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Mining & the mines, 1908

6,563 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

Silver Queen Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 9

The directors of the Silver Queen Mines, Ltd., decided to engage two leading Sydney metallurgists to check the results obtained by their own officials in [?]yaniding white rock…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 11

A moderate turnover was effected in mining scrip on the Sydney Exchange on Saturday. Silver shares commanded most attention. Copper was quiet, the only transaction…

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Mountain Industries. the Hewing Rate. Assistance for Airlie Miners. Coal Trade Brisk. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 8

A meeting of the delegate board of the Western Miners' Association was held in the miners' rooms last night. Mr. A. Luchetti, president of the association, occupied…

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World's Coal Output

The Australian Star · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 2

Statistical tables have been issued from the Board of Trade relating to the production, consumption, and imports and exports of coal in the British Empire and the…

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Killed in a Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 8

NYMAGEE, Saturday.--John Pascoe, a young man, was killed at Cobar mine. He is a native of Hillston. He worked here last month, and at Shuttletown for the last five years. Deceased…

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Queensland Gold Exports

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 8

TOWNSVILLE, Sunday.--The Yongala on Thursday took away three boxes of gold, value £4500, on account of Mr. Gordon Wilson, Charters Towers; two boxes, value £8000, on…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 9

Messrs. Poole and Steel, contractors, have handed over the new dredge to the Worra Gold-dredging Company, and dredging operations have been commenced…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 11

The Warra Gold Dredging Company's new dredge has been handed over by the contractors, Messrs. Poole and Steel, and dredging operations have been commenced…

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The Mining Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 9

Messrs. Mullens and Co., in their latest circular on the stock and share list, say:- The outstanding feature of 1907 was the American crisis, reflected in Australia principally by the fall in…

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Illawarra Colliery Employees Coming Under the Federal Act. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 8

The annual meeting of the delegates of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association was held at Tattersalls Hotel yesterday, Mr. A. Hicks presiding. It was decided to take…

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Southern Coal Trade. Great Activity. Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 8

The pay drawn at the local collieries today fell considerably short of the average fortnightly pays during the latter portion of 1907. This was due to the number of…

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Mining Intelligence. the Shake Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 9

Business on Saturday on the Sydney Stock Exchange was fitful. The Barrier silver section was the one round which speculation centred, and paid up Broken Hill South, which…

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Illawarra Miners. Affiliation with Victoria. to Secure Federal Arbitration

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 8

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.--The annual delegate meeting of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association was held at Tattersall's Hotel, Wollongong, yesterday, Mr. A. Hicks…

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Sale of Crowl Creek Mine. Secured by English Syndicate

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 7

NYMAGEE, Saturday.--A wire was received here to-day stating that the Crowl Creek and Shuttleton Mine had been sold to an English syndicate for £5500…

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Mining in the State. Braidwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 9

S[?]are and party at Major's Creek sent 1[?] tons of stone to Cockie Creek for a return of 4oz gold and 27oz silver per ton. Twenty--three cwt of picked stone gave Uoz lloz 11dwt…

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Wheelers Refused Lamps. Would Not Be Punctual. Pelaw-main Colliery Idle. Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 7

The Pelaw-Main Colliery was idle this afternoon through the refusal, or neglect, of the wheelers to go to their work at the accustomed time…

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Mining at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 9

The concentrates conference in Melbourne has so far bad no definite result, and several of the mines are in a bad way. They have no contracts, and of course have no…

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More Immigrants. Domestics, Farmers, and Miners. Returned Australians From South Africa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 6

The Abordeen liner Moravian, which arrived at Sydney yesterday from London, via Capetown, brought among her third-class passengers a large number of immigrants, both male…

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Iil-Fated Gold. the Elingamite Wreck. Another Diver Drowned

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1908 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Monday. An expedition has been endeavoring to recover gold from the wreck of the steamer Elingamlte, which was sunk off the Three Kings some years ago…

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Southern Collieries. the Metropolitan Colliery. Helensburgh

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1908 · page 5

The checkweighman at the Metropolitan colliery states that some days last week the output was under the average owing to disarrangements in the distribution of skips in…

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