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Mining & the mines, 1910

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Coal for Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 10

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The steamer Councillor, with 5709 tons of English coal for the Government, has arrived…

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Colliery Disaster. Ninety-four Dead Recovered

Evening News · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—A terrible explosion occurred yesterday in the Colorado Iron and Coal Company's Mine at Primero. One hundred and forty-nine miners were…

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Mining. Drake

Evening News · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 4

The principal mine in this district and in which extensive operations are being carried on is the Adeline. In the early part of last year Mr. W. H. Trewenack, on behalf of a syndicate acquired this…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 11

The output for the month of January of the Harden Gold Mine, Ltd., is valued at approximately £2750 from 1000 tons treated. The crosscut at the Harden Extended gold…

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Beach Mining

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 58

The gold particles are too minute to be collected by gravity on great stretches of the Australian sea coast. Amalgamation seems to fail on account of some oily or…

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The Coal Strike. Leaders Sent to Gaol. Foreign Coal Arrives

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 54

The principal events of the week's strike proceedings were the conviction of Peter Bowling, Daniel Hutton, James Butler, and William O'Connor, under the provisions of the…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 7

North Broken-hill mill last week treated 4053 tons crudes, averaging 15.8 per cent, lead, 6.3oz. silver, and 13.1 per cent, zinc for a production of 705 tons concentrate's, containing 493 tons…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 11

The main shaft on the Silver City Blocks is down 112ft. where the zinc formation is giving way to leady sulphides. The [?]oyal Blocks and adjoining property continue to look well…

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His Weight in Gold

Evening News · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 2

The Maharaja of Nepal has, according to a telegram from Calcutta, given away his "weight in gold, in accordance with the custom of indian princes, who often make vows—for…

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Carting Bellbird Coal. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 10

The contractors for shifting the coal from Bellbird mine to the railway station are pushing the work along energetically. Early on Sunday morning 13 carts arrived from…

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Miners' Wages Board. Proprietors Submit Claims

Evening News · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday Afternoon.—Exceptional interest was taken in the resumption of the sittinigs of the Compulsory Wages Board at the Council Chambers this morning. The…

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Victoria's State Mine. Newcastle's Probable Competitor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mr. S. Hunter, of the Mines Department, who has had charge of the operations at the State mine at Plowett River, considers that after making ample…

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Miners in the States. Threatened Suspension of Labor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--The United Mineworkers' Wages Scale Committee at Indianapolis recommends the suspension of bituminous mining on April 1 unless the…

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More Free Labor. Trouble Over Scotch Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 10

Yesterday the French steamer Pacifique, of the Messageries Maritimes Co., sought the aid of the Wharf Laborers' Union, in consequence of the wharf laborers having refused to handle…

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The Lakamba Rush. Warning the Miners. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 9

Miners who think of seeking their fortunes in Papua, on the Lakamba goldfields, are strongly advised by the Department of External Affairs to look thoroughly into the…

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Steamers in Commission. Coal for the Guthrie

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 10

Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Company's steamer Guthrie has been re-commissioned. She is to sail at 10 a.m. to-morrow for Java and Singapore via ports…

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Returned to Port. "Chitter" As Steaming Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--On Thursday last the steamer Cara, 4000 tons, left Newcastle, bound for Westport, New Zealand, taking for bunker purposes a quantity of Welsh coal and 140 tons…

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American Miners' Demands. Big Strike Threatened. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 9

The United Mine workers' wage scale committee of Indianapolis has recommended the suspension of bituminous coalmining on April 1, unless an advance of…

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Coal for the Guthrie. Mr. Lee in Explanation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 9

The Acting Premier explained yesterday that the supply of coal made to Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co. was merely the discharge of a general promise he had made when the cargoes…

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Coal-lumpers' Agreement. Meeting with Stevedores To-morrow

The Star · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 5

The coal lumpers have also come to an important decision, which will certainly go a long way towards relieving the present tension. Apart from their desire to assist…

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