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Mining & the mines, 1908

6,563 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 250

Colliery Troubles. Work Resumed at Neath

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--In conformity with the decision arrived at by a meeting of the miners at Neath colliery last night the men turned to again this morning and the pit is…

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The Gold Yield

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

The gold yield return for January is 45,676oz gross, valued at £180,862. Compared with January. 1907, an Increase of 1175oz gross has occurred…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 11

The Austral Valley Silver-Lead Company (Tas.) obtained £616/15/8 from the last parcel of ore sent to the smelters. The Gladston Tin Development Company…

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Kurri District Collieries. Steady Work Ruling. Kurri Kurri

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

The mines have worked constantly during the past fortnight, notwithstanding the fact that the Neath Colliery was idle towards the end of last week, and the pay to be drawn on…

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Gold and Copper. The following yields of gold and copper have been reported: -- GOLD

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 53

New South Wales. -- Araluen Redbank (120 hours), 12¾oz; Associated No. 1 (122 hours), 18oz; do. No. 2 (131 hours), 53oz; Turon River No. 1 (132 hours), 12oz; do. No. 2 (week), 17oz;…

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Mount Lyell Mine. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 11

The Mount Lyell Company reports that at the 1000ft level, the main crosscut, shaft end, was continued four foot in ore of good grade, making a total of five feet. Bore hole No…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 11

January outputs are:- Greenmount, 2030 tons, 351oz, valued £1377. Ingliston Extended, 2050 tons, 604oz, valued, £2550…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 15

At a meeting of the Esmeralda Copper Syndicate, held at Burraga, a large number of shareholders being present, the secretary stated that from 13 to 15 tons of ore sent to Lithgow for…

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Gold Export. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 11

The gold shipments to-day by the R.M.S. Orotava amounted to £21,550, as follows:— O.S.N. Company, £8500 for London. Tasmania Gold-mining Company, 3532oz bullion, value…

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Gold and Butter Shipments

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 12

R.M.S. Orotava, which cleared to-day for London via ports, took from Melbourne gold specie and bullion valued at £21,550, comprising five boxes of bar gold of the value of £13,050, shipped…

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Southern Coal Trade. Helensburgh

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

The district officers of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association (Messrs. Drury, president; Morgan, secretary; and Waugh, treasurer), visited Helensburgh on Saturday,…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 11

A considerable amount of business was transacted yesterday morning, both in silver, copper, and gold stocks, and, in regard to each, the tone of the market was of a varying…

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Tasmanian Mining. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 11

Mr. W. L. Hoyt, general manager of the Tasmanian Copper Company, who completed an examination of the Rosebery mine, cabled to London:—"Mine looks exceedingly well,…

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Mining. Decided Market Weakness

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 15

The Irregularity and uncertainty of the mining sharemarket under present conditions has been well illustrated this .week. On Saturday, at close, business was slow and values weak…

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Carcoar Ironstone Mines. Work Resumed. Projected Improvements

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 10

CARCOAR, Tuesday.--Owing to the trouble experienced by Messrs. G. and C. Hoskins in obtaining sufficient supplies of coke to keep the blast furnace at Lithgow going, orders were…

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The Eternal Wheelers. Yet Another Strike. Dudley Colliery Again Idle. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 5

The Dudley Colliery is idle to-day owing to a strike of wheelers for more pay. Shipping congestion to-day is at the worst, fully twenty vessels being delayed…

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Neath Miners. Who Violated the Conditions? West Maitland

The Australian Star · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 6

The Neath miners resumed work this morning in response to the representations of Mr. Abram Lewis, the miners advocate before the Special Court. They insist that it…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 11

The shaft of the New White Leads mine is down nearly 4670 feet. The B.H. Block 14 mine last week raised and despatced 717 tons of carbonates from…

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London Mining Market. London, Feb. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 11

On the Stock Exchange yesterday quotations of Australian mining ventures were:—Broken Hill Proprietary, b 58/9, s 61/3, British Broken Hill, b 15/, s 16/; North Broken Hill, b 37/6…

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Mining in the State. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 11

Messrs. Steele and Poole, who are deeply concerned in the present dredges in the Macquarie River, an erecting another drodge, a machine which will cost £7000. Messrs…

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