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Mining & the mines, 1909

7,251 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 250

Charge of Conspiracy Sequel to a Mining Transaction

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 7

Before Mr.. Barnett, S.M., at the Central Police Court this afternoon, the case was continued in which one Maurice Michel Roohe, a mining agent is proceeding against…

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Tin-mining Industry. Activity Around Emmaville. Last Year's Yield Worth £50,000. EMMAVILLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 9

Now that the holidays are over mining operations are assuming their old proportions. The miners are cheerfully facing another year's toil. During the past 12 months steady work…

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Barrier Upheaval. Outrages on the Railways. Fanning the Flames. Mr. Tom Mann Keeps Things Lively. "Miners Determined to Win." Broken Hill

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

Further damage was done during the night to the railway lines loading to the Proprietary mine, and the mine is now thoroughly out off. In places the rails have been torn up, and in…

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Purchase of a Coal Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 8

Howard Smith and Co. have purchased 500 acres of what forms part of the old Swanbank Dairy Estate property at Ipswich. Satisfactory tests have been made which prove the…

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Mines and Mining Sales on Change

The Australian Star · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 6

At the noon call the market was [?], and speculators are visibly growing nervous. It is rumered in the city, but not officially, confirmed, that the Sandstone Development…

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Admiration of Coal-lumpers. ''Brutal Conditions of Mine-owners."

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 8

At a meeting of the Sydney Coal Lumpers Union, hold on Tuesday last, the following motion was carried:-- That this meeting places on record its admiration of…

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The Coal-dust Theoby. a St0ry of Mining Research

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 3

Professor William Galloway, the well-known South Wales mining engineer, has this week been awarded the Shaw gold medal prize for industrial-hygiene of the Royal Society of…

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Kalgurli Gold Mining Company. Successful Year's Work. Kalgoorlie (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 11

The report of the Ka[?]gur[?] Gold Mines, Ltd., for the year ended July last, states that the profit and loss account shows a profit of £151,095. During the term under review, there…

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Coal-lumpers' Support

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 7

At a meeting of the Sydney Coal-lumpers' Union the following motion was carried:— "That this meeting places on record its admiration of the A.M.A. for the courageous…

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Coal-lumpers' Sympathy

The Australian Star · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 1

At a meeting of the Coal Lumpers' Union held at tho Mechanics Institute a resolution was carried as follows:-- That this meeting places on record its…

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Proposed Strike of Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 8

The secretary of the local workers' organisation at Cairns has received a telegram from Stannary Hills stating that a general strike of miners had been proclaimed from the…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 11

The Occidental Gold-mining Company (Cobar) has declared a dividend (52) of /3 per share, payable on January 25. The output for Decembor of the Prentice…

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Mining. Nowra

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 3

The Conjola copper and gold properties are giving good promise, and the prospectors are well pleased with the outlook. No. 1 Nowra syndicate has done some good work, and…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 5

The Occidental Gold-mining Company, Cobar, has declared a dividend (the 52nd) of 3d per share, payable on January 25. During the period between December 20 and…

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Gold and Silver Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 8

The value of the gold exported from the Dominion last year was just over £2,000,000, and the silver exported totalled in value £175,000…

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Queensland Gold Yield. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 9

The gold yield for December was 45,743 fine ounces, an increase of 4632 fine ounees compared with December last. The value of the gold was £194,302, an increase of…

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Queensland Gold Yield. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 11

The issue of the gold returns for December enables a rough estimate to be made of the gold yield for 1908, but it cannot be regarded as complete, since the returns have to be…

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Mining. the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 11

Taken full and by, the information that came to hand yesterday morning by private cables respecting the state of the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday, was not too cheering…

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Mining. a Bigger Turnover

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 5

Mining scrip was a little more active on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday, the list of sales showing an increase in transactions over hose of the two previous days. Values of most…

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The "Miners Complaint." Government Asks for a Ruling

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 8

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.--Large orders for Newcastle coal are going forward from Auckland. There is no change in the situation at the Reefton mines. The Government is…

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