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Mining & the mines, 1909

7,251 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 15

The electric pump for the King's Bluff gold mine, Olary, has been dellvered, and, after a trial run, will be put to active work. Stoping will be proceeded with as soon as the water…

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Export of Coal for the Week

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 11

The total quantity exported from Newcastle during the week ended the 16th inst amounted to 87,787 tons, of which 48,511 tons were shipped to interstate and New Zealand depots,…

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Newcastle. Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 11

The following vessels cleared at the Customs-houso to-day:—Foreric, s, for Guayaquil, with 6133 tons of coal; Suva, s, for Suva, via Syd..ey, with 660 tons coal; Mintaro, s, for…

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"A Gold Mine" Big Earnings of Writers of Plays JEROME K. JEROME, BARRiE, and Hall Caine Getting Rich From Royalties

The Australian Star · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 10

Everybody (says a London gossip) is talking about the success which has come so suddenly to Jerome K. Jerome. Two London plays--both big money-makers--have fallen…

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Opal Mining. Lightning Ridge Field

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 7

Away out, 500 miles away from Sydney, near the Queensland border, lies one of the brightest diadems in gem wealth of the State of New South Wales, and which was a hidden…

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New Gold Find. Reef at Muckanippie. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 13

To-day Mr. Hutton, loader of the Government prospecting party, telegraphed the following from Tarcoola to the Minister for Mines:—"Gold has been discovered three mlles…

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Western Australian Gold. Outlook Better Than Ever. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 13

Introducing the mines estimates in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, Mr. Gregory (Minisster for Mines) stated that the mining outlook was more promising in every respect…

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Mine Explosion Fifty-six Men Killed LONDON, Friday, 2.55 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 1

Fifty-six miners out of 200 have been killed by an explosion of fire-damp in the Auka colliery, at Ve[?]prem, in Hungary…

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Miners As Navvies. Work on North Coast, Line. Statement by the Premier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 13

Mr. Griffith member for Sturt in the Legislative Assembly, had an interview with the Premier yesterday and submitted a proposal that some 500 of the miners now out of…

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Broken Hill Dispute An Electrical Atmosphere Escorting a Mine Official. Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 13

To-day there seems to be a feeling in the air that something more sensational than usual is going to happen. The police are alert and active, and seem determined not…

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North Queensland Mines. in the Cloncurry District. the Field—south and South-west. I.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 8

Cloncurry, the official and business centre of the Cloncurry copper field, is situated 490 miles west of Townsville, with which town it has recently been connected by railway. The…

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Wonderful Wolgan. Great Shale Mining Industry. Recent Development. How Nature Has Been Transformed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 9

LITHGOW, Friday.--The Minister for Customs and the Federal members who have been visiting the Commonwealth Oil Corporation's works and properties in the Wolgan Valley and…

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Disastrous Colliery Explosion

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1909 · page 12

An explosion occurred in the Lickbranch coal mine, Switchback, Virginia. Fifty miners were killed. The mine continued afire and over 100 men remained below…

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Gold Embroidery

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 17 January 1909 · page 7

Gold embroidery is apt to cause many misgivings when a satin evening gown, decorated in this manner, is brought under review. However carefully the dress has been…

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Mining Notes News from all Parts What Is Doing in the Mines

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 17 January 1909 · page 5

The Western Australian State batteries last week crushed 1130 tons of are for 1868oz. of gold. Mr. W. Howard Russell has been appointed legal manager of the Gold Estates Mine, at Adelong (N.S.W.)…

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Gold Medal Milk

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1909 · page 7

Gold Medal Milk having for so long been the popular brand or Condensed Milk in Now South Wales, it is interesting to Know that it is manufactured from full…

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Transvaal Gold Yield Increasing

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1909 · page 12

The gold yield of the Transvaal last year ; amounted to £20,957,010, as against £27,110,210 in 1907…

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FIFTY-SIX miners killed. LONDON, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1909 · page 7

An explosion caused by fire damp occurred in the Auka Colliery at Veszprem in Hungary. Fifty-six out of the 200 miners…

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A Chinaman's Crime Causes Disastrous Mine Explosion LONDON, Saturday, 6.30

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 17 January 1909 · page 1

From some unknown motive a Chinese Ignited a quantity of gelignite in the Village Deep Mine in Johannesburg, and caused an explosion, by which six colored laborers were…

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Sensational Mine Explosion. Chinaman Fires Gelatine Six Killed—twenty-four Injured. London Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 January 1909 · page 7

A Chinaman, whose motive is unknown, ignited a quantity of gelatine in a village at the Deep Mine, Johannesburg…

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