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Mining & the mines, 1907

7,523 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 250

The Week's Mining

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 7

The offices of the Budgery copper mine are to be located in Sydney instead of Cobar for the future. Messrs. D. Cormack…

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Worth his Weight in Gold

The World's News · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 6

"Look here," said Grubbins, "I'll give yer five quid for that dog and not a penny more." "No yer won't," said old Hardfist. "He's worth his weight in gold. I tell yer, what that…

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Copper-mining. Rockley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 16

The Mountain Run copper mine (R. S. Garbutt and party), after many disappointing delays during the past six months, expect to get the water jacket furnace started early…

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The Lithgow Colliery Dispute. Owners Submit Modified Proposais. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 14

Regarding the local hewing rate difficulty, the following is the substance of the reply by the miners' secreatary to the colliery owners' proposals:…

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Newcastle. Brisk Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 14

The current week has been a busy one in the coal export trade, the chief feature of which was the strong demadn on interstate account…

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Mining Intelligence. the Share Harket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 16

It is curious to note the varying opinions expressed by members of the Stock Exchange, as well as by mining speculators outside the pale of that organisation, regarding the cause…

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Mining in the State. Peak Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 16

F. Frazer and Farquharson, prospecting at Barrabadeen, have struck a reef showing gold. WELLINGTON, Friday. The Commonwealth mine is under offer to…

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Sensational Page from Sydney's History. A Mining Speculation

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 11

An unpretentious two-inch advertisement in the Herald in one of its issues a few weeks since, announced a change in the…

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Mining Company Meetings. Broken Hill Proprietary. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 16

The half-yearly meeting of the Broken Hill Proprietary was held to-day, Mr. D. W. Harvey Patterson presiding. The chairman stated that contracts had been…

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Shocking Mining Accident Two Men Killed MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 5

A shocking fatality occurred at the Victoria Proprietary Mine, Diamond Hall, near Bendigo this morning. Two man around Charles Percell, (45) and Thomas Sranlaa…

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Great Cobar Copper Mine. Doubling the Output. Electrical Machinery and Huge Blast Furnaces. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 16

Mr. G. H. Blakemore, general manager Great Cobar, Limited, in the course of an interview, gave some particulars of the new plant it is proposed to erect at Cobar. It will…

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Coal Famine in America

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 February 1907 · page 5

The fuel shortage in the West has reached the proportions of a public calamity. When Mr. James J. Hill said in a recent speech at Chicago that the country…

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Gold Medals for Anglers

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 February 1907 · page 2

"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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The Colliery Strike No Probability of Settlement West Maitland

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 24 February 1907 · page 1

The Abermain Colliery employees are entering upon the eighth week of the strike, and there is no probability of a settlement. Over £10,000 in wages have been lost by the…

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Mining and Finance. Answers to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 February 1907 · page 3

G.F. (Dandenong, Vic.).—Yes. METAL.—We understand that it is a strong combination, and well supplied with capital. SPECULATOR (Parramatta).—We know nothing…

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New Mining Company London, Saturday, 6.40 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 24 February 1907 · page 1

The Mount Waratah Copper Mines, with a capital of £125,000, have been registered…

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For Business Men Finance, Commerce, Shipping, and Mining "Enterprises of great pith and moment." -- SHAKESPEARE

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 24 February 1907 · page 5

[?]e bodies to reappoint gentlemen as its representatives on the ground of old age. The American business man is by temperament, averse from keeping cash unemployed…

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South Coast Mines. Briskness of Coal Trade. Lithgow Collieries Dispute. Trades-unions' Congress. Miners' Lodge Meetings. (From Our Special Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1907 · page 7

The steady demand for coal and coke is one of the features of the month's operations. While in some instances there has been a cessation of work for a day or…

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Newcastle. Northern Coal Trade. Activity at the Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 February 1907 · page 8

The past fortnight has witnessed regular and consistent work at the majority of the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts. The demand for coal continues strong, and heavy…

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Two Miners Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 February 1907 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--At the Victoria Proprietary Mine, Diamond-hill, near Bendigo, this morning, two miners, Charles Purcell, 45 years, and Thos. Scanlon, 30, were at work in the…

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