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Mining & the mines, 1908

6,563 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 250

Mining. Bathurst

Evening News · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 8

At the Esmeralda mine, Cow Flat, which is worked by a Burraga syndicate, good ore is being obtained. A recent assay by Mr. Carne, who inspected the mine, was very satisfactory…

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A Lump of Coal Its Autobiography

The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 2

Throw me into the fire I am only a piece of grimy old coal, Mind I don't soil your hands. Dirty old coal I may be have a…

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The Wolgan Mines. Strike Threatened. Lithgow[?] Monday[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 7

Regarding the industrial conditions and the progress at Wolgan, the following report was received this morning:—"Owing to difference of opinion with the management, the miners…

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A Mother Miners' Strike. Wheelers to Come Out

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 5

LITHGOW, Monday.--A report from Wolgan states that owing to a difference of opinion with the management, the minors in No. 2 shale tunnel at Wolgan decided to cease work after…

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Broken Hill Proprietary Mine. a Month's Operations. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 9

The B.H. Proprietary Company, had a reduced output for the four weeks ended January 22. A total of 26,522 tons of ore was extracted during that period. The Stewart shaft…

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New Zealand. Westort Mining Difficulty. Willington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 7

Advices from Westport state that as the result of the conference between the Premier, the Minister for Labour, Mr. Millar, and the proprietors and miners, the difficulty…

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Tin Mining. Water Very Scarce. Emmaville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 9

The Elsie dredge has closed down, owing to having no water. The company was treating good dirt, obtaining over 25cwt clean tin per week. Until there is a heavy fall of rain,…

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"Struck It!" Bicycle Tires Punctured by Pieces of Gold

The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 2

Mr. Jermyn, provision merchant, of Redan, near Ballarat, recently had a tire of his bicycle punctured in two places. The machine was sent to Ballarat for repairs…

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Grafton Copper Mine. Ore Reserves Proved, 112,177 Tons. Copper Contents Estimated at 5667 Tons

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 9

The shareholders in the Grafton Copper Mining Company, Ltd., who have been summoned to attend the third general meeting to be held in Grafton to-morrow, will have every…

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"Murder and Treason" at Bendigo. Maldon Miners and Rew. H. Worrall. the Duty of the Church

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--At the half-yearly meeting of the Maldon branch of the A.M.A. on Saturday night. it was resolved:--That this meeting sympathises with the Bendigo miners…

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Collieries at Work

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 7

In pursuance of a resolution passed at a meeting, of the wheelers at the Back Creek and Duckenfield collieries on Saturday, the boys returned to work yesterday morning, and the two…

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The Wyalong Gold Field. Iii. the Junction Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 38

This is a mine out of which a large quantity of gold has been won, and where the developments are of an extensive character. It is situated about 700ft south of the True Blue…

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More Goal Troubles. Another Colliery on Strike Special Mining Court Reopened

Evening News · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—The Special Mining Court, consisting of Judge Heydon. and Messrs. Forsyth and Bowling, resumed its sitting this morning…

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Gold Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 11

Gold shipments from Melbourne on Tuesday by the R.M.S. Ormuz consisted of £5000 for London, shipped by the Orient S.N. Company. Shipments for…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 11

In London on Monday copper was quoted at £6[?]/5/, tin at £122/10/, and load at £14/12/6. The Mills' United Company (Charters Towers) reports a yield of gold valued at…

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Capital and Labour Combine. Victorian Collieries' Movement. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 10

A mass meeting of the employees in the Jumbunna and Outtrim coal mines was held on Sunday, under the auspices of the Victorian Collieries Employees' and Owners' Federation…

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Coal Court to Resume

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 10

After an interval of nearly three weeks, the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the disputes between the miners and colliery proprietors of the northern coalfields will…

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Gold and Copper Yields. The following yields of gold and copper are reported:-- GOLD

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 53

New South Wales.--Araluen Central No. 1 (120 hours), 58½oz; Araluen Redbank (120 hours), 50¼oz; Associated No. 1 (136 hours), 24oz; Associated. No. 2 (136 hours),. 59z; Turon…

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Ballabat Miners' T.c. Races

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 4

The usual monthly fixture of the Ballarat Miners' Turf Club, on Friday last, was well attended, while fields were more numerous than…

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Fatality at a Mine. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 10

An inquest on a young man named George Butters Sayers, who was killed at Hainault mine yesterday as the result of being caught in the belting…

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