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Mining & the mines, 1911

6,275 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

Liege Miners' Strike Ends

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 7

BRUSSELS, Sunday Afternoon. The strike of miners at Liege has ended, the owners having granted many of the workers' demands…

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South Coast Mine Suffers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 7

HELENSBURGH, Monday.--The great downpour of rain caused a terrific rush of water into the gullies adjoining the Metropolitan mine, considerable damage being done to the…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 9

The New Ruby Flat Company has declared a dividend of /6, payable on January 110, making the tolal amount paid to date 11/ per share on 24,370 shares…

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Accident in a Colliery. Five Men Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--An accident which fortunately was not attended with serious consequences occurred this morning in the Hetton colliery shortly before 7 o'clock. Seventy…

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Coal and Other Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 8

The following vessels wore cleared at the Newcastle Customs-house to day:—Victoria s, for Auckland via Sydney, with 1200 tons bunkers, 12 tons coke, quantity timber, 1…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 11

Gold-dredging yields:--Turon River, 15oz for 133 hours' work; Buckland River, 36oz. for 269 hours; Araluen Proprietary, 26oz. for 142 hours; Araluen Valley, 62oz. 11dwt for fortnight…

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Mining. All-round Inactive Market. Copper and Silver Slack. Bullfinches and Gold Stocks Dull

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 9

There was nothing attractive about the market yesterday. It was dull in all sections. There was no exception, Indeed, the market was not only inactive but in…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 9

At the B.H. South Blocks last week No. 5 level, the weat crosscut was taken to 101ft from the south drive, going towards the zinc lode. Another 44tt should meet the ore…

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Accident at Colliery. Skip Leaves the Rails. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 7

At about half-past 6 this morning one of the shifts at Hetton colliery was proceeding to the face, when one of the skips, in which the men were travelling, jumped the rails…

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Miners' Strike in Belgium. BRUSSELS,.Jan. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 7

The strike affecting 22,000 miners in Liege, owing to the coal owners seeking to mitigate the effects of the shortening of the working day to nine and a half hours…

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Long Tunnel Mine. Rise of Water Ceased. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 7

The inrush of water in the Long Tunnel mine has ceased. It rose 35ft above the 3225ft level. It is expected that all the water will be out in a week's time…

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Mining in the State. Pambula

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 9

Kirkman Bros, cleaned up a parcol of old tailings, the result of a crushing at Gowning's battery In the early days of tho Pambula mines. The result was 16oz 4dwt. They…

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Mining. Continued Depression. All Sections Featureless

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 11

There has not, since business was resumed after the Christmas and New Year vacation, been any life in the Sydney mining market, and the tendency of rates for shares in the principal…

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From the Islands. More Gold in the Woodlarks

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 3

Mails by the steamer Matunga, which arrived yesterday afternoon from Port Moresby, via Brisbane, are to hand. They state that the annual native sports were held at Port Moresby…

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Mining Engineees. Australasian Institute's Meeting. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 8

The annual meeting of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers was held to-day. In moving the adoption of the report of the council and the balance-sheet for 1910…

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Opium in the Coal. Seizure on the St. Albans. How the Searchers Work

The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 6

Only a few weeks ago an opium seizure was made on a collier lying alongside an Eastern steamer at Circular Quay, and the suspicions of the Customs officers that opium…

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Where Squalor Cankers in the Heart or Beauty Miseries of the South Coast Miners. Communities in Dirt and Dismal Places. Little Children are Taught to Pray for Happier Surroundings. PART I.

The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 8

"Heigho, for the wind and the rain, For the rain it raineth every day." The old epilogue might have been appositely spoken almost any day last week at any…

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Hidden Gold

Evening News · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 13

In Huddersfield County Court in England on October 24, eccent[?] by a bachelor led to a singular action after his death. Plaintiff was Abraham Milnes Eastwood, insurance agent…

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Gold Toning

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 39

Self-toning papers owe their popularity not so much to the fact that they save labor by dispensing with a seperate toning process, as that they get rid of the chances of…

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Colliery Employees' Combination. Interim Injunction Granted

The Sun · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 8

An application was made to Mr. Justice Gordon, in Chambers, to-day, by Mr. Rich and Mr. J. A. Browne (Instructed by Messrs, Beeby and Co.), on behalf of Frederick…

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