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Mining & the mines, 1908

6,563 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

Northern Colliery Troubles. Teralba Difficulty Settled

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 53

The trouble with the miners at the collieries in the Teralba district, Newcastle, has been settled. The Special Mining Court, which was sitting when our edition went to press last…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 11

The Mungana (Chilagoe) Company during the week ended January 3 shipped 631 tons of ores. The Ringarooma Bucket Dredging…

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Land of Gold

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 174

I hear again the grey doye's call To his mate in the scented trees. I hear the dead leaves softly fall With the gently rustling breeze…

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The Elingamite Gold

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 13

An expedition has been endeavoring to recover gold from the wreck of the steamer Elingamite, which was sunk off the Three Kings some years ago (cables our Auckland (N.Z.)…

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Australasian Gold Yield

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 53

During the past year the gold fields of Australia produced 3,657,355 fine ounces, a decrease of 316.623oz compared with 1906, and 84,393 less than in the year 1905. The States exhibiting the…

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Coal and Other Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 10

The following vessels cleared at the Customs-house to-day:—Nellie Troop, bq, for Pona Blanca, with 2218 tons coal; Pilbarra, s, for Melbourne, via Sydney, with 750 tons…

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Coal for the Corporation

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 3

At yesterday's meeting of the Works Committee of the City Council, when the question of coal tenders came up, it was decided, on the motion of Alderman Allen Taylor,…

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New Zealand. Waihi Mine's Output

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 54

The great Waihi Mine, the premier gold mine of New Zealand, and one of the greatest producers of the precious yellow metal in the world, had an increased output last year, the…

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Victoria. the Gold Yield

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 54

The amount of Victorian gold received at the Melbourne branch of the Royal Mint during December last was 77,862.05oz gross, equal to 72,141.03oz fine; the total for the last year was…

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Mining. the Market Steadies

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 15

Yesterdays' market on the Sydney Exchange was a mixture of activity and stagnation, with a preponderance of the latter. Stronger metal quotations exercised a steadying influence, but…

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Loading Coal Deputation to Railway Commissioners

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 7

A deputation representing Sydney coal merchants waited upon the Railway Commissioners yesterday to ask that bettor facilities for the loading of coasting vessels…

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New Zealand. Valuable Coal [?] WELLINGTON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 10

London advices states that [?] company has been formed to develop a valuable coal area in the Westport district, on the west coast of the south Island…

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Back to the Surface. the Entombed Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 9

BENDIGO, Tuesday.--The three miners (James Martin. James Edwards, and M. Foley) who were detained for over 24 hours in the Great Extended Hustlers' mine, in consequence of a…

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The Wyalong Gold Field. No. I.

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 38

This favorably-known gold field is situated in the south-western part of the State, 337 miles from Sydney and 41 miles from the town of Temora. It was first brought into…

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Mining in Tasmania. Queenstown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 11

At the North Lyell mine, 1000ft level, they have finished the first bore through the ore body and a second bore has teen started to prove it further north. The two additional…

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Mining Intelligence. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 11

Neither better than Monday nor worse is a verdict which might be passed on the mining Exchange market yesterday morning. There was not a single sale of gold or of…

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The Presidential Campaign. State Control of Mines and Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Mr. W. H. Taft, United States Secretary for War, and the probable Republican candidate for the Presidency, when interrogated, said that…

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Mining in the State. Yambulia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 11

During tha holidays a good deal of prospecting was carried on, which resulted in at least three finds. White and Smith located a reef near Ohlsen's, but at the eastern foot of…

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Plague on the Gold Coast. London, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 9

Two deaths from plague are reported at Accra, capital of the Gold Coast, West Africa…

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Victoria. Miners' Uncomfortable Plight. the Cage Would Not Run. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 10

Three miners, Martin, Edwards, and O'Loughlin, were imprisoned in the 3260ft plat at the Great Extended Hustler's mine, at Bendigo, yesterday…

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