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Mining & the mines, 1905

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 4

The tears rose to Pen's eyes. Buxton did hot speak for a moment. While Pen's sweet glance was bent on his, he could not say that this lost love of his dead past had…

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Gold From Tarcoola. Adelaide

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

A consignment of gold has arrived from Tarcoola. The bulk of the parcel is 4276oz 19dwt 2grs, valued at £13,848 7s. It is from the Tarcoola Blocks mine, which has turned…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

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

The steamer Conoowarra cleared at the Customs today for Brisbane, via Sydney, with 100 tons of coal, 74 cases biscuits, and 30 cases of oil; the barquentine Volador, for Wellington, with 307 girders, 115…

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Newcastle. the Hebburn Mining Difficulty

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 10

A special meeting of the Delegate Board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held yesterday, and one of the most imporant matters discussed was the position of affairs at the Hebburn Collirery, in the South…

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British Coal Supply. Ought It to Be Restricted?

Evening News · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 9

The final report of the Royal Commission on British Coal Supplies, which has just been issued, gives little support to alarmist theories as to the available resources of English coal…

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Mining in New South Wales. Glen Innes

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

At the Gulf mining field matters are brisk. Several new finds of wolfram and tin have lately been made and high prices for these minerals is stimulating the industry. The…

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Mr. Suttor and the Eastern, Coal Trade. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 9

Sir,—In the Premier's optimistic speech at Bathurst he is reported to have said that "Mr. Suttor also shows the great opening there is for New South Wales to supply coal…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 10

KALGOORLIE, Friday.--The Princess Royal for March crushed 1723 tons for 945oz.; concentrates, five tons for 13oz.; sands, 1302'tons for 152oz.; slimes, 1080 tons for 165oz.; total, 1276oz…

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Gloomy Coal Outlook

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 April 1905 · page 4

Japan is capturing the Australian coal trade. So far it has only bitten into our exports, but the day is not bo very far distant when the Japanese…

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Mining Disaster

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 April 1905 · page 8

As a result of ah explosionin Mr. Joseph Leiler's mine, at Ziegler, Illinois, U.S.A., several non-Unionist workers were entombed and 34 lives lost. The explosion is believed to have been wilfully…

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Mining News

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 April 1905 · page 3

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

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Deep Mining at Bendigo. Gold at 4156 Feet. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 9

A report has been furnished to the Mines Department by Mr. E. J. Dunn, Geological Director of the department, with reference to the prospects of a reef at a depth of 4156ft in…

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Mining

Evening News · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 3

WTALONG, Monday.—All the redaction works have enough orders in hand to keep them going for some time, and the water supply was never better. For the past month the escort…

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Export of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 6

Last week's export of coal from Newcastle to places beyond the State was 46,328 tons, and steamers took in addition 7010 tons for their own use. To Victoria 10,160 tons were sent,…

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Queensland Gold Returns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 9

We have received from the Mines Department of Queensland a comparative statement showing the yields of the principal goldfields of Queensland for the months of March, 1904,…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 8

On the Stock Exchange on Saturday Associated shares closed at £1 17s 6d; Broken Hill, at 42s Cd; Chillagoe, at 10½d; Great Boulder, at 21s 9d; Ivanhoe, at £8 5s; Lake View Consols, at 15s…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 9

Another quiet day was noted on the Mining Market on Saturday. The only shares which showed a marked tendency to fluctuate were Broken Hill Junction North, which rose…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 9

The March output for the Sons of Gwalia, Leonora, was 9842 tons for 5308 fine oz of gold valued at £22,503. The Waihi, Davyhurst: 1103 tons tor 554oz…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 3

"Don't say anything about my engagement to Anne," said Pen, a few minutes later, as Daphne rose to return. "She dislikes me more than ever. I can feel it. That is why I…

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Interstate Mining. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 9

Saturday's Exchange sales and quotations were:—Associated Gold Mines (colonial), 37s 10½d, b 37s 9d, s 38s; Associated Northern (colonial) b 22s…

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