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Mining & the mines, 1907

7,523 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 250

Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 10

Messrs. Bewick, Moreing, and Co. have taken a two months' working option over a group of leases on the north end of the Kalgoorlie field, including the Hidden Secret, Hidden…

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Country News. Abermain Colliery Dispute. Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 4

The dispute at the Abermain colliery is unsettled. Since the men have been out the local lodges have subscribed £42 towards the relief of the strikers. An entertainment netted £37 for…

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Death of a Coal-trimmer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 8

A coal-trimmer named John Minch, while Working to-night in the h[?]ld of the steamer Bergedorf, lying at No. 13 crane at the Dyke, suddenly expired. He was a single man,…

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The Cangai Copper Mine. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 10

The weekly report of the Cangai Coppermining Company shows that adit A has been driven 186ft, E level driven 88ft, and F level 180ft. Some 40 tons of matte were treated,…

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Mining Intelligence. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 10

A sort of "odds and ends" market was experienced yesterday morning. Speculation was not confined to one well-defined line of stocks, whether copper, silver, tin, or gold. It…

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Mining. in the Yass District

Evening News · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 8

YASS, Tuesday.—Situated abbot 15 miles from Yass is the Kangiara Gold Field. On the eastern crest of a hill, which rises straight up from the bank of the Burrowa River, a reef…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 10

The mill of the B.H. Junction N. Company run last week 121 hours, and treated [?]25 tons crudes, worth 14 per cent. lead, 10.2oz silver, and 7.9 per cent, zinc, for 121 tons of…

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Mining in the State. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 10

The general meeting of shareholders in the Ballarat Tribute Co. was held on Saturday night. The retiring directors were re-elected. The report stated that the drive is now in…

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Late Mining. Copper Discovery in the West

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 8

PERTH, Monday.--A rich discovery of copper has been made at West River, twenty miles from Ravens-therpe. A lode, five feet wide, has been opened for eleven feet along the surface. It carries about 250…

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B.H. BLOCK 14 Mine. Good Grade Ore at 600ft Level. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 10

The despatches of B.H. Block 14 last week comprised 179 tons of concentrates and 327 tons of carbonate ore, the latter worth 35 per cent, lead and l4oz silver. The carbonate…

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Northern Collieries. Rift at Heddon Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 February 1907 · page 12

KURRI KURRI Tuesday.--Everything has been working smoothly at all the mines, with the exception of Abermain, since the New Year, but yesterday there was a decided rift in the…

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Lithgow Collieries. Miners Discuss New Terms

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 February 1907 · page 10

LITHGOW, Tuesdny.--At the miners' aggregate meeting consideration was given to the modified conditions offered by the Lithgow Coal Association. The proposals were that miners…

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Lithgow Collieries' Dispute. Aggregate Miners' Meetings. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1907 · page 9

At a miners' aggregate meeting the modified conditions offored by the Lithgew Coal Association were discussed. It was decided that the men would not work under anything but…

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Gold-mining in the West. Reviewed by an Expert

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 February 1907 · page 10

KALCOORLIE, Tuesday.--Interviewed to-day Mr. H. C. Hoover said that after the appalling state of things disclosed by the Commissioner's report on gold stealing it was a great pity…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 February 1907 · page 14
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The turnover was comparatively small yesterday on the Sydney Exchange, there being a general tone of heaviness in the market. It was only in the copper section, however, that there…

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Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1907 · page 10

The following vessels cleared at the Customs-house to-day:—Waipori, s, for Picton (N.Z.), with 2100 tons coal; Pondo s, for Vancouver, via Honolulu and Wellington, with…

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Mining Dividends

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1907 · page 12

Dividends have been declared, payable on the dates mentioned hereunder. C. denotes when transfer books close, and P. when payable. NEW SOUTH WALES…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1907 · page 12

The Wallaroo and Moonta Company has declared a dividend of 5s per share payable on March 26. Messrs. Baillieu, Wm, Clarke (London), W…

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Newcastle. to Load Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 February 1907 · page 12

Among the vessels which have arrived at Newcastle since the beginning of the week to load coal for oversea ports are the following:-- Norman Isles, str., Captain Sorensen, from…

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