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Mining & the mines, 1906

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Mining in the State. Towamba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 11

The stone raised in the Yambulla mine during last year amounted to 1311 tons, and with the exception of a few tons sont to Cockle Creek it was all treated locally, producing…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 54

Broken Hill North Mill returns were 2060 tons crudes, assaying 17.7 per cent, lead, 6.1oz silver, and 13.4 per cent, zinc, for 375 tons concentrates, worth 69 per cent, lead, 18oz silver, and…

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Mining

Evening News · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 7

BATHURST, Thursday.—Reports from Rockley state that a reef, carrying coarse gold, has been struck at a depth of 24ft by Barrass and party, at Davis' Creek, near Lagoon, some 14…

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Newcastle. Short of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 6

The steamer Henley arrived off port yesterday from Puget Sound, with a cargo of timber for Fort Pirie, couth Australia. The vessel had a big list to starboard, the result of empty bunkers and the shifting of deck…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 9

At the North mine sinking the new main shaft has been resumed. The stopes as a whole are looking well, with ore in abundance. No. 2 bore at the 800ft level has been…

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The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean

The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 30

There lived an old woman in n little town, who one day gathered some beans for her dinner. She had a good fire; but to make it burn better she…

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Late Mining. Western Australian Fields. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 8

Sons of Gwalia South Company has declared a call of 1s 6d per share, payable February 15. At the Warden's Court yesterday an opplication of the Boulder Main Reef…

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Machine-hewn Coal Rates. Dissatisfaction at Pelaw-main. Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 7

The coal-cutting machine men and their assistants, numbering 50, have lodged 14 days' notice of their intention to leave work at Pelaw-Main colliery, because the conditions,…

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Put in at Sydney. a Big List and Short of Coal. the Newcastle Bar Again

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 4

Unable to enter Newcastle late yesterday because of her deep draught the steamship Henley put into Sydney Heads early this morning and anchored in Rose Bay. She is…

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Law Report. Wednesday, January 3[?] in Equity. (Before Mr. Justice Simpson.) Ownership of a Mine. an Injunction Matter. Read and others v Gardner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 4

Mr. Loxton, instructed by Messrs. Gould and Shaw, appeared for plaintiffs; Mr. Gordon, K.C., Mr. Adrlan Knox, and Mr. Street, instructed by Messrs. Westgarth, Nathan, and…

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New Guinea Goldfields. Mr. E. A. Duncan Interviewed. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1906 · page 7

Mr. E. A. Duncan, interviewed at Townsville, said he had been mining on the Aicora River, in the northern territory of New Guinea, but owing to wet weather mining…

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Mining

Evening News · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

CARGO, Friday.—Bushell and Wilson have secured six teams to cart surface ore for treatment to Mandurama from the Proprietary Mine. This party has also secured the large dam…

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The Pelaw-main Colliery. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 6

A meeting of the committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held to-day at the Trades Hall. The committee considered the notion of a number of…

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The Country. Miners Suffer From a Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 6

MANDURAMA, Thursday.--The flood in the Belabula River caused by the recent heavy rain was the highest known for many years. Many men who were fossicking along the river have…

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Vagrant Mines. Troopship Sinking. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 5

The steamer Silvia, 6506 tons, of the Hamburg-American line, when leaving Vladivostock with many troops, struck a mine, and returned to port in a sinking…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 9

An official estimate for the reserves blocked out in the workings of the Great Boulder Perseverance mine shows that on December 31st last there were 336,373 tons…

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Mines Off Vladivostock. Escape of a Troopship

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The Hamburg American liner Silva struck a mine when leaving Vladivostok recently, with many troops on board, and was obliged to return to port…

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Mining in the State. Cargo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 9

Bushell and Wilson have six teams taking ore from the Proprietary mine to Mandurama for treatment. They have taken a dam known as the Golden Clad, which holds a…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 17

Apart from & fair business in Broken-hill interests yesterday, the market on the Sydney Exchange was completely stagnant. In most of the leading Barrier stocks. Block 10 and Sulphide Corporation excepted,…

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