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Mining & the mines, 1906

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Dredging Returns. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 9

Associated No. 1, 39oz for 125 hours. Associated No. 2, 67oz for 129 hours. Araluen Valley, 35oz for week. Elrington, 20oz for fortnight…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 9

Excellent work has been done by the South Kalgurli mill since it was brought into operation at the latter end of last year, and a profit of nearly £5000 a month is now being…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 9

The Block 10 despatches last week totalled 415 tons, leaving 430 tons on hand. The Proprietary Company despatched last week 51 tons of oxidised ores and 4176 tons of…

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Colliery Disaster. Over Eleven Hundred Dead. the Work of Rescue. Many Survivors Badly Burnt. Awful Scenes in the Mine. Belief Funds Being Started

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The latest particulars respecting the mining disaster at Courrieres, France, show that 591 of the eutombed miners were resumed and 1219…

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Broken Hill Mine Fires. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 5

The Proprietary Mine fire at the 400ft level, which looked so well yesterday afternoon, spread during the night, and made itself manifest early this morning at M'Bryde shaft,…

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Tasmanian Mining. Launceston (Tas.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 9

The general manager of the Pioneer mine reports that the total output for February was 105[?] tons, including Briseis proportion of the New Brothers' Home No. 1 Company's…

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New Zealand. Gold Dredging Returns. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 5

Thirty-five Otago dredges averaged 27oz of gold for the week…

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Mining in the State. Deepwater

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 9

Another attempt is being made to form a company to explore the deep lend tin country. The minerals trucked last month were:—[?] 50 tons, wolfram 5 tons…

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The Country. an Opal Mining Partnership

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 6

WHITE CLIFFS. Monday.--William. Charles Wentworth, a man 84 years of ago. was charged at the police court with defrauding his mate, Henry Lambert, out of his share of a parcel…

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The Mining Disaster. Terrible Scenes. Blackened and Charred Corpses. London, Monday, 2.50 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 1

Latest particulars from Courrieres, the scene of the appalling mining disaster in France, are to the effect that a great number of the corpses of the minors present a…

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Mining Disaster. Agonising Scenes. Widows and Orphans Maddened. Troops Maintain Order. Deeds of Heroism. London, March 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 5

The latest roll of the mine at courrieres, France, where an explosion took place on Saturday morning at a depth of 700ft, shows that 591 of the miners were rescued,…

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The State Coal Mine. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 10

A public meeting held at Westport passed a resolution urging on the Government the necessity for expeditiously working Soddonville coalmine. It is stated the Government has…

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The Mining Disaster. Westphalian Miners Recovering the Bodies

Evening News · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday, 3.10 p.m.—A number of Westphalian miners, using the special respiratory apparatus in use in Westphalia, have recovered one hundred dead from the…

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Colliery Employees' Federation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 12

A meeting of the committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades Hall this afternoon. A resolution was passed, "That a conference be…

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Newcastle. Work at the Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 10

Operations at the Newcastle and district collieries during the past fortnight have been active, orders in hand being sufficient to keep the mines working up to full average time. The days worked by the different…

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The Colliery Disaster. Terrible Scenes in the Mines. As on a Battlefield. Seventeen Rescuers Perish

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 9

LONDON. Monday Afternoon.--A great number of the corpses recovered at the Courrieres mining disaster were headless. Blackened, incinerated bodies are lying in heaps,…

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Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 7
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WYALONG. Wednesday.—Operations are being actively carried on at the various lines of reef. At the True Blue the reef has been broken through to the Brilliant at the 800ft. The total…

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Japanese Coal Production

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 11

Coal in Japan steadily rose in 1905, and the matter has been a source of anxiety to manufacturers and shippers. It is denied that the higher price has been caused by a diminution…

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Tasmania. Sandfly Colliery Company. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 10

At the half-yearly meeting of the Sandfly Colliory Company, held to-day, the report showed that all the unallotted shares in the company had been taken up, including a large…

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