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Mining & the mines, 1905

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Gold by the Oceana

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 5

The R.M.S. Oceana, of the P. and O. line, which sailed at noon to-day for London, took gold valued at £38,085…

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Southern Coal Trade. Wollongong

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 572

For this pay the Mt. Pleasant colliery has 4 3/4 days, Mt. Kembla 8 3/4, Corrimal full time, and Mt. Keira 6 3/4. All shipments of coal from Wollongong were for Sydney. At Port…

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Mine Accident. [By Telegraph.] MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 7

Victor Hall and Samuel Prowse, while working in the New Argus mine, Sailers' Gully, Bendigo, struck a mass of stone, which suddenly fell. Prowse escaped injury…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 13

For the week ended February 25 the South mill produced 599 tons of concentrates from 3707 tons of crudes treated, compared with 588 tons concentrates from 3638 tons crudes…

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Mountain Coal Hewing Rate. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 12

Mr. J. Thirlwell, miners' general secretary, has received the accountants' certificate regarding the selling price of coal for the six months ended December 31, 1904. This…

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The Furnace for Gold. a Tale of a Mining Community. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Ix. an Unfortunate Mishap

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 10

With some reluctance the Vice-Regal party rose from the grass at the manager's suggestion and began the descent towards the lower works. The cuttings, with their vertical…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 8

The steamer Warrego cleared at the Customs to-day [?] Brisbane, via Sydney, with 500 tons of coal; the steamer Taiyuan, for Hongkong, via Sydney, with 25 tons of copper ingots, 12 cases of biscuits, and 100…

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Mining. Notes From the Field

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 572

Baker's Creek G. M. Company has cleaned for a return of 185oz 6dwt of smelted gold from 233 tons of ore. They also crushed 63 2-3 tons for tributors for 138oz 13dwt. Five…

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Arbitration Court. (Before the President, Mr. Justice Cohen; and Messrs. J. Wright and S. Smith, Members.) a Mining Appeal. Banks V. North Bulli Colliery Company

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 10

This was an appeal by the plaintiff against the decision of the Wollongong Petty Sessions Bench in the case of Harrie Stuart Banks v. the North Bulli Colliery Company, Limited…

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General Mining News. New South Walks

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 24

A[?] official from the Mines Department, Sydney, ia at Lightning Ridge, Walgett, examining the opal mines. Local residents are of opinion that the opal output for the past twelve months…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 54

The scheelite mining industry at Hillgrove continues in a flourishing condition. Several of the parties have splendid payable claims. About 100 miners are engaged in the quest for…

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Prospecting for Gold. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 10

Sir,—I am glad to see by the letters appearing in the "Herald" that some degree of interest is now being awakened in this subject, and [?] venture to hope that still…

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Arbitration Court. (Before Mr. Justice Cohen and Messrs. S. Smith and J. P. Wright, members of the Court.) a Colliery Matter. "Last to Come First to Go." Decision of the Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1905 · page 4

His Honor delivered the judgment of the Court in the matter of the appeal by Harrle Stuart Banks, an inspector under the Shop and Factories Act, against the decision of the…

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Mining

Evening News · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 8
Also in The Australian Star, The Daily Telegraph

HILLGROVE, Tuesday.—The Baker's Creek Company's battery crushed 233 tons of ore during the past fortnight for a yield of 185oz 6dwt of smelted gold, and also saved concentrates…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 9

White Star (Mount Useful), February 25: Cleaned [?] 115 tons for 24oz. gold. Mount David: Crushed 618 tons from the mine for 158oz. Open cut 57oz.; cyanide, 1038 tons for 70oz…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 9

The Mining market was dull yesterday, and little for no business was transacted. Broken Hill shares were spiritless, and where operations were recorded prices showed a…

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The Sea Pit Colliery. Notice of Reduction

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 6

When the reduction in the hewing rate and the 10 per cent. reduction in wages paid to the general hands carne into force at the collieries on the Borehole seam at the beginning of the year the Sea Pit was the only…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 6

At the Kalgoorlie, the winze which is being put down on the eastern side of the lode in the north drive, 640ft level, has been sunk 47ft, the last 12ft being in ore, worth 25dwt…

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