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Mining & the mines, 1907

7,523 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 250

Tasmanian Tin Mining. Mount Bischoff to Be Reported On. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 6

The Mount Bischoff directors are seeking a report on their mine from Mr. P. B. Lewis, manager of the Anchor mine, and formerly of, the Brothers' No. 1. Mr. Lewis will not only…

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Great Cobar Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 10

LITHGOW, Friday.--Regarding the Arbitration Court award in the case of the Cobar mines, Mr. G. H. Blakemore, general manager of the Great Cobar, Limited, interviewed, said the…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 12

The market appeared to be on the turn yesterday, on the Sydney exchange. There was a firmer tone right through, and though buyers were not pressing, they were more in evidence…

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Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 10

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The following are the shipments at Wollongong for the week:--Kurrara, 840 tons; Timaru, 900 tons; Palmerston, 2500 tons; Murray, 180 tons; Sphene, 440 tons;…

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Weekly Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 12

The demand for coal still continues strong and with the advance of the year the harbor is rapidly. filling with sailing vessels. Within the past few days quite a fleet of these have arrived,…

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To Load Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 13

The steamer St. Brid[?], commanded by Captain Nicoll, arrived from I[?]o I[?]o, Philippine Ialands this afternoon. The passage, which occupied 20 days, was made in fine weather…

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The Gold-stealers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 8

The bare suggestion of a stolen white elephant was laughingly scouted as "one of Mark Twain's jokes." Yet the fiction of the larceny and concealment of a white…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 14

The No. 1 North Columbia Company (Gympie) has crushed 46 tons for 97oz of gold, and the Columbia Smithfield. Company 158 tons tor 133oz of gold…

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Northern Collieries. Wages Dispute at Pelaw-main. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 13

A doputation from the Coll[?]ery Employees' Federation, consisting of the district officers, waited on the Colliery Proprietors' Association to-day in reference to the question of…

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Newcastle. Northern Colliery Troubles. Wages at Pelaw-main

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 12

A deputation comprising the district officers of the Colliery Employees' Federation waited on the colliery proprietors at their meeting yesterday relative to the wages, of topmen and…

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Colliery Disaster. Explosion of Firedamp. London, March 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 13

Au explosion in Geuwen Colliery, Elwyn-He[?]dy, entomb[?]' four men. Firedamp killed two of the rescuers…

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The Week's Mining

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 2

The value of silver, silver lead, and are produced in 1906 was nearly three million sterling. Copper is booming, and nearly…

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Tulle, Silver, or Gold Lace

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 7

These hats are made of tulle, silver, or gold lace feathers, marabout ostrich or osprey. They are made in a variety of shapes, and there are rarely two alike. In white there are a number of most charming…

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Scattering Gold for a Lark

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 6

There are many ways in which £2000 may be expended quickly, and among the most expeditions is the [?] employed by two young…

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Newcastle. Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 13

The export trade during the week gave indications of a return to the busy condition[?] which marked the initial month of the year. A large number of tramp steamers and sailers…

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A Titanic Explosion. Mine Magazine, with 8700Lb. Explosives

The World's News · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 23

THE magazine, containing 87001b. of dynamite, at the Denn-Arizona mine shaft in Lowell, Arizona, exploded lately. Every window-pane in Lowell was shattered,…

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Mining Intelligence. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 14

Despite the fact that copper recovered from —109 to —109 15s, and lead from —19 17s 6d to —20 per ton, not one sale was recorded at the first " 'Change" yesterday morning,…

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The Effect of Mining Disputes. Shipowners Losing Confidence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 13

The repeated industrial disputas between the masters and men of Newcastle and South Maitland coal [?]e[?]ls, and the rumours of impending strikes which have been so frequent…

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Entombed in a Blazing Mine. Nearly 300 Victims of Colliery Explosion. Fire Stops Rescue. Berlin. January 28

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 March 1907 · page 11

Three hundred miners were entombed in the Bildstock shaft of the Reden coal mines in Rhenish Prussia, in consequence of a terrible explosion of fire damp that…

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City Without Coal

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 March 1907 · page 5

A coal famine now exists in Budapest, and unless supplies are received quickly there will be scarcely a fire in the city in a day or two (says a report of the mail)…

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