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Mining & the mines, 1906

5,722 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 250

Broken Hill, Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 9

Last week the Junction mill treated 665 tons of mixed crudes and tailings, assaying 12.1 per cent, lead, 9.2oz silver, 12.2 por cent, zinc, for 71 tons concentrates, bulking 59.3 per…

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Dissatisfied Wheelers. Trouble at Hebburn Colliery. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 7

The wheelers employed at the A.A. Company's Hebburn colliery have been dissatisfied with the tonnage rate under the arbitration award for some time, and a crisis was…

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Western Australian Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 9

During January 13,999 short tons ore were treated at the Great Boulder Perseverance for 8361oz of fine gold, valued at £35,638. Mining and milling costs averaged 21s 8d per…

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Another Mining Trouble. Wheelers Want More Pay

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 5

WESTON, Wednesday.--The wheelers at the No. 1 Tunnel. Hebburn, refused to go down the mine this afternoon unless they were given an increase in pay…

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Broken Hill's Big Mine. the Proprietary Company. Splendid Half-year's Record

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 6

The Broken-hill Proprietory Company, the premier mining corporation of Australasia, has issued a very favorable report and balance-sheet for the half-year ended November 30 last…

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EQUITY. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson.) a Mining Matter. Beil V. SACHS

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 8

This was a suit by August Bell, against Valentine Sachs, Munro, and others, to have it declared that he is co-owner with the defendant, Sachs, in the Kingsgate Molybdenite…

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In Equity. (Before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, Chief Judge in Equity.) a Mining Dispute. Bell v Sachs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 4

Mr. Wade, K.C., A.G., and Mr. Street, instructed by Mr. J. W. Maund, appeared for the plaintiff, August Bell; and Mr. Gordon, K.C., Mr. Knox, K.C., and Mr. R. H. L. Innes,…

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Redhead Coal-mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 9

The thirty-first annual meeting of the Redhead Coal-mining Company, Limited, was held yesterday, Mr. J. A. Brown presiding. The report and balance-sheet were…

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Mining

Evening News · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 2
Also in The Daily Telegraph

WYALONG, Friday.—The reduction works are keeping fully supplied with material, and a satisfactory output of gold for the year is already assured. At the Barrier, developments…

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Colliery Troubles. the Pelaw-main Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 6

KURRI KURRI, Thursday.--With a view to making an endeavor to settle tho difficulty existing at the Pelaw-Main colliery with the machine men, Messrs Lewis and Curley,…

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Mining Speculator's Death

Evening News · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 8

In connection with the sudden death of a mining speculator named Edmund Edyvean, reported from Lyndhurst, near Carcoar, a few weeks ago, Dr. Hawthorne, who held a…

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Western Australian Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 5

The Croesus South mine milled 154 tons for 49 fine ounces of gold; cyanided 788 tons for 82 fine ounces of gold; crushed for the public 623 tons for 259oz…

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Tin-mining in the North

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 4

A visit has just been paid by the Under- Secretary for Minos. Mr. Pittman to Tingha the Inverell district. He had not been there for six years, and the first thing that struck…

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Maitland Colliery Troubles. Strike at Pelaw-main. the Hebburn Wheelers. Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 5

The manager of the Pelaw-Main colliery contends that the action of the employees in altering the system of two skips in the working place to one skip has entailed additional…

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Fire in a Broken Hill Mine Extent of Outbreak Unknown

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Thursday.--Sensational rumors were afloat in the city early this afternoon, concerning a fire alleged to have broken out in the Junction mine. Considerable…

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Broken Hill South Mining Company. Half-yearly Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 9

The half-yearly report of the Broken Hill South Mining Company, to be submitted to the shareholders at a meeting in Mulbourne to-day, shows that the company's position…

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Mine on Fire. the Outbreak at Broken Hill. Men Prostrated by Fumes

Evening News · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 5

BROKEN HILL, Friday.—In connection with the fire in the Junction Mine, which broke out on Thursday afternoon, the smoke and fumes make it impossible for anyone to descend the…

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Fire in a Mine. Broken Hill Junction. Fighting the Outbreak. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 5

Broken Hill's third mine fire occurred today. Fortunately there is little prospect of it having the dire consequences of Block 11 and Block 12 outbreaks, but the results…

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Mining in the State. Scarcity of Water. Condobolin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 9

Mining at Platina and Fifield is practically at a standstill on the tinfields. Good stone was being obtained, but owing to the scarcity of water the industries are paralysed…

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