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Mining & the mines, 1909

7,251 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250

The "Lloyd" Mine. Report and Accounts

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 10

A copy of the directors' report and accounts of the "Lloyd" Copper Company. Ltd., for the year ended on June 30 last, came to hand yesterday, the tenth ordinary general meeting of…

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Mining. Silver-lead Hardens

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 10

Although yesterday's record of sales of mining scrip on the Sydney Stock Exchange numbered loss than a score, there were features about the market which were highly…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 9

"Inactive, but fairly steady," characterised the market yesterday morning. Telegrams showed that a similar state of affairs existed in the Adelaide and Melbourne Stock Exchanges…

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Newcastle. Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 8

The following vessels cleared at the Customs-house to-day:—Corio, s, for Adelaide, with 3250 tons of coal; Saint Louis, s, for Noumea, via Sydney, with 800 tons of coal and…

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Newcastle Miners. Indignation Meeting to Be Held. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 7

On Saturday at the meeting of the committee of management of the Miners' Federation a sum of £100 was voted for the assistance of the miners at Broken Hill. In the…

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To Assist the Miners. Practical Sympathy From Sydney Unions

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 6

At last night's meeting of the Tr[?]. Draymen, and Carters' Union, in response to the appeal from the Sydney Labor Council, it was unanimously resolved to vote £10 as a first…

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The Industrial Disputes Act and the Coal Trade

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

Mr. A. Stuart writes:—I, and I daresay others, have been watching the papers very closely to see what has become of the case of the worst-paid carter in Sydney—I refer to the…

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Kantappa Tin Mine. British Offer to Purchase. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 9

An offer of £1000 cash, and 25 per cent. interest in any company formed, has been received from London, from the British and Colonial Mining and Industrial Corporation, for…

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Mining in the State. Mount David

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 9

The mining industry in this district is at present at a very low ebb. The stoppage of the Burraga copper raino has affected the district generally. The local tradesmen are…

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Shot Through the Heart. Mining Engineer's Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 8

William Albert Moynan, 36, a mining engineer, lately living in Elizabeth-street, Ashfield, was found dead in his bedroom shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday morning with a…

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American Monetary Crisis. Recalling the Gold. London, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 7

Mr. G. B. Cortelyou, Secretary to the United States Treasury, will recall on January 23 15,000,000 dollars (£3,000,000) deposited with the National Banks during…

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New South Wales Gold Yield. Decline for the Year

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 5

The usual return furnished by the Undersecretary for Alines shows that the gold yield reeorded for this State during the month of December is 23,662oz crude, equal to 21,7[?]oz…

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Recruiting the Emigrant. the Gold Water Throwers. Mr. Walter Preedy's Return

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 8

LONDON, December 11, 1908.--No branch of the public service offers a better field for zeal and ability than that of emigration in Great Britain. If the State official appointed to this…

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Twenty-five Killed By an American Mine Explosion LONDON, Monday, 3.10 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 1

An explosion occurred yesterday at Le[?]ter's C[?]lliery, Zeig[?]er, in the State of Illinois (U.S.A.), by which 25 men were killed…

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The Broken Hill Trouble Rockchoppers Will Down Tools If Miners Are Convicted the Forces of Wealth and Privilege

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 5

The question of rendering assistance to the Broken Hill minors was discussed at a largely attended meeting of the Rockchoppers' Union last night, when resolutions…

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Our Island Possessions. Development of New Guinea. Condition of the Mining Industry. Visit of Hon. W. Whitten, M.l.c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 6

The Hon. W. Whitton, a member of the Legislative Council of Papua, arrived on a visit to Sydney yesterday from Samarai, New Guinea, and will remain here for about two…

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Mines and Mining Dealings in Scrip

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 6

The Sydney market remained practically in the same state as yesterday, business being dull. S[?] scrip was firmer, in sympathy with the [?] in tire price of lead in Europe…

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Colliery Explosions

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 9

Science and practical investigation have at last agreed that the major cause of explosions in coal-mines is coal dust. This was the natural conclusion believed in by miners for…

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Mine Manager Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 10

Early this afternoon a doctor was escorted on to the Proprietary mine by two mounted constables, and the fact aroused a score of reports as to shooting accidents and injuries…

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Enormous Coal Consumption

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 39

The records of the great Cunard Atlantic liners, the Lusitania and the Mauretania, are watched witlh augmented interest as time passes (says "The Engineer.") It is not…

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