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Mining & the mines, 1906

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Mining Reports

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 7

The mine manager of the Lachlan goldfields reports:--"Crushed for four weeks 709 tons for 466oz. smelted gold."…

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Opal Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 11

WHITE CLIFFS, Monday.--The Bunker gives promise of becoming a payable field, and good yields continue to be reported from there. One party has obtained £300 worth of opal on their claim up to the present. Some…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 9

The Block 14 despatches last week were 306 tons of concentrates. The north-east winze from the 200ft level is down 31ft, the bottom being in sulphides in the full face of the…

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Tasmanian Mining. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 9

English capitalists have obtained an optipn over the Oonah mine, and will start as soon as possible to unwater the mine so as to inspect the workings…

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"Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 11

The half-yearly meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company, Limited, was held yesterday at the Royal Exchange. Mr. U. U. Mackenzie, chairman of directors, presided, and in moving the adoption of the…

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Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 9

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the Royal Exchange yesterday. Mr. Harley Mackenzie presided. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report…

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Mining in the State. Hillgrove

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 9

The Baker's Creek Company report for the week ended April 27:—In the mine on Smith's reef, No. 16. level drive south from the crosscut has been advanced 20ft; total, 3165½ft…

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Late Cable News. Received This Morning. Accident in a Mine. Five Killed-seven Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 4

LONDON, Monday, 35 p.m.—Some loaded trucks at Dowlais Colliery, Abercynon, Wales, dashed into a number of miners who were waiting to ascend…

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Dashed to Death. Welsh Mining Tragedy. Five Men Killed. London, Monday 3.5 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 1

'A colliery at Dowlais, in Wales, was yesterday the scene of a dreadful accident. By some means a number of trucks loaded with coal broke away, and running at great…

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A Mining Appeal. Working a Coal Mine

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 1

The Full Court again had before them today the appeal of the defendant company in the case of Merewether and others against the Scottish-Australian Mining Company…

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Burwood Coal Mine Appeal

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 7

Argument in the matter of the appeal of the Scottish Australian Mining Co. against the verdict of Mr. Justice Cohen in the suit brought against the company by Augusta…

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Coal Mines Regulation Act

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 54

Under provisions of N.S.W. Coal Mines Regulation Act, an examination for certificates of competency was held at Sydney last week. The following candidates have been reported by the…

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Balmain Coal Mine. Encouraging Prospects. More Men to Be Employed

Evening News · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 6

The sinking of the Jubilee shaft at the Sydney Harbour Collieries at Balmain is progressing satisfactorily, and is sow down 2820ft. It is expected that in the course of a fortnight the…

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Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

TENTERFIELD, Wednesday.—Matters at Deepwater are quiet. Up the river a party of six are operating for tin and wolfram. The bismuth mine, which has been working, for some…

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Gold Shipments

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 10

The shipments of gold from Melbourne during the week consisted of 20 boxes of sovereigns, valued at £100,000, on account of the Bank of Victoria, to Colombo, with the option…

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The Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 9

The gold output for April was 152,216 fine ounces, valued at £646,574, against 155,574oz for March last, and 172,136oz for April, 1905…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 11

On the Argus mine the shaft has been stripped and timbered to between 90 and 100 ft. Tenders are being called for the erection of poppet bonds, winding plant, etc…

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Australian Gold for Japan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 11

As will have been noted, thore have of late been several important shipments of gold from Sydney and Melbourne to Japan, aggregating so far some £800,000. Referring to these, the…

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Fatal Accident in a Colliery. London, April 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1906 · page 9

Some loaded trucks in the Dowlais colliery, Abercyon, Wales, dashed against some miners who were waiting to ascend a shaft. Five of the miners were killed…

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