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Mining & the mines, 1906

5,722 stories in Sydney's papers · page 76 of 250

Tasmanian Mining. Launceston (Tas.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 10

Heavy rain has again fallen in the tin-mining districts, giving an ample water supply. All the drift faces on Derby mines are producing well. Operations on overburden are…

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A Teacup and Its Gold. the Disappearing Trick

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 6

Mr. John Shearer, licensee of the Evening Star Hotel, corner of Cooper and Elizabeth streets, has reported a robbery to the police. It seems that on the 18th inst. he put the sum…

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French Miners' Strike. a Series of Outrages. Collisions with the Military. London, April 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1906 · page 7

At Lens the men on strike have been wrecking the houses of the overseers and engineers of the mines. The strikers have also been cutting the telegraph wires…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 15
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Almost the whole of the business transacted on the mining market yesterday was in Barrier silver shares, which on the whole showed an improvement. Junction North claimed most attention, and had a good turnover…

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Price of Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 10

The conference of colliery proprietors of the northern district, which began at the office of the Walisend Coal Company on Monday, was concluded yesterday…

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Late Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 10

Mr. R. N. Kirk, Sydney agent of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Ltd., has received the following cable from the London office:— "April 23. Silver, 2s 6[?]d (official quotation);…

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Mining Reports

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 7

The mine manager of the Mount David Gold-mining Co., No Liability, reports for week ending the 21st inst.:--"220ft. level: Main drive extended south from underlie…

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Regulating the Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 8

The Northern colliery proprietors have decided to increase the price of best Newcastle coal to 10s per ton, such increase to take effect from January 1 next. This decision was…

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Audacious Mine Robbery. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 10

An audacious robbery was committed at Victorian Consols mine, Bendigo, on Sunday or Monday morning. Thieves wrenched off a padlock by which the door of the shaft was…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 11

The North mine did but little work last week, owing to the flooding of the Junction mine. The mill ran three shifts, and produced 30 tons of concentrates of average…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 11

An Important development was announced, by the Hainault management to-day. Recently a boreholo was started in a westerly direction from the south end of the 750ft level, and…

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Stanford-merthyr Colliery Disaster. Inquest Further Adjourned. Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 12

The Inquest on the Stanford-Merthyr disastor was resumed before Mr. A. Pryor, coroner, this morning. Sub-inspector Sykes, on behalf of the Crown Law Office, applied for a…

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The Miner. Gold Dredging Near Bathurst

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 35

Our Bathurst correspondent writes:—Dredging operations at Fitzgerald's Valley, some 15 miles irom Bathurst, have during the past 12 months been progressing well, and it is…

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Military. Submarine Miners. Inspection by Major-general Finn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 6

The Inspector-General of the Commonwealth Forces (Major-General Finn) made an inspection yesterday morning of the Submarine Miners' camp at Chowder Bay. The G.O.C…

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Judgment in a Mining Matter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 10

A judgment important to shareholders in mines was delivered by Judge Eagloson to-day. Sometime ago the Quartz Hill Company went into liquidation, and after liabilities…

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Revolutionaries in France. the Miners Strike. London, April 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 9

Among the miners on strike at Lens, France, two arrests have been made for engaging in revolutionary propaganda. Thirty arrests on charges of violence have…

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Mining in the State. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 11

Winter Bros. and Long have cleaned up a crushing from the Golden Lily mine. Windeyer, of 130 tons, for 225oz gold. WEST WYALONG, Tuesday…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 14

The gold yields reported last wools are as follows:—Buckland River S. Extended (130 hours), 12oz; Araluen Valley, 23oz: Jembaicuin bone (136 hours), 15oz; Araluen Central No.1…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 April 1906 · page 35

A parcel of opal obtained at White Cliffs in Mayes and Howson's claim, Turley's Hill weighing 21oz, sold for £340. One stone of 'pure opal, weighing 10oz, brought £100…

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