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Mining & the mines, 1909

7,251 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250

Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 15

The No. 2 N. Columbia Company (Gympie) has declared a dividend of 6d per share, payable to-day. London quotations received by the B. H…

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Accidentally. Diamond Mines Curiously Discovered

The World's News · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 17

It now transpires that the new diamond mines in German South-West Africa, referred to in a recent issue of "The World's News,"…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 17

Distributions totalling 3s per share we're made by the Tewksbury Amalgamated Gold-dredging Co. during the half-year ended December 31. This brought the aggregate amount disbursed…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 15

Owing to a block at Port Pirie, the Sulphide Corporation's mine bas experienced some difficulty lately in the despatch of its concentrates. However, the sending away of leady…

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Mining. Barrier Scrip Firm

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 17

Notwithstanding a drop of 10s in spot copper, share values were fairly steady, on the Sydney market yesterday, but as with the other sections, there was no spirit in trade. Chillagoe…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 15

That the market does not always reflect the rise and fall in metal values was indicated by the fact that notwithstanding copper again receded 10/ a ton in London on Thursday the…

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Kaiser and Pope £200 Gold Seal

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 10

Emperor William has sent to the Pope for a jubilee present a choice specimen of modern German gold smiths' work which is said to have…

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Transference of Workmen. Work for 1000 Displaced Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 14

It will be recollected that some time ago Mr. Griffith, M.L.A., wrote the Premier stating that whatever the decision of the Arbitration Court may be, the Proprietary mine will, for a…

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Short of Coal. River Clyde Towed Into Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 13

BRISBANE, Friday. -- The Marine Department advises that the steamer Falls of Orchy, towing the steamer River Clyde, entered Moreton Bay to-day. The River Clyde was short or coal, and…

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

The World's News · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 3

This year's Budget, which has been passed by both the French Chambers, reaches the colossal and unprecedented total of £160,000,000. As M. Raymond Poincare (chairman of the…

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Western Australian Mines. Dividends to Date, £19,160,114. KALGOORLIE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 15

Last month the Gwalla South Company, treated 1905 tons, for 1236oz, valued nt £4654. The return does not" include the gold from 1085 tons slimos, with an assay value of 7dwt…

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Tin-mining. Acceptable Rain for Sluicing. Tingha

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 17

The Brisbane Company, working on Ferris's private block for the last two years, is making fair headway with the main drive, and getting out wash. A small washing was…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. Strange Story from Pekin. Late Emperor's Death. Suffocated with Gold Leaf

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 8

LONDON, Friday Evening.—The "Revue," a Paris magazine, states that the late Dowager Empress of China, when on her deathbed. Induced Yuan-Shi-Kai (the Grand Secretary)…

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The Late Chinese Emperor. Compelled to Suffocate Himself With Gold-leaf. Under Threat of Strangulation. Paris Paper's Sensational Story. London, Friday. 3.5 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 1

The mystery surrounding the death of the Emperor Kwang-Hsu and the Dowager Em[?] [?]press of China has been deepened by a starting stony, to which a Paris paper, the…

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

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 7 February 1909 · page 5

The Cope's Creek dredge has been successfully floated into a new site. Owing to the low price of tin the Reform dredge has been closed down…

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Gold Medal Milk

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1909 · page 7

Gold Medal [?] having for so long been the popular brand of Condensed Milk in New South Wales, it is interesting to know that it is manufactured from full…

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Useless Movements of Gold

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1909 · page 5

If we should see two African tribes adjust their trade balances by gravely sending an Ivory tusk from one camp to the other and as gravely returning the…

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£50,000,000 in Gold

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1909 · page 4

Tho forty-fifth number of the "Statistical Abstract for the British Colonies, Possessions, and Protectorates" was published last month. It gives a vast mass…

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Proposed Federation Op Miners' Unions. Melbourne. Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1909 · page 7

Mr. P. Hickey, delegates from the Western Federation of Minors of New Zealand, arrived to-day. He was present at a meeting of the executive committee of the…

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Mining and Finance. Answers to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1909 · page 4

X.Y.Z. : 1. New Loch Fyne are worth about 1/9, and, we think, should not be sacrificed. 2. There is an old gold lease called the Indigo on the Yumballa Held in this State that has…

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