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Mining & the mines, 1909

7,251 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Bellicose Miners' Committee

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 14

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- At the meeting of the miners' committee of management to-day the question of the rates and conditions in vogue at the Lymington Colliery at Cardiff was discussed,…

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Mines and Mining. Dealings in Scrip. Copper Again Weaker. To-day's. Operations

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 15

Copper was quoted in London yesterday at £58 [?]s, a decline of 11s 3d per ton on the day. Among the shares quoted on the London…

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Gold or Silver?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 15

Mr. H. S. Allan writes:— Sir,—To return to Mr. W. H. Gocher ("Herlad," January 1, 1969), despite his alarmist views on the scarcity of gold, the proportion of the world's assets…

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Illegal Gold -- Buying

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- William George Ashman, a leading business man at Bendigo and connected with a number of public bodies, to-day pleaded guilty to illegally buying gold, and was sentenced to six weeks'…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 15

The No. 1 dredge of the Araluen Contral Company won 39oz 3dwt of gold for a run of 125 hours. The Jembaicumbene Dredging Company…

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Federation and Colliery Proprietors. Difference of Opinion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 15

At the meeting of the committee of management of the Coalminers' Federation to-day the secretary was instructed to write to the Colliery Proprietors' Association…

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Coal Carters' Hard Work

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 10

The Coal Carters' Board has adjourned its inquiry until Monday, when the respondents (the employers) will call evidence in reply to that given by the employees in regard to…

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Week's Export of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 15

The heavy falling off in the quantity of coal exported from [?]tle during the week reflects to some extent the prevailing dullness in trade. The total amount shipped was 35,379 tons, of which 14,280 tons went to…

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Grafton Copper Mine. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 15

The annual meeting of the Grafton Copper Mining Company was held yesterday, when the report was adopted. Messrs. S. See, G. H. Varley, W. Zietch, and P. Kritsch were…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 17

The Ivanhoe east lode is looking well at 1820ft. About 250ft. of driving has been done in a strong body of payable ore. About 177ft. of crosscutting has been done at 1970ft., and…

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Federation and Association. Miners and Proprietors

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 14

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The committee of management of the Miners' Federation, instructed their secretary to write to the secretary of the Colliery Proprietors' Association, drawing…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 15

The B.H. Block 14 is out-putting carbonate ore once again on ordinary lines, and the first shipment of 100 tons was sent away yesterday…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 15

The announcement by private cables received early in the morning, that the price of copper had dropped another 10/ per ton, bringing it down to £58/16/3, and that tin had…

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Mining. Poor Metal Rates

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 17

Spot copper, at £58 10s 3d showing a fall of 10s on Thursday, is lower than it has been for a long time, while lead, standing steady at £13 2s 6d, is likewise in an extremely unstable…

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Newcastle. Declining Coal Export. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 15

The quantity of coal exported from Newcastle during the past few months has shown a slight decrease almost every week, until this week the figures are lower than they…

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Southern Coal Trade. Bulli Prosecutions Withdrawn

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 15

BlTLLI, Friday. -- The prosecutions against the wheelers which had been initiated have now been withdrawn. For the coming pay tho Bulli miners will have ten days to take, and the South Bulli men eight. Woonona and…

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Gallant Rescue. Miners Entomed for 93 Hours

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 5

Two miners employed in the "Hanover" Colliery of Bochum (Westphalia) named Martin Holstein and Johnann Nowack have been…

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Newcastle Coal Trade Affected Depressed Condition of Affairs

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 13

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The trouble at Broken-hill is beginning to exert a depressing influence on the trade of Newcastle, much to the regret of the entire community, which is…

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Topics of the Day New Use for Coal

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 4

It is stated on the authority of the men themselves that coal carters rarely suffer from the more acute forma of indigestion, albeit, like frailer folk, they occasionally…

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Mining in the State. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 15

An attempt is being made to revive mining at the Junee Reefs and Burongilly. The great drawback is the want of facilities for treating the stone. At present it has to…

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