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Mining & the mines, 1908

6,563 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 250

Colliery Troubles. the Mining Commission. Owners' Profits. Teralba Rates and Conditions

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The special coal-mining tribunal presided over by Judge Heydon continued the hearing of evidence to-day in regard to the rates of pay and conditions of…

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Ballarat Miners' Meeting

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 5

The usual monthly race meeting of the above club was brought of on the prettily-situated course at the Redan on Friday, when there was…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 3

On the London Stock Exchange on Monday. Broken Hill Proprietary closed b 52s 6d, s 55s; British Broken Hill. b 13s 9d, s Us 9d; North Broken Hill, b 36s 3d, s 38s 3d; South Broken…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 527
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The output of ore for the past four weeks by the Great Cobar, Limited, was 14,519 tons, which yielded 354 tons of copper, 926oz of gold, and 6425oz of silver…

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Miners' Strike. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 11

The strike of employees in the Golden Fleece, Shamrock, Junction, Barrier. Brookman's United, Neeld's, and Homeward Bound continues, and it is anticipated that the…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 15

Between four and five tons of copper ore from the Montana copper mine at Sunny Corner were recently sent to the Great Cobar furnace, Lithgow, for assay. The secretary of…

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Large Shipment of Gold

Evening News · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 7

The Japanese mail steamer Nikko Mara left this Sydney afternoon for Manila, China, and Japan, via Brisbane Townsville and Thursday Island, Besides the passenger list and cargo…

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Gold Shipments. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 11

The shipments of gold to-day by the Orontes consisted of £12,250 for Londan, shipped by the Orient S. N. Company. The Nikko Maru, on the 19th inst, took £11,516 for…

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North Mount Lyell Mine. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 11

In the winze at the end of the main crosscut at the 1000ft level of the North Mount Lyell mine an ore body has been struck, and proved for a width of 5ft. It assays 11 per…

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Miners' Disabilities. Accident and Special Disease

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--At the sixteenth annual conference of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, at Daylesford, to-day, the president said that during the term there had been…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 11

The Block 14 mine last week produced 704 tons of carbonate ore from the 100ft and 200ft levels, averaging 31 per cent. lead and 9½oz silver. 750ft level has been commenced…

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Victoria. Gold Dredging at Bright

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 54

Gold dredging is still active at Bright. The Fullburgh dredge, which recently started work, in the last clean-up secured 107oz of gold for 12 days' work. The company has a…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 11

The fact that the London Stock Exchange on Monday, "contango day," quoted silver shares steadily, has evidently created a local impression that the "carry over" to the next…

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Mining. Market Slightly Recedes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 15

Although the metals copper, lead, and tin were all shown to be slightly reduced by yesterday morning's private cables from London, there was enough stability in the sharemarket…

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The Wyalong Miners' Strike. the Situation Acute

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 7

What a Wyalong resident describes as a very acute situation exists in that ordinarily quiet centre. It has for years been quietly prosperous, being the centre of a good wheat and…

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Coal Trouble the Wallsend Stoppage Newcastle

The Australian Star · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 7

The Special Coal Court (Judge Heydon and Messrs. Forsyth and Bowling) continued its sittings at the Newcastle Courthouse to-day, and resumed the taking of evidence bearing…

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Explosive Rocks. an Uncanny Experience. Nature Fusillades Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 8

"It's not a pleasant sensation, I can tell you to hear the rocks exploding around you, and not know what causes it," was the remark[?] made yesterday by a miner who many years…

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A Plea for Capitalists. by Miners Association. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 9

In opening the annual conference of the Amalgamated Miners' Association of Victoria to-day at Daylesford the president, Mr. C. Carling, said, with moderate [?]ight-thinking…

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Mr. Mauger and the Miners. Questions in the Senate

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Senator Nelld asked in the Senate this afternoon whether seeing that the Postmaster-General had reaffirmed his acousations of drunkenness against…

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