there was only a moderate business on the Mining Exchange yesterday, shares presented a higher tone, and there was an all-round improvement, with the exception of…

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Wallarah Colliery Dispute. Complete Stoppage of Work

Evening News · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—A telegram received here this morning from Catherine Hill Bay states that the dispute between the management of the Wallarah Colliery and the…

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Coal Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 509

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 torn of coal and 56 cases of…

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Southern Coal Trade. Wollongong

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 509

At Wollongong this week the coal trade has been rather slack. The coal loaded was all for Sydney. At Port Kembla the following steamers loaded cargoes of coal for Sydney:…

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Gold Dredging in New Zealand

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 35

Another year lins elapsed, and the fleet of Otago dredges has again been successful in scooping up great quantities of the golden motal (remarks the Otago "Dally Times"). The year,…

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The Furnace for Gold. a Tale of a Mining Community. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter III.—Continued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 10

Lucy was a romantic, affectionate woman, and she idealised her busy, scheming, hottempered husband until the day of her death. The names of the children-Llewellyn,…

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Explosion in a Mine. Over 100 Lives Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--An explosion of gas has occurred in the Alabama Steel and Wire Company's coal mines in Virginia (U.S.A.)…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 13

The steamer Victoria cleared at the Customs to-day for Auckland, via Sydneys with 980 tons of coal; the barque Winford, for Tocopilla, with 3200 tons of Messrs. Brown's coal; the steamer Whangape for…

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Mining. Notes From the Field

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 509

The fortnightly gold escort from Hillgrove to 430oz, consigned to the City Bank of Sydney. Our Molong correspondent states that…

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Mining. in the Drake District

Evening News · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 8

Many of the mines on this field which have hitherto been large producers of mineral are practically worked to an end, as far as individual miners are concerned, unless capital can…

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A Mining Dispute. An Arbitration Appeal

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 7

The Arbitration Court was yesterday occupied in hearing an appeal from a decision of the Wollongong Court of Petty Sessions of January 9 last…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 54

A parcel of stone from a claim at Gunner's Dam, Yeoval, treated at Cockle Creek, is reported to have averaged 16oz 17dwt of gold per ton. The shaft is down about 50ft, with a well…

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N.S.W. Mining Keturns for 1904

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 54

The N.S.W. Under-Secretary for Mines supplies advance particulars relative to the progress made by the mineral industry during the year 1904. The aggregate value of the…

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American Mining Disaster. 107 Deaths. London, Feb. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1905 · page 7

Au explosion of gas occurred in the Virginia mines, of the Alabama Steel and Wire Company, yesterday. One hundred and seven men are reported to have…

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