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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

6,563 stories in Sydney's papers · page 76 of 250

Mining in the State. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 13

Mr. T. Robinson, of Jerong, has obtained some excellent specimens containing gold and copper from near the Abererotnblu River. He states that the reef is about 4ft wide, and…

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Special Mining Court. the Teralba Claims

Evening News · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—The Special Mining Court heard further evidence to-day bearing on the claims for machine rates and conditions for the Teralba district. The witnesses…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 53

It is reported that the Broken Hill North mine has disposed of its concentrates for the next two years to a German firm. A large number of men employed at the…

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Ten Men Killed by a Falling Colliery Cage London, Tuesday, 3 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 1

(By the falling of a cage down the shaft of a mine at Charleroy, in France, ten workmen were killed…

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B. H. Proprietary Mine. the Ore Reserves. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 13

Mr. Delprat, general manager of the B. H. Proprietary Mine, speaking of the chairman's (Mr. John Darling) estimate of the ore reserves of the mine, explains that all…

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The Coal Court. Teralba Rates and Conditions. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 10

The Royal Commission arbitrating on mattors in dispute on the northern coalfields resumed at the Newcastle Courthouse to-day, his Honor Judge Heydon presiding…

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The Mining Commission. Teralba Rates and Conditions

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The Royal Commission on mining disputes continued its sittings to-day, when further evidence was heard relative to machine rates and conditions at the…

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Arbitration Court. the Caledonian Coal Company, Ltd. Conditions of Employment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 6

Mr. H. A. Mitchell appeared for the Shore Drivers and Firemen's Union, claimant; Mr. Broomfield, instructed by Messrs. Minter, Simpson, and Co., appeared for the Caledonian…

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ARBITRATION. (Before Mr. Justice Street, Deputy-President, and Messrs. T. Spencer and E. Riley.) the Colliery Workers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 13

The dispute between the Shore Drivers and Firemen's Union (claimant) and the Caledonian Coal Company (respondents) was further heard. Mr. H. A. Mitchell appeared for the union, and…

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Tin-mining Industry. Wolfram Ore Being Won. Dredging Operations. Emmaville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 13

The manager of Bourke's Hill Tin-sluicing Company reports:—No. 1 plant worked 96 hours, 2000 cubic yards being removed. There is a good water supply, over 7 inches of rain…

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Mr. Mauger's Aspersions. on Northern Coal-miners. Questions in the House

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Reference was made in the House of Representatives to-day to the aspersions recently cast on the local minors of the Maitland district by the…

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Budgery Mines

Evening News · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 3

Report, March 7:—During the week, complete ed and squared up the winzes, and fixed sk[?] road to bottom, Started to open out and drive north to meet the ore body, and have driven…

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Last Year's Gold

The Catholic Press · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 4

Mr. T. F. Van Wagenen, in the "Popular Science Monthly," states that all the gold mined in one year—taking the year 1906 as an example—could bo packed in a…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 9

The Mount David Gold-mining Company report a yield of 361oz from 660 tons of ore. There were cyanided 545 tons of tailings for 98oz of gold…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 11

The deed of agreement for an option over the Mount Boppy copper mine has been signed, and the first payment of £250 has been received. The second payment is due on. April 30…

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Settled at Last. Black Jack Colliery Dispute Over

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 4

GUNNEDAH, Wednesday.--The strike has been settled at Black Jack colliery, after three months, as the result of a conference between the management and representatives of the…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 9

The Queensland Smelting Company to-day applied for a further six months' exemption on the Pinnacles mine. The solicitor for the company said the depression and American…

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Export of Gold. Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 9

The Marathon, which left yesterday for London, took away 75,000 sovereigns for South Africa, and gold bullion valued at £77,000 for London…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 9

The position of the "bears" of silver shares was not a rosy one yesterday morning, for cables showed that the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday quoted several of the…

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Black Jack Colliery Strike. Conference at Gunnedah the Trouble Settled

Evening News · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 3

GUNNEDAH, Thursday.—The Black Jack Colliery strike bas been settled by a conference of the Miners Federation and the local lodge together with the directors. The hewing rate…

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