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Mining & the mines, 1905

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 7

The coal shipped beyond the State during the week ended yesterday amounted to 46,328 tons, of which 19,474 tons were sent to interstate and New Zealand ports, and 26,854 tons to foreign ports, the…

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Disaster at a Mine. Two Men Killed. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 8

A fatal accident occurred at the No. 2 South Great Eastern Mine, Gymplo, on Friday morning. William Buckingham, a married man with one child, and Charles Jones, a widower…

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Tea Table Problems. 174.—The Price of Coal

Evening News · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 7

If the cost of coal rises 50 per cent., by how much must I reduce my consumption so as to spend no more than before? The answer to Saturday's problem, "The man…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

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

Block 14: Zinc plant is working 2 pans full time. Last week accomplished excellent service, treating 1349 tons of buddle tailings, worth 15 per cent, zinc, 5½ per cent. lead,…

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Gold-dredging in Victoria. Experiments in River Flats

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 7

Mr. J. c. Watson, leader of the Opposition in the Federal Parliament, is back in Sydney from a holiday spent at Bright, a Victorian mining and agricultural district, mountainous and cool…

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Country News. South Coast. the Coal Trade. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 8

Mt. Keira pay this week is for four days. This week the pit was working 21 days. Mt. Kembla has 5¼ days. The shipments at Port Kembla this week…

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Mining in New South Wales. Carcoar

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

It is reported that the copper mine at Flyer's Creek, near Carcoar, has been floated into an English company, and that Captain Cock, late manager of the Blayney copper…

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The Premier on Tour. Visit to Gulgong. Across Rich River Flats. Land Locked Up in Mining Reserves. Need for a Railway. (From Our Special Reporter.) Gulgong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1905 · page 7

If anything could have impressed the Premier and his party with the necessity for extending the railway from Mudgee to Gulgong, a distance of 18 miles, it was the picture of…

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Newcastle. Work at the Mines. Duckenfield Colliery Re-opened

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 6

The Wallsend, Back Creek, Hebburn, and Heddon Greta collieries were worked full time for the fortnight ended on Saturday, and Pelaw Main, Abermain, and the Sea pit lost only…

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Miners' Earnings

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 6

At the last meeting of the Wallsend Miners' Lodge, the average taken reported that the average earnings for the last two pays were as follow:--Fifth pay of the quarter, gross 8s 7¾d…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 9

A comparatively quiet market obtained yesterday on the Sydney Exchange. The [?] that the Melbourne Exchange was closed, and telegraphic communication was irregular, tended to restrict operations. The silver…

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West Australian Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 9

KALGOORLIE. Monday.--During March the Oreya-Brown-hill treated 8279 tons ore for [?]2,788oz. fine gold, worth [?] Costs per ton were: Mining 87, treatment 17[?], realisation of bullion 10, general expenses…

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Dredging Returns. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 9

Araluen Central No. 1.—132 hours for 47oz. 5 dwt. Araluen Central No. 2.—114 hours for 70oz. Associated No. 1.—122 hours for 53oz. Associated No. 2.—131 hours for 84oz…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 9

On the mining market yesterday business was quiet, and almost featureless, Copper stocks were inclined to be dull, both Queen Bee and Girilambone receding in value. In…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 9

The March output from Oroya-Brown [?] mine was 8279 tons, yielding 12,768oz fine gold, valued at £54,138. The working costs averaged 27s 10d per ton. The total…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 8

Dan controlled his agitation by an effort, land as the story went on his eyes began to lose their haunted look, and were bent in steady attention on the earnest face of the…

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Late Mining. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 6

To-day's Exchange sales and quotations were:—Associated Gold Mines (col.), b 37s 6d, s 37s 9d; Northern (col.), 23s, b 22s 9d, s 23s; Cumberland, 8s 10d, 9s, b 8s 11d, s 9s;…

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The Hebburn Miners. Refuse to Accept Reductions

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 6

KURRI KURRI, Monday.--At a meeting of the Hebburn miners hold at Hebburn yesterday, the minute passed by the delegate board that the proposed compromise as to the reductions be…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1905 · page 6

The steamer Colac cleared at the Customs to-day for Melbourne with 1700 tons of coal; the steamer Wonga Fell for Sydney for orders with 750 tons of bunker coal; the steamer Wakatipu for Launceston,…

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Colliery Managers' Examin­ation

Evening News · Wednesday 12 April 1905 · page 4

At the Technical College, Ultimo, an examination of candidates for positions as colliery managers and under-managers was begun to-day. The examiners are Messrs. Humble,…

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