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Mining & the mines, 1909

7,251 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 250

Valuable Gold Discovery

Evening News · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 8

A prospector named Graham discovered a rich deposit of alluvial gold at Dark Corner, near Sunny Corner. One speciman contained 18oz gold, and four pieces altogether weighed…

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Illicit Gold Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Thomns Reid, battery-owner, of Myrtle Creek, wns at Bendige to-day sentenced to five months' imprisoument for unlawfully buying gold. Albert Postl[?] (29),…

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Mining. Kangiara

Evening News · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 4

The Kangiara Mine is in full swing, and every week fresh bodies of good ore are being discovered. The company intends to erect a water jacket. The machinery will be on the…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 18
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The work of constructing the railway line from Cloncurry to Mount Elliott has been commenced. New Zealand's gold output during 1908 was…

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Coal and Other Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 10

The following vessels cleared at the Customshouse to-day:—Sydney, s, for Melbourne, via Sydney, with 1800 tons of coal, 30 tons of coke, 287 ingots of copper, 20 bundles of bags, 1 bale…

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A Great Mine at Night

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 1

This picture is noteworthy, not only because it shows a phase of industry at Mt. Morgan, Queensland, but because it is an excellent specimen of night photography. Some so-called "night photographs" are secured by two exposures on the one plate, the first being done by daylight, while the…

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A Visit to Yambulla Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 25

HOT! sweltering hot! and to the sun's natural heat was added the fierce furnace blast of the bush fires that literally encircled the little township of Eden…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 15

The latest crushing (fifth) of the Tommy Burns Tin Mines was 122 tons 19cwt. for 13 tons 13cwt. dressed tin, assaying 60.48 per cent, (wolfram present), at £68, worth £928…

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The Gleam of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 5

Again and again during the past few weeks we have been startled by the news of shipw[?]ks, and still more shipwrecks, and our hearts have been rent by the stories of men…

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Victorian Gold Shipment. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 9

The gold shipment by the Mooltan comprised 3573.74oz of specie, valued at £15,150 5s 6d, for Calcutta, optional, shipped by the Union Bank; £5000 for London, shipped by…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 11

In the Mining Exchange this morning the prominent feature was the strength of Broken Hill South stocks. The paid-up section rose from 84/6, the figure at which business was…

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Coal-lumpers' Union. the Federation Scheme

The Australian Star · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 7

A meeting of the Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union was held at Miller's Point this morning. The president (Mr. W. Macey) occupied the chair, and there were 400 members…

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Mining. Copper Weaker; Barriers Stronger

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 15

Private London advices received yesterday morning as applying to the feeling on the Home Exchange on Monday gave stronger quotationns for the Broken-hill interests. And…

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Mining in the State. Adelong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 11

O'Dwyer and party, at Mt. Adrah, have sunk their shaft to 60ft, and are highly pleased with the quantity and quality ofthe stone at that level, the reef being 2ft big…

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Dark Corner Gold Find. History of the Field

Evening News · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 5

On Inquiry at the Department of Mines, it was learned that no official intelligence had been received of the gold find reported from Dark Corner, near Sunny Corner (as announced in…

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Pictures from Broken Hill-- Miners' Meetings of Protest and Denunciation

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 29

Nothing of an unusual character happened at Broken Hill up to February 12 'to mar the…

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Mining News. Around New South Wales Fields. Southern Shows

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 53

Diamond mining is proceeding at Wallendibby near the border of Victoria, a Melbourne syndicate having & number of men at work in the locality. where indications of diamonds were…

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Broken Hill Mining. Diamond Drilling Results. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 11

Block 14 last week despatched 471 tons of average grade carbonates to the Sulphide Corporation. Development work remains limited. The south drive from the 50ft west…

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Broken Hill South Mines. Half Year's PROFITS, £41,016. Reduction in Working Costs

The Australian Star · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 8

A net profit of £41,016 was earned by the Broken Hill South Silver-mining Company during the half-year ended December 31, 1908, with lead at the average price of £13 5s 11d…

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