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Mining & the mines, 1907

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Mining Regulations

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 March 1907 · page 7

The Hon. S. W. Moore, Minister for Mines, stated yesterday that he hopes to have the mining regulations under the new Act ready for gazetting during the…

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The Coal Industry. a Record During 1906

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 March 1907 · page 7

Interesting information as to te growth of the coal industry in this, State is included in the annual report for 1906 of the Department of Mines, which came to hand…

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Mining and Finance. Answers to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 March 1907 · page 3

KEMPSEY: Received with thanks. G.F. (Dandenong Victoria): 1, 2, 3. Yes. 4. The depth of the straight shaft in the New Hillgrove Co. at the end of February was 850ft…

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Mining and Finance. (Continued From Page 3.) Broken Hill

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 March 1907 · page 6

The slump in Barrier shares has flattened out many Broken Hill speculators this week, and all sharebrokers are calling for further cover. The cause of the decreased values does not lie at this…

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For Business Men Finance, Commerce, Shipping, and Mining the Man in Business Building Success on Failures

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 24 March 1907 · page 5

Never be ashamed of a tendency to resolve upon better things, and never belittle the tendency in others. Each life is a long series of efforts and of…

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Informative and Controversial Wonderful Discovery at Thebes. The Tomb and Mummy of the Most Famous Egyptian Queen's Gold and Jewels Intact

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 March 1907 · page 12

ANOTHER sensational discovery has been made at [?] Mr. Theodore M. Davis, the discoverer of the tomb of the parents of the Egyptian Queen Teie…

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South Coast Mines. Coal and Coke Trade. Colliery Operations. (From Our Special Reporter.)

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

The southern coal trade is very brisk, and there is every likelihood of a continuance of the present conditions. The pay lifted on Friday was a good one, although in most…

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Miners' Conference Probable

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

It is probable that [?]he request of the Min[?]rs' Association for a conference with the Ballarat mineowners regarding the standard wage for machine men and the reduction of hours in…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 March 1907 · page 11

The market was in a very slump condition on Saturday on the Sydney Exchange, owing to the depressing advices from London. The decline in Brokon-hill interests was again marked,…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1907 · page 9

The Mount Farrell Company (Tas.) has touched the fringe of a lode showing small veins of galena. The output of the Hercules mine (Tas.) for…

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Coal and Other Exports

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

The following vessels cleared at the Customs-house to-day:—Oonah, s, for Hobart, via Sydney, with 970 tons coal and 25 cases biscuits; Moorabool, s., for Melbourne, 4720 tons…

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Mining Accidents. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1907 · page 8

A young man, Charles Edgar, a trucker on the Golden Horseshoe mine, sustained a fractured skull on Thursday through being struck with a piece of falling rock at the No. 6…

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Mining Intelligence. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1907 · page 9

"Market depressed. Awaiting the result of pay day next Wednesday." Such was the footnote to a private cable received on Saturday morning from London, furnishing a list of…

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Cadia Copper Mine. Ore Faces Looking Well. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1907 · page 9

The manager of the Cadia Copper Mining and Smelting Syndicate reports for the week ended the 18th, as follows:—No. 3 winze: North drive extended to 87ft, face showing…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1907 · page 9

Mr. L. Paynter has been appointod engineer of the Gilles process plant on Block 10 mine. The B.H. Proprietary despatches last week were 26 tons of oxidised ores, 3624 tons of mill…

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Mining in the State. Braidwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1907 · page 9

Twelve tons of stone treated at Cockle Cr[?]k from Mount Hop[?] min[?], Major's Creek, averaged 3oz. 18dwt 3gr of gold and 11oz of silver per ton. The stone was taken from…

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Western Australia. Attempted Gold Robbery. Heavy Sentences. Kalgoorlie

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

At the Criminal Court to-day, William minson and John Alexander M'Gee who were convicted the previous day of being concerned In the attempted robbery or gold at the Tower…

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Entombed in a Mine. Cut Off by Flood Waters. Diver's Heroic Action. Perth (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1907 · page 6

The work of endeavouring to rescue the Italian miner Varlschett[?], who has been entombed in the Westralia and East Extension mine, Bonniovale, since Tuesday afternoon, in…

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KURRI IvURRI COLLIERIES

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 March 1907 · page 5

KURRI KURRI, Monday.--Work at the collieries for the fortnight has been patchy. Heddon Greta lost two days, and Hebburn one, the latter on account of a strike. Aberdare…

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Coal Trade

Evening News · Tuesday 26 March 1907 · page 6

The following vessels cleared at the Newcastle Customs on Monday:—Manuka (s), for Auckland, with 1000 tons bunker coal; Glaucus (s), for Melbourne, with 1770 tons coal; Wonga Fell (s). for Port Pirie,…

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