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Mining & the mines, 1908

6,563 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250

Mine Managers' Certificates Result of Examination

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 5 January 1908 · page 1

The Board of Examiners of Mine Managers have submitted to the Minister the report of the examination for mine managers' certificates held last month at Sydney, Broken…

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A Record in Gold Famines

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 5 January 1908 · page 9

The recent gold famine in America, serious though it was, did not compare with the famous one of 1868. At the height of this year's famine gold stood at from 6…

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Northern Colliery Employees Probable Resumption of Work To-Morrow NEWCASTLE

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 5 January 1908 · page 15

An aggregate meeting of wheelers, shiftmen, trappers, and other colliery employees, not being members of the Miners' Federation, was held on Arnott's Paddock to-day…

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Strike at Newcastle. Another Coal Crisis Imminent. Situation Very Serious. a Rash Statement—position of the Wharf Laborers. Newcastle, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1908 · page 7

The prospects of industrial peace, which, it was through, would prevail in the New Year, have been rudely dispelled by strikes at six colleries and on the…

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For Business Men Finance, Commerce, Shipping, and Mining "Enterprises of great pith and moment." -- SHAKESPEARE. T. W. Lawson a Modern Oracle the Man Who Exposed "Frenzied Finance "

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 5 January 1908 · page 5

Half a dozen names stand out in contemporary America as known to everyone. Thomas Lawson's is one of them. To his countrymen he has been as much of a puzzle as…

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Southern Coal Trade. Helensburg Coal Mines. Miners' Monthly Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 7

HELENSBURGH, Saturday.--The miners' monthly general meeting was held last evening in the Centennial-hall. The miners' committee had recommended to…

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The Goal Crisis. Four Mines Still Idle. Borehole Collieries at Work

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday Morning.—The strike was continued to-day at the tour collieries. comprising the Teralba series, namely: Pacific, Rhondda. Northumberland, and Northern…

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Clifton Collieries. Clippers' Difficulty Settled

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 7

CLIFTON, Saturday.--Mr. T. R. Morgan, miners' general secretary, visited Clifton yesterday afternoon, and attended a special meeting of the South Clifton miners' lodge, to deal…

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Coal Crisis. Will There Be a Strike? a Grave Situation. Mining Commission Endangered. Teralba Miners Determined. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 7

The situation in the coal-mining industry of the north is very critical. The district already stands dangerously near an industrial upheaval such as that which created so much…

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Mine Managers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 3

The Board of Examiners of Mine Managers which consists of Messrs. E. F. Pittman (chairman), J. B. Jaquet, F. Danvers Power, R. H. Gambage, and D. Milne, appointed in terms…

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Sick of Petty Demands. Metropolitan Colliery Employees. Get Forcible Letter From Mine Manager. Helensburgh

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Helensburgh branch of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association was held last night. There was a large attendance, and the business caused a…

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Mine Managers' Examinations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 10

The board of examiners of mine managers Messrs. E. F. Pittman, chairman, J. B. Jaquet, F. Danvers Power, R. H. Gambage, and D. Milne, appointed in terms of the Mines…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 9

The Sydney and inter-State Stock Exchanges will open this morning for the resumption ol business. The holiday period has been productive of a recovery in lead, silver, and copper…

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The Coal Crisis

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 4

Nothing that could possibly be said as to the grave results which might…

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Colliery Deputies' Association. Increased Wages Required

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 7

The deputies employed at the Newcastle and South Maitland collieries held a meeting at the Central Hotel last night, and decided to form an association. They intend…

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Coal and Other Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 5

The following vessels cleared at the Customs-house yesterday:—Waddon, s, for Sydney, F.O., with 490 tons coal; Wakatipu, s, for Launceston, via Sydney, with 1270 tons coal;…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 9

The Araluen Central No. 2 dredge continues idle, owing to the scarcity of water. The output of the Lloyd copper mine for December was 3352 tons ore, treated for 95 tons…

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The C.s.a. Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 9

The following is the mine managers report for w week ended December 31:--Main shaft: Work of taking up bottoms of plat proceeding. The ore which has been met with on the plat continues the same, going…

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Mining Intelligence. Mining in the State. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 9

The Proprietary mine despatches last week were only 617 tons zinc concentrates…

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Tasmanian Mining. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1908 · page 9

The average width of the main stopes in the Tasmania mine is 8ft, the values ranging from 9dwt to 63½dwt gold. The sluicing of the detritus matter on the…

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