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Mining & the mines, 1906

5,722 stories in Sydney's papers · page 78 of 250

Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 9

The British Mill last week treated 2163 tons of crudes for 311 tons of concentrates, assaying 61.3 per cent. lead, 28oz silver, and 8.6 percent, zinc. Despatches for the fortnight…

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World's Coal Deposits. No Universal Famine

The Australian Star · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 7

The well-known journal "Stahl and Eisen" has recently published some figures, since quoted by ''Engineering,bearing, upon this question. A more optimistic view is…

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Broken Hill Mine Fires. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 7

The work of flooding the Northern mines is now making good headway. To-day the water was above the 625ft level of the Junction mine, and at about the 650ft level in…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 9

About 437oz of pure gold, the product of a rich pocket struck in sinking below the seventh level of the Queen Margaret mine, Bulong, was brought into Kalgoorlie, and lodged…

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Mining in the State. Newbridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 9

A rich find of gold has been made by M'Kenzle and party at Hobby's Yards, 20[?]z being dollied from stone in two dishes. ORANGE, Thursday…

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Income Tax Assessment. Mining Company's Appeal

Evening News · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 3

Judge Murray, sitting as a Court of Review for the hearing of appeals against income tax assessments, by the Commissioners for Taxation, had before him an appeal on behalf of…

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REVIEW. (Before Judge Murray.) a Mining Company's Taxation

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 10

Argument was concluded in the case in which J. S. Richardson, as public officer for the New Hillgrove Proprietary Mines, Limited, appealed against the company's assessment…

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Court of Review. (Before Judge Murray.) Re the New Hillgrove Proprietary Mines Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 4

Mr. Rich, instructed by Messrs. Dodds and Richardson, appeared for J. S. Richardson (public officer for the New Hillgrove Proprietary Mines, Limited) in support of the…

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Quartz Mining Record. Deepest Auriferous Mine in the World

Evening News · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 5

An interesting comment has been made by the Geological Director, Mr. E. J. Dunn, upon the fact that quartz obtained from a depth of 4224ft in the New Chum Railway Mine at…

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Mining in the State. Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 13

A rumour was in circulation in Broken Hill to-day that it was proposed to close down a section of the Broken Hill Proprietary mine and the mill. Inquiry at headquarters,…

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A New Coal Mine. to Be Opened in the North. Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 14

It has transpired that the Bouffier estate, at Cessnock, recently withdrawn from auction, has been purchased for the Caledonian Coal Company, who intend to put down a mine on…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 17

On the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday a fair amount of business was retarded in mining scrip. The silver-lead division had better support, and generally speaking prices showed a slight improvement. In the…

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Injured at a Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 10

KURRI KURRI, Friday. -- Thomas Whybourne was placing a dynamo in position yesterday at the Stanlord-Merthyr Colliory, when a lover slipped, striking him on the head, and…

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Mining Reports

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 11

The Brilliant and St. George United mines crushed 718 tons for 556oz. smelted gold, Cyanide bullion recovered £845 sterling…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 3

The following were Thursday's closing quotations on the Stock Exchange:—Broken Hill Proprietary b 70s 9d; s 71s 9d; North Broken Hill, b 50s, is 52s 6d;…

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Coal and Metal Trades

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 10

LITHGOW, Friday. -- News that Hockey's property, at Burraga, has been sold to the Lloyd Company, is hailed with satisfaction, and it is expected that a number of extra men will be…

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The Gale at Wollongong. Colliery Work Interfered With

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 10

WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- An accident happened on the Mount Kembla colliery railway line this morning, through a train of empty waggons being set in motion by the gale that…

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Flooding the Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 14

In connection with the flooding operations at the Northern mines, the water now stands at 648 feet in the north shaft and 628ft in the Junction's M'Inytre shaft…

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Country News. Southern Coal Trade. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 14

Following is the record of Port Kembla shipping for the week:—Sphene, 430 tons, and Palmerston, 500 tons, for Sydney; the Barrabool, Chillagoe, and Glaucus loaded for…

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The Great French Mining Disaster. Biggest in History. leroic Endeavor and Fruitless Valer

The World's News · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 16

The recent cable news about the rescue of survivors of the fearful explosion which took place at the Courrieres mines in Northern France early last month, and the terrible straits to…

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