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Mining & the mines, 1905

4,906 stories in Sydney's papers · page 78 of 246

Molybedinite Mines

The Australian Star · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 7

Mr. Justice A. H. Simpsom (Chief Judge in Equity) had before him again yesterday afternoon an application respecting the Kings-gate Molybedinite mines…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 8

The market continued quiet in tone yesterday on the Sydney Exchange, and only a moderate turnover was recorded. Silver, however, displayed rather more strength, with the exception an caving in Junction. For Block…

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Robbery From a Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 6

A daring robbery of copper plates was committed at the Sedgwick battery, 14 miles from Bendigo, last night. Four plates of the total value of £25 were stolen. Marks of buggy wheels…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 9

A fair number of sales were reported on the Mining market yesterday, but on the whole prices were weaker than they have been for some time. The most notable…

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Mine Tanks Full. Cobar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 8

There was 6ft of water in the new reservoir at 8 o'clock this morning, the water still running in in a good volume. All the mine tanks here are full. The rain came rather…

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Gold Production and Movements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 9

The official returns of the yield of gold in thre of the States and the exports of New Zealand for the first three months of the current year are available. They admit of the…

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The Furnace for Gold. a Tale of a Mining Community. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Xxxv. a Millionaire's Offer

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

"Did Lynne tell you before he lett that Pen had broken off the engagement?" asked Clara Carson of her mother, as they sat togetnor on the shady side of the verandah on Sunday…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 7

The four-masted barque Loudon Hill cleared at the Customs to-day for San Francisco with 3263 tons of Messrs. Brown's coal; the fourmasted barque Garnet Hill, for Salena Cruz,…

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Western Australian Mining. Kalgoorlie, Thuraday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 9

The management ot the Tower Hill leases. Leonora, announces that a trial crushing of 303 tons of stone broken down in the course of development work has been treated for an…

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Australian River GOlD. Pioneer Bucket Dredge

Evening News · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 7

The first bucket dredge to operate in an Australian river for gold was Mr. Chas. L. Garland's No. 1 dredge, which cost £6000. A start was made in the year 1898, and the scene…

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Mining in New South Wales. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 9

Work at Block 6 of the South Blocks is restricted to crosscutting eastward from the 440ft level. So far 11ft have been driven in hard lode, but the payable material on the…

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Chinese Stowaways. on an Australian Liner. Hidden in a Coal Tank

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 6

Seven Chinese were charged at Hongkong on March 10 with stowing away on the China Navigation Company's steamer Chingtu on the occasion of her last voyage from Hongkong to…

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Our Goal Trade. Captured by Japan. Eastern Depots Wanted. Coal–owners Should Co–operate. Instructive Report. From Mr. Suttor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 4

BATHURST, Thursday.—Mr, Carruthers, the State Premier, in the course of a speech hero to–day made some important statements respecting our coal trade. He had, he said…

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Went Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 7

KALGOORLIE, Thursday.—Following are the details of March crushing s:— North White Feather, 1275 tons treated for a total of 1182oz. The mill yielded 1020oz.;…

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A Mine of Oak

The World's News · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 13

A Russian timber dealer has discovered a valuable mine of oak. It is in a river of South Russia, in layers 3ft. or 4ft. deep, scattered over 150 square miles, and its most striking feature…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 13

Business on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday could not be termed brisk, although a moderate amount of business was transacted in silver. Those shares were inclined to be…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 13

The March output of the Golden Arrow at Broad Arrow was 286 tons of stone for 206oz bullion, valued at 66s per oz. The White Feather Main Reefs, Kanowna,…

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Western Coal and Metal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 10

LITHGOW, Friday.--There is no change in the condition of the local coal trade, which remains stagnant. At the ironworks tilings have been moving smoothly in the different…

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The Country. Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 10

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The coal trade of the district still continues dull. The following were the shipments from this port for Sydney. Herga 250 tons, Sphene 400 tons, Palmerston 1000…

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Miners' Delegate Board. the Hebburn Reductions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 12

A meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Fmployees' federation was held at the Trades Hall this afternoon at which the notified reductions at the A. A. Company's Hebburn Colliery were…

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