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Mining & the mines, 1908

6,563 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 250

Our Debt to Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 6

Mr. Pittman's interesting summary of the State's mineral output for 1907, which we publish in another column, is a convenient reminder of the important place…

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Mining. Emmaville

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 7

Mining matters have improved greatly In this district since the rain, which has provided a good supply of water for all purposes, and there is no likelihood of a shortage for some time to…

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Mining Report

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 6

The manager of the Broken Hill Junction North Co. wired yesterday afternoon as follows:--"Treated 1480 tons crude ore, producing 185 tons concentrates, assaying 61.6 per…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 11

The Carrington 1 and 2 East Mining Company (Charters Towers) has crushed 39 tons from the 260ft eastern level for 119 oz of gold. The residence has yet to come…

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Broken Hill Mining. the Concentrates Contracts. Developments in the British Mine. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 11

The delay in some of the mines completing their-contracts for the sale of concentrates is causing Broken Hill people a deal of unnecessary worry. The mine officials, as well as the…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 10

A preliminary statement regarding the mineral production of New South Wales for 1907 was made available yesterday by the UnderSecretary for Mines, and appears in another…

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Exit the Old Mines Museum

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 6

When any old building whether its architectural features are noteworthy or the reverse, is removed from our midst, there can always be found sentimentalists who deplore the…

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Metropolitan Mine Idle. Strike of Wheelers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 7

HELENSBURGH, Monday.--All was apparently going well at the Metropolitan on Saturday when the promised increases were paid, and the surface hands also had their wages…

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Neath Colliery Disputes. an Industrial Deadlock. Court's Existence Imperilled

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--When the special mining tribunal resumed its sittings under the presidency of Judge Heydon this morning. Mr. Lewis, advocate for the miners, referred…

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Queensland. Gold Yield. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 8

The gold yield for January 2 was 27,327 fine ox., valued at £101,618, compared with 31,150ox for January, 1907, valued at £134,016…

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New Gold Rush. Forty Men Digging

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 8

The following telegram was received by the Acting Commissioner of Police this afternoon from Sub-inspector Mitchell, of Cue:—"The Meekatharra police telegraph an alluvial rush…

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Mining Intelligence. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 11

As is frequently the case at the beginning of the week, the market opened exceedingly quiet yesterday morning, both buyers and sellers quoting wide, ad if waiting to see what…

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Northern Mines Industrial Peace Once More. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 1

The Neath miners resumed operations to- day. All the other pits in both the Newcastle and Maitland districts are at work, and for the moment industrial peace…

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The Restless Wheelers. Suspended by Miners' Committee. Helensburgh

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 7

A wheelers' deputation waited on the manager, and demanded certain terms. The manager refused to recognise them as employees till work was resumed. A miners' meeting is…

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Mining in the State. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 11

Teele and Poole, owners of dredges employed on the Turon and Macquarie rivers, are constructing another dredge at a cost of £7000. Marshall and party are constructing…

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Mining. Values Improve in a Flat Market

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 10

A general improvement in values almost paralysed mining business on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. On Saturday, sellers were many and buyers few; yesterday there was a…

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In an Australian Opal Mine. Diggers and Their Life. How "Dame Fortune" Flirts with Them

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 2

A sloping hillside overgrown thickly with "umbrella" mulga looks down towards a shallow valley where the mulga does not grow, but sparse yellow grass takes its place…

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New South Wales Mines Record Output for 1907. an Increase of £2,407,000. Over 1200 More Persons Employed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 9

The Under-Secretary for Mines, Mr. E. F. Pittman, has furnished a preliminary statement of the mineral production of this State for the year 1907. The value of the mineral output…

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Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 10

The following vessels cleared at the Customs-house to-day:—Moana, s, for Vancouver, via Sydney, with 1800 tons bunkers; Elleser, bq, for Valparaiso, with 1318 tons coal; Ardova,…

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The Coal Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 8

Adjudication by adjournment—the cynic might be pardoned if he used that phrase to describe the attempts of the Special Court to get to close quarters with the…

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