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Mining & the mines, 1907

7,523 stories in Sydney's papers · page 85 of 250

Mount Hector Copper-gold Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 13

For some months past Queensland mining men have evinced keen interest in the development of the Mount Hector mine, near the port of Gladstone; and the report on this…

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Roebourne Copper and Gold Mines. Progress of Initial Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 13

The above company was floated in Sydney last year, to work copper and gold lodes near Cossack, in Western Austialia. The secretary, Mr. Tarleton, of Pitt-street, has…

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Victorian Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 17

MELBOURNE, Friday.--At the Long Tunnel there is no improvement as yet in the 2625ft. level north, which has been advanced to 85ft. from the crosscut. The western crosscut has been extended to 390ft. The country in the…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 17

The annual general meeting of the Paddock Swamp Tin Dredging Company was held at Stauthorpe on Monday, Mr. Robert B. Lawson presiding. The report and balance-sheet were…

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Mines Department Schemes

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 1

For the purpose of complete work we defer our promised article on the schemes of Mining Jobbers working in the…

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Broken-hill Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 17

BROKEN-HILL, Friday.--Block 10 mill had a much better run last week, when 3049 tons crudes were treated for a production of 407 tons concentrates, bulking 60.9 per cent. lead, 32oz…

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Mountain Coal Jobbery

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 1

Carruthers and the gang associated with him in the Land jobberies imagine they have successfully cloaked the £75[?]…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 13

The Stock Exchanges throughout tha Commonwealth were closed yesterday, hence there were no mining quotations or sales recorded. Most of the Exchanges will be closed…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 13

The No. 1 South Oriental Company (Gympie) has crushed 190 tons for 192oz smelted gold. The Smithfield Pile Company reports cutting 10in of good looking quartz, carrying…

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The Week's Mining

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 7

Mt. Boppy is getting black ore from N.W. drive, No. [?] level assaying 20 per cent. copper. 3030Z. gold from 550 tons of…

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The Mint and Gold Grains

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 12

The country's gold reserve (says a London contemporary) will never be diminished by any serious losses at the Mint, for, owing to the meticulous system of accounting for…

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Western Australian Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 13

The reef at the 300ft level of the Golden Ridge continues to open well so far. It has been driven on 200ft, and at this point it is a big body and payable. The stone now…

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Alone in a Mine. Lost Man 26 Hours in the Darkness

The World's News · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 20

A thrilling account of his adventures in Coegnant Colliery, Maesteg, Glamorgan, where he was lost for nearly 26 hours, remaining in the darkness without food, and with only the…

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Hampden-cloncurry Mine. Mr. L. C. Ball's Report. Is It Condemnatory?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 13

Attention was drawn in Monday's Issue of the "Herald" to a marked decline in the value of Hampden-Cloncurry shares, and at the same time reference was made to the report…

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BRITISH B.H. Mine. Stopes and Ore Bodies Looking Well Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 13

The British Broken Hill mine is increasing its output from various stopes in several sections of the mine. Both carbonates and sulphides from King shaft are still being…

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Buried in a Tomb of Gold. Gorgeous Sepulchre Found at Thebes

The World's News · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 10

MR. THEODORE M. DAVIS has discovered at Thebe[?], the tomb of Queen Teie, one of the greatest names in the history of ancient…

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A Novel Persuader. Moving Pictures Used by Mining Promotor to Help Sell Stock

Nepean Times · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 3

Just as the phonograph, beginning as an entertaining toy, has become an important factor in business, the moving plcture is now being adapted to…

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Gold Reefs in England

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 March 1907 · page 4

A gold reef, equal to those of the Rand, it is claimed, exists in England, and within 200 miles of London. Where this second Johannesburg is only…

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Modern Treatment of Gold Ores

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 31 March 1907 · page 5

The final Cantor lecture was delivered on February 11 at the Society…

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Colonial Premiers and Gold Boxes

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 March 1907 · page 7

At a meeting of the City Corporation, held last month at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor presiding, it was decided that the entertainment to the Colonial Premiers…

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