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Mining & the mines, 1909

7,251 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250

Necessaries for the Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 9

Two trains laden with necessaries were taken on to the Proprietary Mine this morning by the Sliverton tramway officials…

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Work at the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 10

BROKEN-HILL. Monday.--At 2 o'clock this afternoon the Proprietary mine, which has worn a deserted and desolate appearance for the past few days, was once more a scene of…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 11
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

The Mount Lyell Company has consigned 2149 tons of blister copper for the current halfyear of the company's operations. During the week ended January 2 the pumps…

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Mining. Kiandra

Evening News · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 4

Messrs. C. Wortes and Sons have removed the Kiandra elevator plant on the Jack Isles plat, and will be at work in the course of three weeks. Individual gold digging and…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 15

The following gold dredging returns for last week have been reported: Associated No. 1, 39oz for 61 hours; do. No. 2, 46oz. for 78 hours; Turo: River No. 2, 20oz. for 100 hours…

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Gold, Tin, and Copper

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 53

The following yields of gold, tin, and copper are reported:-- GOLD. New South Wales.--Associated No. 2 dredge,…

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Teralba Coal Dispute. the Award

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 53

The Royal Commission, consisting of Judge Heydon (president), Mr. A, Forsyth (colliery owners' representative), and Mr. P. Bowling (miners' representative), on December 31…

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Once Famous Mine Reappears. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 11

Assays of the concentrates derived from the recent crushing at the old Snobs' mine, Lucknow, show they contain 70oz of gold. The assumption was that they contained about…

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Mines Closed. an Increase in Price

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 11

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--The closing of the Taupiri and northern collieries has reduced the Auckland coal supply to 5000 tons weekly. Fortunately, there are large stocks, and supplies…

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India's Gold Shipments. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 10

The gold shipments to-day by the R.M.S. India amounted to £10,060 6s 5d, as follow:— Bank of New South Wales, 1196oz bullion, value £5060 6s 5d, for Colombo, optional; P…

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New Zealand Coal Crisis. Extreme Measures

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 11

Auckland, Tuesday.--Some of the colliery companies in Auckland arc adopting extreme measures calculated to force Government action in connection with the crisis arising from the…

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Instructions to Inspectors. No Permits From Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 10

In reply to a question yesterday the Chief Secretary said his attention had been drawn to a statement that a mining inspector had applied for a permit from the men to enable him…

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Mining. Market Quiet, But Firm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 15

Mining shares did not undergo much alteration in values during the holidays. The Sydney Stock Exchange was re-opened yesterday, after having been closed since December 24,…

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The Teralba Award. Meeting of the Miners. Accepted, But Not Satisfactory

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--A mass meeting of the employees at the collieries in the Teralba district was hold on Monday night at Teralba, when Mr. "Peter Bowling (president of the…

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Wind and Duststorms Destructive Bush Fires. Mining Plant Destroyed

Evening News · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 7

Commonwealth Weather Bureau Forecast:—Generally cool and fine, with south to south-east winds, but mostly cloudy on and near the coast, with showers and fresh winds…

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Coal Miners Aggrieved Lithgow

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 8

The secretary of the Western Miners' As sociation wrote to the Lithgow Coal Association recently, to the effect that the miners' representatives were prepared to meet the…

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Mines and Mining Forenoon on Change

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 5

Below are the quotations on the Sydney Stock Exchange this forenoon. The market is dull, and practically motionless. In coppers the Broken Hill group are slightly…

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A Gold-mining Concern. Alleged Conspiracy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 5

At the Central Summons Court yesterday, before Mr. Harnett, S.M., the case against James Milne Curran and Donald Thomson, on an information by Maurice Michael Roche, alleging that defendants had…

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Cessnock Collieries. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 10

The miners at the Aberdare Extended colliery knocked off work on Thursday owing to some trouble relative to the weighbridge. The services of the majority of the surface hands…

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