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Mining & the mines, 1910

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Coal for Victorian Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Just before the new year the Railway Commissioners accepted an offer by the Austral Coal Company, Glpps-land, to supply the department with 70,000 tons…

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Help for Coal Lumpers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 8

At last night's meeting of the Wharf-laborers' union, £25 was, voted towards the Coal-lumpers who are out on strike. This amount had hitherto been voted at each meeting to the…

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Coal From New Zealand

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 8

A consignment of 600 tons of Auckland coai arrived here yesterday from New Zealand, by the Norwegian steamer Inga,…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 4

The output of the Harden gold mine for the month of January is valued at approximately £2750 from 1000 tons treated. No. 5 level east was advanced, to 210ft. during the past week…

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The Coal Steamers. a Curious Proceeding. Strathfillan Coal for Gas Company

Evening News · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 4

The steamer Quito has completed discharging her cargo of Calcutt coal, and is now at anchor in Rose Bay, for fumigation purposes. This latter proceeding is regarded as rather peculiar,…

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Miners' Wages Board. Lodge Secretary's Evidence

Evening News · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday Afternoon.—The Compulsory Wages Board resumed at the Council Chambers this morning. The room was crowded, as usual…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 9

The South Blocks mill for the month [?] January treated 7620 tons crudes, assaying 16.1 per cent. lead, 2.6oz silver, and 9.8 per cent. zinc producing 1512 tons leady concentrates,…

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Mining. Harriers Again Recede

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 4

On Tuesday there was further weakness In Broken-hill scrip on the London Stock Exchange, and lend fell is 3d, to £13 10s; hence the weakness shown locally yesterday…

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Tasmanian Mining. Zeehan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 9

It is anticipated that the waten, supply at the Mount Bischoff Company's mine will prove good for all requirements during the remainder of the summer months…

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More Coal Cargoes. Another Indian Order

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 8

While the first two vessels filled with foreign coal were still discharging another one entered the harbour yesterday. The D[?]n of Airlie, which was heard of when the Quito…

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Colliery Disasters. Explosion in Kentucky. Forty Men Entombed. London, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 7

An explosion occurred yesterday in a colliery at Drakesbro, Kentucky. Forty miners were entombed. Twenty bodies have been recovered…

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Newcastle. Coal and Other Exports. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 8

The following vessels were entered outwards at the Newcastle Customs-house yesterday:— Zambesi, s, for Sydney (for docking), in ballast; Glaucus, s, for Melbourne, via Port…

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Another Quay Difficulty. the Quito Coal Again

The Star · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 4

The Burns, Philp liner Guthrie left for Singapore this morning, getting away from Circular Quay soon after 10 o'clock. She had taken in about 700 tons of Calcutta coal…

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Victoria's Wheat Harvest. Affected by Coal Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Railway traffic in wheat, despite the great harvest and high prices ruling, has not so far attained anything like the volume anticipated…

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The Bellbird Coal. Charges of Insulting Words

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 8

KURRI KURRI, Wednesday.--At the Police Court this morning, before Mr. M'Kensey, P.M., Ivor Augustus Gaskill was charged with using insulting words at Cessnock on January 24…

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Mining. Lead and Copper Lower

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 9

There was a fair amount of business in mining shares on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday morning but as the result of London cables advising a further drop in lead and…

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General News. Special Mining Wardens

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 6

A sum of money was last year placed upon the Estimates tor the purpose of making practicable the appointment of a limited number of special wardens under the Mines Department,…

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Late Cable News. Received Today. Colliery Disasters. the Primero Explosion. Victims Unidentifiable

Evening News · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—The victims by the explosion in the Colorado Iron and Coal Company's mine at Primero were Slavs, Italians, and Hungarians…

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The Clifton Miners. Dissatisfied with Strike Pay. Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 8

It now transpires that the last strike pay distributed by the South Clifton Miners' Lodge amounted to only 9s 6d per man, and not 12s 6d, as proviously reported. There has…

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The Manly Boats. Secure 500 Tons of Quito Coal

The Star · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 4

The Port Jackson S.S. Co. has secured 500 tons of the Quito's cargo of Calcutta coal, The hulk Governor Blackall was put alongside the Quito, and took in the…

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