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Mining & the mines, 1909

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Mining. Copper Still Lower

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 11

Continuing on the down-grade, spot copper receded to as low as £58 5s on Friday, that being the poorest value cabled for a considerable period, and represented a retrogression of 11s…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 9

An unsatisfactory week's business was brought to a close on Saturday, with not only no signs of a recovery, but with the position looking oven worse, than it did before. This…

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A Great Coal-field. Victorian - Government's Enterprise

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The Victorian Government intends seriously to proceed with its proposal to establish a coal mine as a State enterprise. The Minister for Mines, after a…

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Newcastle.; Coal and Other Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 8

The following vessels cleared at the Customs-house yesterday:—Kooyong, s, for Adelaide, with 35000 tons of coal: Tofua, s, for Fill, via Sydney, with 1800 tons of bunkers:…

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Mining in the State. Nowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 9

The Ya[?]wal goldfields, which some years ago were worth at least £200 per week to Nowra, are now no worth that many pence. The only hotel the fields bad has closed [?]ng to…

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Second Edition Barrier Miners' Meeting. Across the Border. Mr. Mann Defies Capitalism. (From Our.special Reporter.) Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 7

When the train arrived at Cockburn union officiais asked permission of the local station master to use the platform of the goods yard for the meeting, but the official…

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Young Wallsend Colliery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 10

It is expected that work will be resumed at the Young Wallsend mine to-morrow. The mine has been idle for some time owing to a dispute with the miners over the rate of…

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Miners Retrenched

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 4

LITHGOW, Monday.--A report from Airly states that after a fortnight experience of short weeks, namely, four days' work, the manager of the Airly mine informed the…

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Assistance From Western Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 8

LITHGOW, Monday.--The Western Miners' Association has sent £25 to tho Broken-hill minors at present on strike. It is probable that the question of further assistance will be…

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The Young Wallsend Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 4

The Young Wallsend Colliery, near Cockle Creek, will resume work to-morrow after being idle for about seven weeks, owing to a dispute regarding the rates of payment to the miners…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 9

The dredge of the Cope's Creek Dredging Company having been floated into the new site, sluicing operations were resumed last Friday morning. Everything is now working…

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Coal and Other Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 10

The following vessels cleared at the Customs-house to-day:—County of Linlithgow, bq, for[?] Valparaiso, tor orders, 3461 tons of coal; Corio, s, for Sydney, with 220 tons of…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 9

Word has been received from the London office that the Westralia Mount Morgan mine is to resume operations at the old rate of wages. It is thought, however, there will be…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 10

The following additional gold yields wore reported:--Associated No. 1, 37oz. for 129 hours work; Associated No. 2, 39oz. for 112 hours, Buckland River South Extended, 15oz. for 90…

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Mining. Market Inactive

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 10

The slack state of business on the Sydney Exchange yesterday is best shown by the fact that on the forenoon hoard there appeared three sales of copper scrip, and on the noon…

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New Colliery to Be Worked. Development of Tarro District

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 10

A new bolliery is shortly to be opened up on the Ironbark Estate, near Tarro, by Messrs. W. Laidley and Co., of Sydney. Five bores have already been sunk on the…

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New Colliery to Be Opened. Four Good Workable Seams

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 4

Messrs. W. Laidley and Co., of Sydney, the proprietors of the Rhondda mine, in the Teraiba district, and the Co-operative colliery at Plattsburg, have intimated to the Hunter River Water…

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Mining in the State. Delegate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 9

Encouraging accounts are given of goldmining operations being carried out in the vicinity of Bendoc (Vic.). A few men have been prospecting an area there for the past…

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Huge French War Fund. £160,000,000 in Gold

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 3

Next year's Budget, which will be passed by both Chambers before to-morrow evening (writes the Paris correspondent of the London "Standard" on December 23), reaches…

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South Coast Mines. Smooth Working Conditions. South Bulli Trouble Settled. the New Industrial Agreement. (By Our Special Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 5

Trade was brisk on the South Coast last week, everything in connection with the mines working smoothly. The trouble with the South B[?]ll[?] wheelers has been settled by the…

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