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Mining & the mines, 1909

7,251 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 250

Newcastle Coal Shipments. Complaints of Short Weight

Evening News · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 4

LONDON, Monday Evening.—The British of Chamber of Shipping has decided to investigate complaints of shortage in weight in coal shipped from Newcastle, N.S.W…

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Fremantle Gold Shipments. Fremantle (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 9

The R.M.S. Mooltan sailed to-day with two boxes of bar gold, valued at £12,513. One box is for Bombay and the other for Colombo, optionally…

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Mine Boys Cease Work. a Sympathetic Strike Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 8

A number of boys employed at the Newcastle Coal Company's A pit coased work on Thursday night out of sympathy for some of their fellows, who were dismissed by the…

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Mining in the State. Canbelego

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 9

At the Lord Dudley Copper-mining Syndicate's lease a considerable amount of costeening has been done at a dapth of 12ft. and for a width of 30ft copper is showing…

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Pelaw Main Miners. Want a New Agreement. Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 8

A meeting of the Pelaw Main miners was held this morning. The men want a new agreement, the old one having expired. Several letters sent to Mr. Brown werr said to…

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Kalgoorlie's Golden Mile. Prospects of Individual Mines Great Boulder. NO. 2

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 2

The Great Boulder Proprietary mine, owing to its having reached the deepest point at which any of the lodes have been opened in Kalgoorife, is the centre of attraction…

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Coal From Newcastle. Alleged Shortage in Weight. British Shipowners to Investigate. London, Monday. 3.10 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 February 1909 · page 1

The British Chamber of Shipping has decided to investigate the complaints that have been made regarding the alleged shortage in weights of coal shipped from…

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Coal Mine Troubles

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 53

The fortnight's notice given by the Lymington miners at Cardiff expired on February 20, when the mine was thrown idle, and the men removed their tools from the workings. It is…

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Cessnock Collieries. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 10

There appears to be a simmer of trouble in the air. Unquestionably there is a feeling of unrest among the colliery employees. The Broken Hill strike and the approaching…

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Burwood Colliery Idle

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The Burwood Colliery, in the Redhead district, was idle to-day, owing to a dispute regarding the Screens. The mine had been inoperative during the whole of…

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Stoppage at Burwood Colliery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 6

Trouble occurred at the Burwood colliery this morning, which has resulted in the mine being idle all day. Last week the mine was not working, and advantage was taken of the…

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Brown Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The registration is reported of the Australian Brown Coal Mining Company, formed to develop the brown coal industry, with the aid of English capital. The…

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Kyloe Copper Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 13

Yet another shareholder writes:—Since Kyloe mine got into its present control it has not been—in the ordinary sense—a "producer." All work has been purely in the direction of…

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Coal at Cooktown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 10

Mr. Ball, the Government Geologist, who returned recently from Cooktown, expressed the opinion that there was a possibility of thick seamy coal being struck by boring at…

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Coal Carters' Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 11

John Cooney, who gave evidence before the last meeting of the Coal Carters' Wages Board, at the Water Police Court, Mr. Spencer (chairman of the board) presiding, said that he sometimes had to break in young…

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Pelaw Main Colliery. West Maitland

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 7

The officers of the Pelaw Main Miners' Lodge left for Newcastle this morning to accompany the officers of the Miners' Federation on a deputation to Mr. John Brown,…

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Strike of Shale Miners

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 53

The struggle at Newnes between masters and men is proceeding in downright earnest, the combined unions of the centre having been successful in bringing out practically…

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Snapshots at Yambulla Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 25

JANSEN'S BUSH-MADE BIKE, Made from an old wheel and pieces of rough saplings. The owner used it on the roads for years. STRANGE BREAD OVEN, Made from the clay of an ant bed. The bread from it is delicious, and declared by a recent visitor to be [?] Sunday…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 13

As a result of 10 days' work by the Paddock Swamp dredge, 31cwt 3qrs of tin have been won. The crushing of the Mills United Company…

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Mining. CARCOAR

Evening News · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 4

Mining matters are still quiet in this district, as far as gold or copper are concerned. The operations at the Neville end of the district have taken a lull, and only two…

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