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Mining & the mines, 1905

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The Furnance for Gold. a Tale of a Mining Community. [All Rights RESERVED.l Chapter Xxix. Love Conquers Fear

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 3

"The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the Lord treith the hearts."—Proverbs XVII., 3. Anne did not tell the girls with how much difficulty she had coaxed Jim to accept the…

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Royalty on Coal. Verdict Against the Railway Commissioners

Evening News · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 6

The action of the Perpetual Trustee Company against the Railway Commissioners was concluded to-day, before Mr. Justice Owen, sitting without a jury. The company sued to recover…

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Mining in N.S.W. HILLGROVE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 9

The fortnightly gold escort took away 577oz to-day, consigned to the City Bank of, Sydney. KIANDRA, Thursday…

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A Big Claim. Royalty on Coal. a Verdict for £14,368

The Australian Star · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 5

The action of the Perpetual Trustee Co. against the Railway Commissioners was again before Mr. Justice Owen, sitting without a jury, in No. 1 Jury Court this morning…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 12

Phoenix Golden Pile treated 23 tons 17cwt for a yield of 9oz 14dwt 6gr smelted gold. Phoenix Eastern Tribute treated 10[?] tons for 56oz 15dwt 18gr smelted gold…

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Housekeeper. Economising Coal

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 10

HINTS on how to economise coal are generally more or less acceptable in the middle-class home, and I gladly pass on a hint given to me a few days ago by one…

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Kiandra Gold Find

Evening News · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 5

KIANDRA, Saturday.—Following on M'Millan's Reef development further pegging out has taken place. No. 1 north, with 10 acres, and No. 2. with 5 acres, are on a half-inch reef at…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 12

Although a fair number of sales at firm prices took place on the Mining market yesterday, they comprised only comparatively small parcels, so that business…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 11

The steamer Manapouri cleared at the Customs to-day for Suva, via Sydney, with 560 tons of bunker coal; the barque Landskrona for Honolulu, with 1880 tons of Messrs…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 10

KURRI KURRI, Friday.--Thomas Tato, a miner, was killed by a fall of coal at the Stanford-Morthyr mine this morning. His mate, George Franklyn, was seriously injured, and is…

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Late Mining. Gympie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 11

To-day's Exchange sales were:—No. 1 North Columbia Smithfield (new), 11d; No. 1 South Great Eastern, 1s 1d, 1s O[?]d, 1s, 11[?]d, 11d, 11½d, 1s, 1s 1d; No. 1 North Home Rule, contg., 9d,…

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The Furnace for Gold. a Tale of a Mining Community. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Xxx. a Midnight Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 4

Mrs. Carson was graciously pleased with Daphne, whose quiet gentleness was in such marked contrast to Pen's irrepressible [?]ivacity…

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Gold Which Tourists Leave in Italy

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 8

How does Italy, a country without gold mines, find the gold to pay the ten millions a year due to foreign holders of her bonds, not to speak of the heavy…

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Mining Fatality. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 11

Thomas Tate and George Frankland, employees at the Stanford Merthyr colliery, were filling coal at the face in the bord this morning when a mass of coal came away from…

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London Mining Market. London, March 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 12

Chillagoes are quoted at 10½d, and Mount Lyell at 17s 6d. The following were amongst the quotations for Australian mining shares in the London…

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Robbery of Bullion. Gold From India Arrives As Lead

Evening News · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 9

The facts have just come to light respecting an extraordinary theft of bullion worth £3200 while on its way from the Kolar gold fields, India, to a buyer in London…

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Robbery at a Mine. Employees Bound and Gagged. Smart Work by Black Trackers. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 11

The most daring robbery that has been committed for some time past was carried out at an early hour this morning at the Devon Consols mine, situated at the north…

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Robbery Under Arms. at a West Australian Mine. Twelve Battery Plates Removed. Two Arrests Made

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 10

KALGOORLIE, Friday.--A sensational robbery was perpetrated on the Devon Consols mine, half a mile north of Kalgoorlie, about a o'clock this morning. The only persons on the…

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NO. 1 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Owen without a jury.) Action for Royalty on Coal. £27,679 Claimed. Verdict for £14,368 7s 5d. The Perpetual Trustee Company, Limited, v Railway Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 7

Mr. Want, K.C., Mr. Knox, and Mr. Ferguson, instructed by Mr. F. A. Davenport, appeared for the plaintiff company; and Mr. Pilcher. K.C., Mr. C. B. Stephen, and Mr…

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Mining News

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 April 1905 · page 3

[Letters marked "Mining" must reach us not later than WEDNESDAY. No notice is taken of anonymous correspondence. The coupon printed In the "Free Information" column must be…

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