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Mining & the mines, 1907

7,523 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 250

Colliery Mishaps

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 10

BULLI, Friday.--Yesterday a wheeler, Joseph Davies, met with a serious accident at the South Bulli Colliery. He was in the act of passing between the trucks under his control when a…

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Balmain Coal

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 3

Important developments at the Balmain Coalmine are daily expected. At present the company are driving under Balmain by virtue of…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 12

Write the buoyancy of the previous day was hardly maintained yesterday on the Sydney Exchange, a good volume of business was carried through. The market was rather uncertain at…

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'Frisco Coal Crisis. A Big Coal Famine

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 10

A big coal famine exists in San Francisco owing to some coal combines putting up the price 15s a ton. The published wholesale…

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[?] Queen Bee Copper Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 16

OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR £125,000. An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in the Queen Bee Copper Company Was held at the company's office, Wrightville,…

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Wages of Lithgow Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 10

LITHGOW, Friday.--At the coalminers' delegate meeting held last night, the owners' reply was considered at length, and the situation in regard to the working conditions in the north…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 16

London quotations, dated February 14. received yesterday by the Broken Hill Proprietary give the oflicial buying price for metals as follows:—Silver, 2s 7½d; lead, £19 11s 3d;…

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Newcastle. Weekly Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 10

During the past week the total quantify of coal exported from Newcastle amounted to 78,931 tons, of which 39,911 tons were sent to foreign destinations, and 40,020 tons to…

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Transvaal Elections. Disfranchising the Miners

Evening News · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 6

LONDON, Friday Evening.—The miners' unions at Johannesburg complain that the refusal of Lord Selborne, the Governor of the Transvaal, to proclaim polling day a holiday…

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Mount Lyell Mine. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 16

Mount Lyell Mining Company reports that at the 850ft level (No. 18 stope) bulk borings of ore gave 21½ per ent., main crosscut bulk borings 3¼ per cent., eastern crosscut 3 per…

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Cadia Copper Mine. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 16

The mine manager reports that the north drive in No. 3 winze is in 32ft, and showing good ore. The west drive in No. 2 winze is driven 37ft on a better grade of ore than…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 16

Interviewed this afternoon, Mr. W. J. Loring, general manager in Australia for Messrs. Bewick, Moreing, and Co., expressed himself well pleased with the result of the…

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Labour Troubles. the Lithgow Collieries. Comparison of Conditions. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 13

Regarding the hewing rate difficulty at the Western collieries, a miners' delegate meeting was held last night, when the reply of the owners; already published, was…

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Metropolitan Colliery Dispute. a Settlement Effected. Helensburgh

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 13

When interviewed last night the managor (Mr. J. S. Rowe) explained that the clippers had waited upon him and had agreed to accept the following terms:—Half of their number to…

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Gold Panic in England

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 7

In allowing its reserve to fall to the extraordinary low figure of just over £18,000,000 the Bank of England, in the opinion of many…

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Gold Lace for Bargees

Evening News · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 9

An amusing discussion arose at a recent meeting of the Dublin City Council over a proposal to supply the crew of the mud barge shamrock with uniforms of Irish…

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The Week's Mining

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 5

Dredging leases are being applied for at Delegate. Mr. F. B. Trude, of W.A., is at Gulgong buying interest in local…

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Western Coal and Metal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 10

LITHGOW, Friday.--The coal trade this week shows recovery an compared with last week's, when there was a failing off. The increase was mainly attributable to the shipping orders…

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Newcastle. Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 16

This week has been a busy one in the coal export trade, although the total exports were not as heavy as last week. The quantity of coal exported from…

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Southern Coal Trade. Metropolitan Difficulty Settled

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 10

BULLI, Friday.--The coal trade for the past week has been brisk, all the local collieries having worked full time, and the next pay will be a good one. The principal shipments at the…

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