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Mining & the mines, 1911

6,275 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250

Bolton Colliery Explosion

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1911 · page 14

Queen Alexandra has given £100 to the relief fund in connection with the disaster at Pretoria pit, Bolton, Lancashire. It is estimated that there are 1500…

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Mining and Finance

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1911 · page 4

The Stock Exchange being closed, there are no prices to record. A cable has been received from the head office in London of the British Broken Hill Company,…

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"State-ownership." What It Means. Scottish Miners' Decision. London, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1911 · page 7

The Scottish miners have carried a resolution that "State ownership and control means the ownership of all the instruments and material of production…

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Decline in Coal Exports Mainly Result of Strike. a Proprietor's View

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1911 · page 7

"Since July there has been a marked depression in the coal tride, principally noticeable in the decline in shipments to oversea ports."—(Mines Department…

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The Latest Mail News the Whitehaven Colliery Disaster. Evidence at the Official Inquiry. Victims and Closed Pit. London, November 26

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1911 · page 22

The inquest and Home Office inquiry—the first joint investigation of the kind ever held—into the colliery, disaster at Whitehaven on May 11, when 136 men and…

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Waihi Gold Mine. London, Dec. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 9

The "Financial News" states that the Waihi Gold Mine (New Zealand) has become a prey to rumour, largely because the directors do not publish progress reports…

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The Coal Output

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 9

The total quantity of coal exported from Newcastle during the week ended yesterday amounted to 70,759 tons. Of this quantity, 37,315 tuns were sent to foreign ports. whilst Commonwealth and New Zealand ports…

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Mining. Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 9

Mr. L. A. Cleveland, manager, of the Stanley Reward Tin-mining Company, advises that since work was started at the mine on the alluvial, 23cwt of tin has been recovered from…

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Mount Copeland Mine. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 9

The only mining concern to hold a meeting of shareholders during the holiday season was Mount Copeland G. M. Company, a New South Wales venture, in which Victorian…

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Scottish Miners. a Socialistic Programme

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 7

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.-- The Scottish Miners' Conference has resolved in favor of State ownership and the control by means of ownership of all instruments and…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 11

At the half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Carmichael Bradford Desulphurising Process. Limited, the chairman of directors, Mr. A. J. Hall, presided. The directors' report…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 9

The general manager of Ivanhoe, Mr. R. B. Nicholson, reports that the following particulars have been cabled to the London office of the company:—"Patterson shaft, main…

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Gold and Silver Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 9

The exports of gold from the State during December are returned by the Customs-house autherities as:—Colnel £87,019, uncoined £54,537: while the exports of silver for the…

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The Coal Porters of Pekin

Evening News · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 8

To the north-west of the Tartar city there are large mines, which supply pekis with coal They are however, badly worked in a prinitive manner, and the coal is net of good quality,…

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Gold Payments. Effective German Protest

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 7

LISBON, Saturday Afternoon.--In consequence of Germany's protests, the Government has withdrawn the decree whereby part of the Customs duties are payable in…

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Victorian Railways Coal. Newcastle Contracts Expire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday Large contracts for the supply of coal to the State railways from the New South Wales collieries expired yesterday, and the long connection between the…

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Bendigo Miners' Strike. Trouble at Johnson's Reef

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday.-- When the men employed on the afternoon shift at Johnson's Reef mine, Bendigo, went to work on Friday they intimated that they did not want to work on…

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Coal and Other Exports. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 8

The following vessels were cleared at the Newcastle Customs-house to-day.—Atua, s, for Fiji, via Sydney, with 1200 tons bunkers: Mataram, s, for Singapore, via Brisbane and…

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Mixing Dividends. Cooper, Gold, Silver, Lead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 9

Overflow Mines Co., 46 tons (s.) ore sold, assay valac 21.80 per cent. copper, 21.75 per cent. lead, 4dwt 11grs gold, 8oz 12dwt silver. Kyloe Copper Mine, 184 tons, ore and concentrates,…

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Scottish Miners' Conference. Socialistic Policy. London, Dec. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 7

The Scotlish Miners' Federation has resolved in favour of State ownership by means of the ownership of the instrunments of all material production, and distribution:…

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