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Mining & the mines, 1908

6,563 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 250

Mining in Tasmania. the Mount Magnet Difficulty. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 11

The latest news respecting the Magnet mine is that 50 miners have struck work[?] which means that the truckers and mill hands will have to knock off.—as no [?] will be…

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"Welly Ni' Klismass Box." Chinese Gold Buyers. Further Raids and Arrests

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 7

MELBOURNE. Thursday.--The Police Court proceedings against the recently-arrested Chinese at Bendigo to-day were merely a prelude to more important steps being taken by…

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Mr. Johnson at Newcastle. Two Deputations Received. Coal Dumps to Be Erected. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 7

A deputation representing the council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce waited on the Chief Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Johnson) at the railway station this morning…

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Kalgoorlie Field a Mining Man's Pessimism London, Thursday, 2.50 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 17 January 1908 · page 1

Interviewed to-day regarding the statements made by Mr. Hermann Landau, at yesterday's meeting of the Associated Northern Blocks Gold Mining Co., the Western…

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A Gold Mine Robbed. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 13

The Eureka slimes plant at the Brown Hill mine was visited by thieves in the early part of this week, and £100 worth of gold-bearing material was stolen. This makes the third…

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Southern Coal Trade. Bulli Mines Busy. Coke Output Brisk

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 10

BULLI, Friday.--The prospects of the Illawarra coal trade were never brighter than at the present time. All the district collieries have been kept at full pressure to supply the…

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The Coal-mining Court Mr. Bowling May Resign. Hesitation Among the Miners. the Choice of an Advocate. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 14

The quarterly meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation resumed its meeting at the Trades Hall to-day. A large part of the business transacted affected…

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The Airly Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 10

The general secretory, of the Airly Miners' Association--members of which have been out on strike for a considerable time--stated yesterday that the dispute would never go into the Arbitration Court with…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 15

The Brilliant Extended Company, Charters Towers, has crushed 3085 tons stone, the proceeds being gold valued at £6237. A dividend of 2/ per share has been declared…

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Mining Reports

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 15

South Glanmire and Monkland won 75oz. amalgam for week…

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234 Tons of Gold

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 8

The report of the British Deputy Master and Comptroller of the mint for the year states that 1906 was characterised by the exceptionally heavy demands for Imperial coins in each…

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Southern Coal Trade. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 14

Shipments at Port Kembla for the week are as follow:—Melbourne, 1000 tons for Melbourne; Mintaro, 2600 tons for Fremantle; Kakapo, 600 tons coke for Tasmania; Cycle,…

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Mining. Quiet, Steady Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 13

With the settlement over in London an increase in business might have been expected yesterday on the Sydney Exchange. However, there was no appreciable expansion, although a…

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The Cape's New Coal FlELD

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 2

Enormous coal fields have been discovered at Knysna cape Colony. Knysna is a district of about 800 square miles, od the south coast of Cape Colony, chielly noted for its great forests…

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Newcastle. Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 14

The total quantity of coal exported from Newcastle during the week ended to-day amounted to 114,531 tons. The Commonwealth and New Zealand ports took 55,650 tons, while…

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Shipping Items. More Coal for Guayamus

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 4

Messrs. Gilchrist, Watt and Sanderson, Ltd., despatched the steamer Sandown from Sydney yesterday with 4650 tons of Wallarah coal for Guaymas…

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Lloyd Copper Company. the Mine and Finances

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 13

The ninth annual meeting of the Lloyd Copper Co., Burraga, was held in London on December 10 last, Mr. C. J. M'Mahon presiding. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the…

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Mining Intelligence. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 15

Business was painfully lacking on the Mining Exchange yesterday morning. There were exactly half a dozen sales, all told; three of these were in gold stocks, and one each in…

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A Diver's Death the Greed for Gold

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 15

By thy Auckland steamer Z[?]landia come particulars of the death of Diver Clarke,who was engaged in the search for the Elingamite's gold. The Auckland "Star" says:--…

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Chinese and Gold. More Arrests in Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The crusade against Chinese storekeepers suspected of illicit gold buying is being continued by the Bendigo police with vigor…

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