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Mining & the mines, 1907

7,523 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Gold Medals for Anglers

Referee · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 6

"The Referee," in conjunction with the "Sunday Times," offers two gold medals of substantial value to (1) the person who catches the largest rainbow trout during…

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Shipping Items. for Bunker Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 4

The steamer Wymeric, bound from Newcastle for Lota, with 6027 tons of the Caledonian Coal Co., coal, arrived at Sydney yesterday afternoon and took up an anchorage in…

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Broken-hill Mines. Mill Returns and Developments

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 12

BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--The Block 14 mill last week ran 84¼ hours, and treated 1745 tons crudes, worth 12½ per cent, lead, 98oz. silver, and 11.7 per cent, zinc, for a production of 229…

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Navua Gold Robbery. Proceedings in Auckland

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 9

WELLINGTON, Tuesday.--Charles Pepper and Herbert Howlett were charged at the Auckland Police Court this morning with receiving 500 and 180 sovereigns, respectively, part of the…

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Tasmanian Tin Mining. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 11

Splendid rains have fallen on the tinfields, assuring many mines an excellent supply for the remainder of the summer months. In some places, claims which had been idle will…

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Mining Intelligence. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 11

"How are metals?" This is the usual inquiry now made when the Stock Exchange opens. Yesterday morning the private cables giving Tuesday's London Stock Exchange share…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 53

The exploration work so far carried out by the Australian Shale Syndicate, Limited, at Murrurundi points to an enormous reserve of both export and oil shale on the land,…

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Snowball Copper-mining Company. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 11

General satisfaction prevails throughout the district at the prospect of the opening up of the old Snowball copper mine on a large scale. Old residents do not forget the cra of…

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Tin Mining at Tingha—Among the Dredges

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 34

The transformation which has taken place during the last few years at Tingha is slmply wonderful to one who knew the field in the days when the price of tin was low. Then the…

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Stolen Gold an Arrest in New Zealand Auckland

The Australian Star · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 6

A man named Charles [?]pper Herbert Hewlett has been arrested in connection with the robbery of 1000 sovereigns from the [?]r N[?] while on the high seas…

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The Miner. Dust in Metalliferous Mines. (See illustrations on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 38

Mr. J. B. Jnquet, Chief Inspector of Mines, in the course of a report upon the prevention of dust in the metalliferous mines of New South Wales; says;—It has long been known…

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Broken Hill Water Supply. Increased Rates for the Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 11

A notification was issued this afternoon by the Water Supply Company that after January 31 all the mines would have to pay the full 5s per 1000 galions for Stephen's Creek…

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The Colliery Disaster Hundreds Still Entombed the Perils of Rescue Work London, Tuesday, 3.5 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 1

The latest advices respecting the disaster at the Reden co[?]ne. Rhenish Prussia. state that the explosion wrought fearful devastation…

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Colliery Disasters. Calamity in Prussia. Four Hundred Men Entombed. Little Hope of Rescue. London, Jan. 28, 1.45 p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 9

A terrible explosion has occurred in the Reden coalmine, Rhenish Prussia. Corpses of 125 miners have been recovered…

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Mining Disasters. Terrible Loss of Life. Hundreds of Men Entombed. Rescue Work Made Impossible

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--A terrible explosion has occurred in the Reden pit, Rhenish Prussia. Four hundred and twenty-five men are…

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Miners Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 8

BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--William Hood, employed on the Proprietary Mine, was working in Block 12, at the 500ft, level, when a rock rolled down upon him. He sustained injuries to…

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Abermain Colliery. Trouble Growing Acute

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 8

KURRI KURRI, Wednesday.--As a result of a request by the Abermain miners for an executive officer to attend a mass meeting, Mr. Amram Lewis, the federation treasurer, arrived this…

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Lloyd Copper Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 4

The main fault at the Lloyd mine displaced the lode close on 300ft., and with such a great movement it was to be expected that there would be after-tremors, which would produce…

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Mining

Evening News · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 8
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BATHURST, Thursday.—A new departure in mining matters has taken place at Dam Creek, Wattle Flat, where J. Crossley and E. Bottoms have applied for 76 acres, under mineral…

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