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Mining & the mines, 1909

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 9

Ringarooma (Tas.) yield for a five days run is valued at £72. The North Broken-hill last week despatched 482 tons concentrates…

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Gold Mining in a Cemetery. Ore Worth Three Ounces Per Ton. Peak Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 11

Coleman and party, on the Cemetery Hne of reef, have just completed a trial crushing of 20 tons for 65oz of gold, being an average of over 3oz per ton. This parcel was taken…

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Drowned in a Mine. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 10

A young man, named James Pringle, 21 years of age, who had been empleyed as a waterballer in the Sea Pit, was found by his father this afternoon lying dead in a pool of water…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 11

The B.H. North mine last week sent away 482 tons of concentrates. The new main shaft was sunk 10ft to 1048ft, Both winzes below the 850ft level are in good ore. One is…

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Melbourne Chamber of Mines. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 8

The suggestion that the Commonwealth should assist in adding to the strength of the British navy by presenting a Dreadnought was enthusiastically discussed at a meeting of the…

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Tin Mining. Emmaville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 11

The manager of Bourke's Hill Tin-sluicing Company reports:—During the week both plants have been running on average dirt, and everything in connection with the mine…

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Industrial Court. (Before his Honor Judge Heydon.) Re Colliery Mechanics

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 5

Mr. Mitchell, on behalf of the Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protective Association, Hunter district, made application for a board for the Newcastle collieries. Mr. Sparke (Mess[?]…

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Mining in the State. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 11

Fifteen tons of stone from Mr. F. Spratt's Queen of the Ranges mine, Palmer's Bulga, near Ophir, crushed at his battery at Mullion Creek, returned 22oz of smelted gold…

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Mining. Spot Copper Back to £55 15s

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 March 1909 · page 9

On the opening day of the week spot copper was 22s 6d higher at £56 7s Gd. but on Tuesday went back 6s 3d to £56 1s 3d, then to £55 15s, again 6s 3d lower. In the circumstances it was…

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South Coast Coal Miners. Conference with the Owners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 15

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The Industrial Agreement Conference last week with the proprietors resulted in no settlement being come to on the main points. The result having been…

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Coal Shipments

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 14

The total quantity of coal exported from Newcastle for the week ended yesterday amounted to 55,730 tons. Of this quantity 23,730 tons were despatched to foreign ports, and the…

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Week's Coal Export

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 14

The total quantity of coal exported from Newcastle during the week ending to-day, amounted to 55,730 tons. Of this quantity 23,730 tons went to foreign parts, while…

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Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 14

BULLI, Friday.--At a meeting of the miners of the Old Bulli mine the subject of the new industrial agreement came up for discussion, and complaint was made about some of…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 15

The Jembaicumbene Dredging Co. obtained 450oz 9dwt for the fortnight. No. 1 dredge of the Amalgamated Tindredging Company has been floated to a new…

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Coal and Other Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 14

The following vessels cleared at the Customs-house to-day:—Tofua, s, for Fiji, via Sydney, with 1850 tons bunkers; Furth, s, for Java ports, via Townsville and Cairns, with…

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The First "Miners' V.C."

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 8

[?] Ch[?] a typical Yorkshire miner. has to ga[?] the [?] V.C." for [?] in mines and the King [?]…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 17

Araluen Central No. 1 dredge won 25oz. 4dwt. gold for a run of 110 hours, and No. 2 26oz. for 130 hours. In reply to a deputation the Acting-Premier of…

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Gold for Her King

The Methodist · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 2

An English paper told, a few years ago, of a poor woman in London, bedridden, whose support was only a few shillings a week, but who, every day, studied how she could save a penny or a half-penny from the…

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Drowned in a Mine. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 14

A young man, named James Pringle, 21 years of age, who had been employed as a waterballer in the Sea Pit, was found by his father this afternoon lying dead in a pool of water…

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Mining. High Metal Values

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1909 · page 17

Copper recovered 5s on Thursday, and lead rose 1s 3d. The improvement in the former metal, however, did not bring about any appreciable change in share values, and, as with…

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