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Mining & the mines, 1906

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Sanitation in Coal Mines. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 6

Sir,--In these days of hygiene and public health crusades, It does seem more than strange that the sanitary condition of our coal mines should not receive serious consideration at the…

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Australasian Gold Production

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 4

As is not infrequently the case during years of great agricultural and pastoral production, the Australasian gold yield in 1905 showed some falling off as compared…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 9

A moderate amount of business was recorded on the Sydney Exchange yesterday, but on the whole prices showed little fluctuation. The silver-lead section, however, was slightly…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 9

The preliminary sampling of the workings at the Golden Ridge has given better results than the directors anticipated, and it has been decided to resume crushing with 10-head…

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A Mining Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 5

The Consolidated Goldfields Company bas closed the Golden Fleece mine, and refuses to reopen under the eight-hours' bank to bank clause. The union declares that the men have…

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Newcastle. Coal Export Tradi Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 5

The following were to-day's clearances:— The Kooringa, s, for Fremantle, with 5000 tons; Crown of Castile, s, for Hongkong, with 6810 tons, Eva, a, for United Kingdom,…

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Country News. South Coast. Miners' Earnings. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 6

Following is an abstract of the average earnings of miners at the collieries named from September 3, 1904, to September 16, 1905, inclusive—54 weeks:—Bulli, average time…

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Tasmanian Mining. Zeehan (Tas.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 9

Mr. Paul Northey yesterday visited M'Iv[?] and Healey's tin show at Mount Agnew. He considers it a good surface show, and took samples, which will probably decide the…

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Mining in the State. Cargo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 9

A fresh lease of eight acres has been taken out on Gum Flat by J. Hennessy and party. At the fortnightly clean-up of Messrs. Payne and party's cyanide works 27oz of gold was…

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Sanitation in Coal Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 8

Referring to the letter which appeared in "The Daily Telegraph" relative to the lack of sanitation in coal mines, the President of the Board of Health said yesterday that there was…

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Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 2

CARGO, Wednesday.—Messrs. Payne and party cleaned up during the week, obtaining; 27oz of gold from 115 tons of sand. This is considered a [?] result, as the sand is being treated…

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The Coal Trade

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 145

The employees of Abermain Colliery are working well under the new agreement, and hopes are entertained that no hitch will arise to destroy the good feeling now existing between the management and…

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Strike at the Pelaw-Main Colliery

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 17

A good deal of excitement was occasioned at Kurri Kurri (N.S.W.), on Friday, when the news got abroad that the employees at the Pelaw Main Coal Mine were out on strike. The…

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Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 10

The following were to-day's clearances:— The Titania, s, for Manila, with 5101 tons Seaham; Woollahra, bq, for Lyttelton, with 1426 tons Abermain; Age, s, for Port Pirie,…

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Colliery Troubles. the Pelaw-main Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 13

KURRI KURRI, Tuesday--The labor conditions at Pelaw-Main are in a by no means satisfactory condition. The Miners' Federation have a rule that any miner found with his…

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Victorian Gold Yield

Evening News · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 7

Although the yield of gold in Victoria for 1905 was not so high as in 1904, it was above the average of the previous ten years, and very much higher than the average of the previous twenty…

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Dredging Returns. Gold

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 145

Extraordinary proceedings were witnessed at a wedding at a church at Warren on Thursday night. Men walked over the seats, and hymn-books were torn up and thrown…

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Trouble at a Colliery. Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 10

The trouble at the Pelaw Main Colliery with the wheelers and clippers-on has been settled, and the men returned to work yesterday…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 11

The South Mine last week treated 3631 tons of crudes, bulking 17.4 per cent. lead, 5.3oz silver, and 11.7 per cent. zinc, for 728 tons concentrates, assaying 67.5 per cent. lead,…

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Wolgan—Glen Alice Shale Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 23

Our Lithgow correspondent writes:—Mr, J. H. Cardew, C.E., has just completed a preliminary survey of the proposed tramline between Clarence…

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