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Mining & the mines, 1910

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Kyloe Copper Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 9

The progress report for the week ended January [?] is as follows:— No. 4 level: North drive extended 3ft; total, 840ft. Lode 18in wide, assaying, 1.1 per cent…

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The Coal Strike

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 17

The northern miners' grievances have been overshadowed by. a series of mutual recriminations, charges, and counter-charges between the Bowling party and…

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Did the Gold of Ophir Come From Rhodesia? The Mystery of the Ancient Mines

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 6

As a joke on the Stock Exchange, and associated with the dreams and chimeras of Cecil Rhodes, Rhodesia is not unknown to the world; but as a hind of mystery, a…

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Mining. Carcoar

Evening News · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 8

Mr. J. Reitmeester, of the Junction [?] has just crushed some stone which has given an extraordinary yield. About theree months ago he commenced to trace a new small leader in a prospecting…

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Mining. Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 9

At the Kangiara Blocks mine the east crosscut from the west shaft is still in hard country at a distance of 91ft. Last week, at the Cosmopolitan gold mine,…

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The Marama Gets Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 8

The Union S.S. Company succeeded yesterday in securing a supply of coal at Newcastle for the Marama, which was despatched from Sydney at midnight for the northern port…

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Bathurst Council's Coal Shortage

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 8

BATHURST, Wednesday.-- At a meeting of the Bathurst Municipal Council to-night the deputy-Mayor (Ald. A. B. J. James) explained how it was no large coal had yet been received…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 11

Business will be resumed on the Sydney Stock Exchange this morning. At the west shaft of the Kanglara Blocks the east crosscut has been driven an additional 3ft.,…

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In the West. Lithgow Collieries Working. Increased Output. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 7

A wire from Cullen Bullen to-day states that the position there in regard to coalmining remains unaltered. Last week some slight friction was caused…

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Cheap Coal. Offers in Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A statement was made to-day by a Melbourne coal merchant that agents for New South Wales coal were offering fo supply it under contract for 1910 at rates…

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Killed in a Mine. Canbelago

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 8

A small fall of ore in the stopo at the north drive at the 200ft level of the Mount Boppy gold mine this afternoon killed John S. Price, and injured the left hand and arm of Charles…

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Position at Lithgow. Mines Working Uninterruptedly

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 8

LITHGOW, Wednesday.-- Work has continued without interruption at the local collieries since the resumption on Monday morning, and it is anticipated that this week there will be no…

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Colliery Engine Drivers. Their Attitude Towards Congress No. 2

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-- A statement has been published that the colliery engine-drivers are desirous of being represented on the new congress…

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Government Coal. Four Cargoes From Calcutta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 8

The Acting Premier stated yesterday that the four cargoes of coal expected to come forward on the 12th inst and subsequent days would comprise the Indian consignment…

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Foreign Coal and the Wharf Laborers

Evening News · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 5

The published statement that at a meeting of the Sydney Wharf Laborers Union held in the Trades Hall on Wednesday night a rer commendation that the wharf laborers should…

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Bunker Coal From Durban. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 8

Had it not been for the coal strike the Aberdeen liner Marathon would not have called at Durban on her present voyage from London. She, however, proceeded to that…

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Disturbance in a Hotel. Three Miners Charged

Evening News · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 4

CLIFTON, Thursday Morning.—Geo. Burrows, Frederick Smith, and Enoch Jackson, miners, were charged at Clifton Police Court with being drunk and disorderly on licensed premises of…

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Coal for the Government. Coming From Calcutta

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 8

Some time ago it was announced by cable that the Agent-General was making inquiries at Calcutta with regard to coal cargoes. Evidently these inquiries were in connection with the…

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Colliery Workers' Board Sittings Resumed at Newcastle. an Adjournment Refused. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 10

The Industrial board dealing with the labour conditions of Newcastle and Maitland colliery workers other than miners resumed its sittings in Newcastle this morning, under…

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Colliery Wages Board. Application for Adjournment. Proprietors' Opposition. "Playing Fast and Loose."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-- The Colliery Workers' Wages Board, which was appointed some months ago to deal with the wages and conditions of labor of colliery employees other than…

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