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Mining & the mines, 1906

5,722 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

Western Australian Mines. Great Fingall Reserves. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 10

A private cable received from London states that an official circular has been published, giving the are reserves of the Great Fingall Consolidated mine as 753,000 tons of ore, of the…

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The Elingamite Wreck. Search for the Gold

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 36

Full details of the last search for the Elingamite's treasure came to hand last week from New Zealand by the Union Company's steamer Manuka…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 53

At the Golden Fleece, Wyalong, stone is coming up freely from the 500ft level, the reef showing a width of 18in. Excellent stone is being raised at the Welcome Stranger from a…

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Mining in the State. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 11

The shaft at the Pride of the Hills mine is being unwatered for inspection by the directors of an English company, who are expected to arrive here shortly. At Mount…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 23

Mining at Solferino has been very brisk lately. A new find has been opened up in the Lower Horseshoe Bend, County Drake, parish Carnham, on portions 86, 27, and 3, private property…

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Heavy Rain at Cobar. Many Months' Supply for the Mines. Cobar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 10

Another storm passed over iust before mid night. It is the only rain which has done any good either to the mines or the country since April last. It seems to have broken…

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Late Cable News. Received This Morning. Gold Leaving Russia. Immense Depletion

Evening News · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday 255 p.m.—Between September and January £34,000,000 iu left Russia. The depletion continues…

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Fires in Mines. Operations at Broken Hill. Trouble at the Proprietary. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 8

The Proprietary fire is causing much more trouble than at first expected. Last night rain clouds hung low, and held the fumes close to ground, with the result that they,…

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Balladoran and Coal-baggie. The Paper-Rabbits and the Supineness of the Government

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 13

Everyone was agreeably surprised at the excellence of the first numbers of "The Farmer and Settler." If you can keep up that standard it must succeed…

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Russia's Gold. Fastly Leaving the Country. London, Tuesday, 2.5 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 1

Four millions sterling of gold left Russia between September, 1905, and January, 1906. The depletion of the precious metal continues…

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Cobar. a Western Mining Town of New South Wales. (See illustrations on this page and pages 30, 31, and 32.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 29

To the average man in the street the town of Cobar is but a name; to others it is a synonym for dust, heat, and all unpleasantness; others, again, have a vague idea that copper is found…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 11

The outstanding feature yesterday of the market on the Sydney Exchange was a sharp set-back in lending hill interests. This was primarily due to the greater difficulty of dealing with the fire in the Proprietary…

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Coal Export Trade

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

The following were to-day's clearances:— The Zamora, s, for Manila, with 6087 tons Brown's; Karorl, S, for Devonport, via Burnie, Strahan, and Kembla, with 280 tons; Maroro,…

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Broken Hill Mine Fires

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

Mr. R.N. Kirk supplies the following copy of an official telegram received from the secretary of the Broken Hill Propietary Company:—"As we find that keeping works clear…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

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

The Oroya-Brown Hill Company lins declared an interim dividend of 4s per share, payable March 24,'to shareholders registered by the books of the company to March 10. This…

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Gold and Silver Exports

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

A Custom's return has been compiled showing the exports of gold and silver from the port of Sydney during February as £269,413 gold coin, £148,501 uncoined gold, and silver…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

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

Both Junction and Junction North are still idle, owing to the fire, and the North mine only resumed work on Monday.. The output from the latter will be reduced until the…

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Russia. Gold Depletion. London, Feb. 27

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

Thirty-four millions sterling in gold left Russia between September, 1905, and January, 1906. The depletion of the country of gold continues…

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Revolutionaries Rob a Bank. Gold Leaving Russia

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon. -- Ten Baltic revolutionaries, after shooting a watchman, robbed the State Bank at Heisingfors of 75,000 roubles. The murderers escaped…

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Mining in the State Tumberumba

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

Prospects on the Upper Murray tin mining field are very favourable, the tin met with being coarse and of good quality. A Sydney company at Jingellic are erecting a large dam…

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