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Mining & the mines, 1909

7,251 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 250

Mine Tunnel Mouth Collapses. Operations Temporarily Suspended. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 7

The main tunnel mouth of the Mount Pleasant mine fell in yesterday. A great quantity of stone is at present blocking the main travelling way, and the mine was idle to-day…

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Block at a Mine. Mani Tunnel Mouth Falls In

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 7

WOLLONCONG, Thursday.--The main tunnel mouth of the Mount Pleasant Mine fell in yesterday. A great quantity of stone is at present blocking the main travelling way…

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Mining in the State. Adelong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 10

An interesting mining dispute over the ground at present being worked by Dunstone Bros and Capel, and Gately and Son, was tried before Mr. Nesbitt on Tuesday. It…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 10

The North mine continues to make steady progress with its new mill buildings. Development work continues underground on the ordinary lines. The main shaft has been…

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Broken Hill Central Mine. a Good Development. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 8

What th manager, Mr. Hebbard, admits is an exceptionally good development has occurred in the Central mine, owned by the Sulphide Corporation, in the blind shaft…

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Horrible Accident. Mining Engine-driver Decapitated. Cairns (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 7

News has been received of a terrible accident at the Molloy mine. Brief particulars only are so far obtainable. It is stated that an engine-driver named Jas…

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Coal Trade Depression. Distress on Newcastle Field. Relief Works Asked For. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 6

The depression in the coal trade of thal port during the post few months is beginning to hive a serious effect on the district. Many miners have not had anything approaching…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. The Durham Disaster. Greater Death Roll at Stanley Colliery. Loss of Life Totals 150

Evening News · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday Evening.—All hope of further rescues from the Stanley Colliery, Durham, has been abandoned. The death roll numbers 150…

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Savings Bank Sensation. Government Money Missing. Prosecution of a Mining Expert

Evening News · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 5

Frederick Kingston Smythe, 24 mining expert, was charged at the Water Police Court this morning with having falsely pretended to Robert Dixon, postmaster, that He was a…

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Depression at Newcastle. Reduced Coal Output. Mine Thrown Idle

Evening News · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—The fortnight's notice given by the Lymington miners at Cardiff expired to-day, when the mine was thrown idle, and the men removed their tools from the…

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South Greta Colliery

Evening News · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 9

WEST MAITLAND, Saturday Afternoon.—The trouble at the South Greta Colliery has reached an acute stage. The miners have been out since Monday, and during the past couple…

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Weekly Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 10

The past week has been a dull one in the coal shipping trade, only 32,713 tons being exported by sea. Fotoign ports took 17,465 tons, and Commonwealth and New Zealand depots…

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Record Gold Production

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 15

"Muelo" writes:— "Another Correspondent" evidently misunderstands me. I thought the preceding remarks of mine would be sufficient explanation of my meaning of the…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 15

The yield for the week at the Ringarooma dredger, Tasmania, is valued at £90. At the Araluen Redbank drodglngs for 118 hours has resulted in 55oz 3dwt of gold being…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 13

Araiuen Central No. 1, 27oz. 16dwt. for 114 hours; do. No. 2, 19oz. 3dwt. for 109 hours. Araluen Redbank dredge won 65oz. Sdwt. for a run of 118 hours…

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Burying Tons of Gold

The World's News · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 20

Investors in gold-mining securities will be interested to learn that an American lady computed not long ago that in the United States alone half a ton of pure gold, equivalent to…

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Wages Boards. Coal Carters' Troubles

Evening News · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 2

The Coal Carters' Wages Board, consisting of Messrs. T. E. Spenser (in the chair), J. Jones and J. Johnston (representing employers), M. J. Connington and W. Crowther (for the…

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Lymington Miners to Lay Down Tools

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 10

The fourteen days' notice given by the miners at Lymington Colliery to cease work expires to-day. and the men will then lay down their tools. The minors desired a hewing rate of…

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Mining. Values Mostly Lower

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 13

Copper fell to £57 15s on Thursday--13s 9d down--and lead was steady at £13 7s 6d; while Barrier shares were cabled easier. South (paid) booked forward at 86s 6d on the previous day,…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 15

There was a [?]illip on the Stock Exchange yesterday morning, and several transactions were recerded in every denomination of stock, except tin, though it must be, admitted that…

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