In and About the Mines
The following additional gold-dredging-returns are reported for the past week:--Associated No. 1, 38oz. for 177 hours: do. No. 2, 72oz. for 170 hours; Turon River No. 1, 21oz. for 179…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mining & the mines, 1908
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In the Balance. Newcastle Coal Crisis. an Open Rupture Feared. Conserving the Supplies. Teralba Mines Still Idle
NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The events of the past few days have served to show that the position on the northern coalfields is most uncertain. Those who are interested in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kurri District Collieries. Cessation of Work Not Favoured. Kurri Kurri
The new year has opened brightly, with all the collieries hard at work to fulfill orders, and should no industrial troubles occur, this year will be a record one. The strikes at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New South Wales Fields. Broken-hill Mines
BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--During December the South Blocks mill ran 536 hours and treated 7727 tons crudes, averaging 17 per cent. lead, 2.8oz. silver and 10.97 per cent. zine, for 1405…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →South Coast Collieries. Attitude Towards Northern Trouble. Owners and Men Reticent. Clifton
Work at all local collieries commenced this morning with a much better percentage of employees in attendance than was experienced last week, and the orders to be dealt…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle Coal Crisis. Four Mixes Still Idle
NEWCASTLE. Tuesday Morning.—The miners at the four Teralba collieries Pacific, Rhondda. Northumberland, and Northern Extended are still on strike. The public here is anxious…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Rix's Creek Trouble. Miners Determined. Singleton
The position is unchanged at Rix's Creek. The miners are still out, and they are determined in their demand for an advance of six-pence on the hewing rate of 2s 9d…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mount Morgan Mine. the Grades of Ore Treated
The Mount Morgan during the half-year ending November 30 last, produced a total of 78,188 oz. gold, which was in excess of the output for any half-year for five years previously…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mining Market Quiet, But Strong
The resumption of business yesterday on the Sydney Exchange, after the holiday break, was not marked by any conspicuous disposition to either, buy or sell. It is usual for brokers to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Lunatic's Freak. Holds Up Zeehan Miners. Zeehan
Edward Watson, recently discharged from New Norfolk Asylum, created some excitement at Zeehan this morning. After smashing up his own hut at Comstock, he broke in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Southern Coal Trade. Progress of the Clifton District
CLIFTON, Monday.--During last week the local coal trade was greatly hampered through a number of employees not having resumed work since the holidays. This interfered with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Wheelers' Strike. More Mining Troubles
The wheelers employed at Seaham No. 2 Colliery, one of the large mines In the West Wallsend district, went on strike this morning, but the mine has not been thrown quite idle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining in the State. Emmaville
Mining operations are now in full swing since.the holidays, the dredge working three shifts. The big dredge at Y Waterholes, on which the company had sunk £60,000, has not…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill
All Broken Hill mines, except the Junction, are in work again to-day. The British mill has not yet restarted, and may not do so until the conference of companies being held in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gold Yield for the Year. a Slight Decrease
The usual return furnished by the Under-Secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of December is 20,192oz. crude, equal to 24,749oz…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mining in the State. Peak Hill
Mining operations on the Yeovnl field are brisk, a number of miners being at work on both copper and gold. The Dalcooth, owned by a local syndicate, shows a good lode of grey…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gold Yield in New South Wales. a Falling-off
The usual return furnished by the Undersecretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of December is 29,192oz crude, equal to 24,749oz…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Sydney Morning Herald. Tuesday, January 7, 1908. the Coal Crisis
It has been difficult for the public to believe that the new year would open with another coal crisis at Newcastle. No sufficient reason has been advanced for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining by Machinery. Solves Rand Labour Shortage. London, Jan. 6
It is expected that the introduction of the Gordon stope drill will solve the labour problem on the Rand, since a native working the instrument in five hours…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tie Wharf Laborers' Strike. Further Trouble Expected. Coal Trimmers May Be Called Out
NEWCASTLE. Monday Morning.—Matters are quiet this morning along the wharves, which have almost been deserted by the unionist strikers. The free laborers are working at the…
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