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Mining & the mines, 1907

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Professor Gregory on Gold Mining

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 2

Professor Gregory devoted the second of his Cantor lectures on gold mining and production, delivered at the Society of Arts, Adelphi, London, on February 4, to lode…

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Fatality in a Colliery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 7

A fall of coal occurred with fatal result in Dudley Colliery this morning. Two miners, Harry Thomas Parker and Andrew Bull, were working in company, and while the former was…

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Queensland Silver-lead Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 10

The sixth general meeting of shareholders in the above company will be held at the Public Accountants' Institute, 16 O'Connellstreet, at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20. The…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 10

The shaft of the C.S.A. Block 10 Company has been sunk a further 10ft 6in, making a total of 161ft 6in. There is no change in the nature of the ground…

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Two Miners Lose Their Lives

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--A serious accident occurred at the Wallaroo mines. this morning, when a miner, Joseph Annear, and his companion, Joseph Hanrahan, lost their lives. The…

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A Mining Dispute

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 5

The Broken Hill mining appeal, in which Richard Watson English was appellant and Niels Lorentzon Gothardson the respondent, was again before the Second Full Count this…

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Export of Gold. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 6

The steamer Damascus took for London 40 boxes of gold, valued at £137,616 15s 5d…

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Copper Mining. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 10

At the Kim[?] Copper Mining Syndicate lease, situated about 7 miles west of Gundagai, the new shaft is down 30ft. The lode is about 2ft wide, and 9in of it assays over 20 per cent…

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South African Exhibition. Gold Bars Stolen

Evening News · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—Bar gold valued at £1600 has been stolen from the South African Exhibition…

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The British B.H. Mine. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 10

The British Broken Hill mine and mill did better work all round last week. Each section of the mine produced the average grade of ore. The despatches for the fortnight were…

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Newcastle. Coal and Other Exports. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 7

The following vessels cleared at the Customs-house to-day:—Ardgowan, s, for Dunkirk, via Port Pirie, with 930 tons bunker coal; Monaro, s, for Fremantle, via Sydney,…

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Newcastle. Mining Fatality at Dudley

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 7

A miner, Henry Thomas Parker, 45 years of age, was killed by a fall of coal while at work in the Dudley colliery yesterday. Deceased was engaged "holeing" in the seam when a great…

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Mining Intelligence the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 10

A less active market was experienced yesterday morning, as compared with the previous day, with the result that the amount of business…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 10

Mr. H. R. Baird,[?] of the Central mine, has been appointed chief engineer of Block 14…

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Mining in the State. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 10

The Morrilla Copper-mining Company has at present about 400 tons of fair grade ore a[?] grass. There are three shafts on the property, two tunnels, and two drives. One…

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A Mining Dispute Full Court Appeal

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 6

Mr. Justice Simpson, Mr. Justice Pring, and Mr. Justice Street were engaged to-day hearing an appeal arising out of a mining dispute in Broken Hill…

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Gold Bars Stolen. From the South African Exhibition London, Wednesday, 3.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 1

A big robbery has taken place at the exhibition of South African products which is being held in London. Sixteen hundred pounds worth of gold bars…

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Equity Court. (Before the Chief Judge in Equity, Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson.) the Mount Bulga Mine. Disputed Occupation. Murray v Zobel and Gander

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 4

Mr. Harvey, instructed by Messrs. Robson and Cowlishaw, appeared for the plaintiff[?] Andrew Murray; Mr. Langer Owen, K.C., and Mr. C. Manning, instructed by Messrs…

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EQUITY. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson.) a Mining Transaction. Murray V. Zoebel and Gander

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 4

This was a suit brought with the object of enforcing tho alleged sale of the Mount Bulga mineral lease, in the county of Bathurst. Mr, Harvey (Instructed by Messrs. Robson and…

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Kurri Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 8

KURRI KURRI, Thursday.--The pay to be distributed to-day will not reach the amount of the previous fortnight, but will be good, as an aggregate of all the mines gives few shifts lost…

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