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Mining & the mines, 1908

6,563 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Mountain Industries. Shale Miners Holding Out. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 6

A report from Airly states that an aggregate meeting of the association was held on Saturday. Mr. Mays, president, occupied the chair. Mr. J. P. Cochran, secretary of the…

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Mining Intelligence. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 11

By all the rules governing speculation, the market should have recorded an improved amount of business yesterday morning in silver shares at advanced rates all round. In the…

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Mining. Firm But Inactive Market

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 14

The Sydney sharemarket yesterday was again largely dominated by pressure for scrip although this influence was not so acutely felt as was expected. This despite the lands of bulls…

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Broken Hill Mines. Fire Precautions. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 11

The B.H. Block 14 Company has started the foundations of a large fire service tank on the highest point on the mine, with a capacity of 15,000 gallons of water. This will be…

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Copper Mining. Work at Port Kembla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 9

All doubt about the truth or otherwise of intention ot the Electrolytic R[?]fining Company to establish their works at Port Kembla for the treatment primarily of the Mount…

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South Coast Mining. Meeting at Helensburgh

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 10

HELENSBURGH, Tuesday.--At a miners general meeting to consider the matter of a further increase in the hewing rate, Mr. T. R. Morgan, miners' general secretary, read the…

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The Wyalong Gold Field. Ii. the True Blue

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 38

The True Blue Mine has stood prominently in the front rank for some time past and enjoys the enviable distinction of being by far the most important gold-producer on the…

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The Unlucky Mining Court. Mr. Forsyth Ill

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—Mr. H. For, syth, member of the Special Mining Court, is confined to bis borne, at Dudley, through illness. The nature of the illness, whether…

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State Ministry. Rearrangement of Portfolios. Mr. Perry Takes Agriculture and Mr. Wood Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 9

The Executive Council yesterday made appointments providing for a rearrangement of the portfolios of the Wade Government. They are as follow:--…

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Reminiscences of a Pioneer. in New South Wales. No. Xiii. the Gold Discovery Victoria

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 211

I have said that Tintanallogy was badly watered back from the river, but what I should have said was, that portion of it I traversed was badly watered, for I did not reach Lake…

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Three Collieries Idle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 8

Back Creek and Duckenfield collieries, owing to strikes of tho wheelers, are still idle. Another colliery-Neath, in the South Maitland district-stopped work this…

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On Strike. Three Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The Back Creek and Duckenfield collieries in the Minmi district are again idle to-day, as the wheelers refused to resume work unless the management agreed…

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Mining Notes News From All Parts What Is Doing in the Mines

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 2

[Mine managers and secretaries are requested to forward their reports not later then Wednesday of each week, so as to ensure publication on the Thursday.]…

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Industrial Discontent. Airly Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 9

The secretary of the Sydney Labor Council, who visited Airly, where between 90 and 100 miners have been on strike for an advance in wages for some months, has submitted a report…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 9

The Mount Lyell Company has despatched 2609 tons of blister copper for the current half year. The net proceeds ot 111 tons 19cwt of ore…

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Mining. Cobar

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 8

Good development work continues to be carried out at the North Cobar, and at times splashes of first-class carbonates are met with. However, the true lode has not yet…

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Coal and Other Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 8

The following vessels cleared at the Customs-house to-day:—Marion Inglis, sh, for Guayaquil, with 2403 tons coal; Wimmera, s., for Wellington, via Sydney, with 1200 tons…

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Montana Copper Mine. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 9

The manager of the Montana copper mine, Sunny Corner, reported for the week ended Saturday that the contractors had sunk a further depth of 8ft 6in. and started a Winze…

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Injured Mine Deputy. Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 8

Mr. William Johnston, mine deputy, who was injured in the South Clifton Colliery on Tuesday last, has been removed to the Bulli Hospital, his injurles being more serious than…

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Neath Miners Knock Off Work

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The Neath colliery in the Cessnock district, was laid idle during the second shift to-day. It appears that two of the minors had committed some breach…

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