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Mining & the mines, 1905

4,906 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 246

Country News. South Coast. the Coal Trade. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1905 · page 10

At Mount Kembla this week the pit only lost one day up to yesterday. At Keira the time worked was three days. Corrimal has full time…

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Mining in New South Wales. Gilgunnia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1905 · page 9

Crusning operations were completed [?] last week, and results were most satisfactory. Her Dream Gold Mine: 64 tons of, stone, which yielded 72oz of smelted gold…

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Late Mining. London Share Market. London, March 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1905 · page 8

On the Stock Exchange yesterday prices of Australian mining ventures were:- Associated Gold Mines, £1 17s 6d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 42s 6d…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 9

The turnover yesterday on the Sydney Exchange wag above the recent .average, but it cannot be said that operations were marked by much spirit. The silver section opened somewhat easier and uncertain, but there…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 9

Lachlan Gold Mine (Forbes): Clean-up for four weeks ended February 27: 757 tons crushed for 267oz. by concentration, 46[?]oz. by cyanidation, and 197½oz. by amalgamation; total, 511oz. smelted gold…

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Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 5

CLIFTON, Monday.--Work at the South Clifton colliery for the past few months has been very slack, and how the miners manage to exist under the present conditions is a mystery, their…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 9

There was a considerable improvement in business in the Mining market yesterday. Prices, however, did not fluctuate to any extent. Broken Hill shares remain without…

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Accident at a Mine. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 8

William Tafle, a young man, employed as a surface hand at the Ivanhoe mine, was badly injured on Sunday. He was walking to the top of a cyanide vat when he missed his…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 9

The British mill accomplished heavy service last week, treating 2460 tons of crude sulphides for a yield of 407 tons of first concentrates, and 23 tons of seconds. During…

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

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

The horse was restive, pluuging and rearing as he stepped on the hot stubble. "He will be thrown! Oh, he will be thrown!" cried the girl to herself and the…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 8

The steamer Glaucus cleared at the Customs to-I day for Melbourne with 1770 tons of coal; the steamer Hauroto, for Suva, via Sydney, with 1000 tons of coal; the Norwegian ship Vellore, for Algoa Bay, with…

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Mining in New South Wales. Molong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1905 · page 9

The result of the crushing recently sent to Cockle Creek from the new gold find at Gunner's Dam was particularly satisfactory. One parcel of 16 cwt or stone returned an average…

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Gold Mining in Madagascar

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 23

Discoveries of gold deposits In Madagascar continue to increase, and'the number of claims staked out and licences'issued, augments each quarter-year, says the London "Mining…

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Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

MOLONG, Wednesday.—The Gum Flat alluvial diggings continue to give some good returns to prospectors and others. On some of the claims work has been retarded by the presence…

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Gold Shipments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 7

The gold shipments from Melbourne by the P. and O. Company's Oceana to-day totalled £31,980…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 13

Brilliant Central crushed 1175 tons for 730oz; received account of residues during fortnight, £125; concentrales, £196. Prince of Wales Mine, Reno: 150 tons for 15oz Sdwt…

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Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 13

The gold yield for the month of February was 10,289oz, as compared with 25,934oz for the corresponding month of last year. The yield for the first two months of this year was 51,259oz, or 9833oz less…

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Anerican Coal Trade

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 23

A writer in "Gunton's Magazine" makes the following interesting statements' with regard to the American coal trade:—"The:area of bur coal fields at present open to mining is more than…

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Decreased Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 7

A statement issued by the Mines Department shows that the gold yield for February was £46,706 fine oz, a decrease of 4069 fine oz compared with the same month of last year…

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