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Mining & the mines, 1910

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Metal and Mining Markets. London, Saturday, 6.40 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 2 January 1910 · page 1

Closing quotations yesterday were: --Copper, spot £61 15s to £62, three months £62 15s to £63. Electrolytic copper, £63 10s…

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The Latest Mail News Out of the Jaws Oe Death. 78 Miners Rescued After a Week's Imprisonment. Terrible Suffering. New York, Nov. 22

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1910 · page 20

Seventy-eight miners who were entombed in the St. Paul mine at Cherry, Illinois, a week ago, has been found alive, and it is believed that at least as many…

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For Business Men Finance, Commerce, Shipping, and Mining. "Enterprises of great pith and moment."--SHAKESPEARE. Busy Man's Budget. Items of Interest. "Trade is the golden circle of the globe." --COWPER

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 2 January 1910 · page 14

Mr. Stephen Field, nephew of Cyrus Field, has invented a quadruplex cable instrument, by means of which it is possible to send four distinct messages simultaneously over one…

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The Strikers' Mines. Probably Reopen To-day. Price of Coal Fixed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Young Wallsend and Ebbw Main will probably be working again to-morrow. The difficulty with regard to the payment of the strike levy is said to have been…

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New Colliery at Clifton

Evening News · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 6

[?] correspondent writes:—Despite the recent stretch of unfavorable weather steady progress has been made at, the new mine. The new engine for shaft sinking has been installed,…

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The Strikers' Mines. Resume Work To-marrow. Railway Coal Payments. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 8

After a stoppage of over a week, brought about by the miners' refusal to pay 25 per cent, strike levy imposed by the Colliery Employees' Federation, the strikers' mines will…

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Western Collieries Award. When Is It Coming?

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 6

LITHGOW, Sunday.--Touching the Wages Board award for the west, many of the miners desire to see it published as early as possible. A fair award would, it is thought, settle…

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Coal From India

Evening News · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday Afternoon.—The steamer Irish Monarch left Bombay on November 19, and arrived this evening, with nearly 6000 tons of Calcutta coal for the Victorian…

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South Wales Coal Dispute. Mines Give Notice. the Owners' Claim for Damages. London, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 7

The colliery proprietors of South Wales claim from the Miners' Union £960,000 damages on account of the miners having wrongfully refused to work the extra 60…

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Mining. Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 9

The operations of the Paddock Swamp Tin Dredging Company for the week ended December 24 show that the pumps ran 60 hours, for a yield of 1 ton 3cwt lqr 161b of tin ore,…

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Mining Crisis. Difficulty in South Wales. Miners Give Notice. with a View to Settlement

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--The miners of South Wales, with a view to negotiating for a settlement of the difficulty which has arisen between themselves and the mineowners,…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 9

At the Gold-hill 206ft. level work has been discontinued since the last report. After the holidays (the report says) they will resume work at that level, and establish connection…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 9

About 400 acres of ground at Pinnacles has recently been taken up by a syndicate for mining purposes. The area includes the old mines known as Lady Bevys, Middle Pinnacles,…

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The Bowling Congress. Supported by Coledale Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 6

At a mass meeting of the Coledale miners, held on Thursday, the following motion was carried unanimously:-- That this meeting has the utmost confidence in the…

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Another Strike Threatened. Miners Again Dissatisfied. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 8

Another dispute between the management of the Austral colliery and miners employed there has occurred at Korumburra. On account of differences in regard to conditions…

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Mr. Hughes' Visit. Awaited by Southern Miners. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 8

It is intended by the South Bulli Coal Company to commence loading 12,000 tons of slack to-morrow morning. The coal will be loaded into railway trucks. Some three…

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The Coal Famine. Melbourne Manufacturers Feel the Pinch

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--The Melbourne manufacturers will be at their wits' end to obtain this coming week, at a reasonable price sufficient coal with which to carry on…

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More Coal From Japan the Zambesi at Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--The steamer Zambesi arrived here to-day from Moji, Japan, with 5260 tons of Japanese coal on board, consigned to Messrs. J. and A. Brown. The steamer will…

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Mining in the State. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 9

The manager, Mr. Miller, of No. 1 Goldmining Company, brought into town a nice cake of gold, the result of crushing 35 tons of stone prior to ceasing work for the holidays…

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North Sydney's Gas. Interrupted Service Unlikely. More Coal Secured

Evening News · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 4

Mr. Morland, manager of the North, Shore Gas Company, when asked this morning tow matters stood, eo far as the gas supply was concerned, said that there was no change in…

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