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Mining & the mines, 1905

4,906 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 246

Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

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

Block 10, new mill, did improved service last week, running 129 hours and treating 3134 tons crude sulphides for a yield of 500 tons of concentrates. Despatches were 297…

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Smith's Proprietary Tin Mine. Adelaide

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

At the annual meeting of Smith's Proprietary Tin Mine the chairmen stated that the boring had indicated that small bodies lived down at a depth of 200ft or 300ft below the…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 8

Jim was in workman's dress, his shirt sleeves were rolled back from his muscular arms, his face was covered with the red, dust of the works, yet there was something in his…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

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

The steamer Willyama cleared at the Customs to-day for Port Pirie, via Sydney, with 2737 tons ol coal; the 4 masted barque Greneda, for Valparaiso, with 3640 tons of Hebburn coal; the 4-masted barque Kinross-shire, for…

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Western Australia. Ventilation and Sanitation of Mines. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 5

The commission appointed to inquire into the ventilation and sanitation of mines in Western Australia has issued its report. The Commission states that "the evidence…

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Miners on Strike. Non-unionists Succumb to Unionists. Long Journey for Nothing

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 6

ZEEHAN (TAS.), Wednesday.--The Hercules Milling Company brought 56 men from Melbourne to Rosebery to-day to fill the places vacated by the strikers at the mine. The men…

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The Tongarra Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 6

ALBION PARK, Thursday.--Interesting developments are taking place in connection with the Tongarra colliery. With a view to putting the coal, which is of the very best quality, upon…

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A Miners' Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 6

ZEEHAN, Thursday.--Matters in connection with the strike at the Hercules mine are unaltered. The majority of the Victorians who yesterday declined to work, and who joined the…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 9

Marshall's Queen crushed 247 tons for 221 oz. No. 1 South Oriental, 467 tons, yielded 300oz Ogr smelted gold…

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Gold Medal Competition

The Australian Star · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Chapman (Chatswood) defeated Sheather (Ashfield) on the Rockdale green by 31 points to 26 in the competition for the New South Wales Bowling Association's gold…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 9

On the Mining Exchange yesterday business was quiet. Broken Hill shares showed a slightly easier tendency. Junction North were prominent in the day's operations. Business…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 8

The steamer Monowal cleared at the Customs to-day for Wellington, via Sydney, with 1350 tons of coal, 1500 sleepers. 550 felloes, and a quantity of timber: and the American barque Lahaina, for Mazatlan, with…

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The Hercules Mine Strike. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 6

It is understood at Ballarat that additional miners are being engaged there to fill the places of strikers at the Hercules mine, Tasmania…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 3

Mrs. Carson, with her daughter Clara, sat in state at the upper end of the hall, and looked around with a condescending air. There was always at the Neummurra balls…

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Victoria. the Price of Coal. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 7

The selling price of coal in Melbourne has undergone an allround reduction as from March 1. Importers now quote the following prices to the public for deliveries in the city:…

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Late Mining. Charters Towers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 7

Sales: Brilliant Freehold, 1s 2½d; Clark's Worcester, 1s 4d; ditto, paid, 1s 10d; Imperial, 6½d; Kelly's Queen Block, 3s 2d; Marshall's, 1s, 9d; Queen Central, 4s 6d;…

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Mining in New South Wales. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 9

Another rush has set in at Combandry, where there is 2ft 6in of wash, prospect[?] from a grain to ¾dwt a dish, has been struck. This is supposed to be a continuation of the…

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Great Coal Strike. 250,000 Men Out. Dynamite Depot Seized. LONDON, Thursday, 2.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 1

Coalminers to the number of 250,000 have struck in the Dovetz district, in the South of Russia. The strikers have seized a dynamite depot…

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Minina in the North. 12 Miles of Beaches Taken [?] by Victorian Investors. a Strong Combination Formed. (By Our Special Mining Reporter.) Iii

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1905 · page 8

My previous article dealt with the Drake field, an examination of which took several days. From there I made my way by coach to the vast stretches of beach auriferous…

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