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Mining & the mines, 1911

6,275 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

Mining in the State. Wolumla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 10

Owing to the heavy rainfall, mining development will be delayed. In the Pacific mine slips have occurred, and a large volume of water is blocked in the lower level tunnel…

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Disasters in America. in Mine and on Railways. Vancouver, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 7

A powder magazine in the Keating mine, Raderburg, Montana, has exploded. Six people were killed, and two others were injured. The force of the explosion was felt…

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Maitland Coal Trade. Proposed Direct Line to Newcastle. an Indignant Protest

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The action taken recently by the Newcastle City Council in supporting a proposal to construct a direct line of railway between Newcastle and the South…

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The Share Market. Fall in Lead. Mining Scrip Quiet

Evening News · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 7

Private cables state that lead closed in London on January 13 at £13 per ton. a drop of 2s 5d since January 12. Sydney opened very [?] in a number of…

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Lord Mayor at Maitland Visit to a Colliery. Proposed Direct Maitland Route. Newcastle's Craving Dock Promised. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 9

The Lord May[?]r of Sydney, Alderman Allen Taylor, who is at present the guest of Alderman J. C. Reid, Mayor of Newcastle, visited Stanford Merthyr and East Greta collieries…

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Mining. Copper Steady, Silver Slack. Bullfinches in a Bad Way

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 10

So far as the copper and gold divisions are concerned the disturbing influences, due to the forced liquidation of several stocks, owing to an incident that came to a head towards the…

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Mining. Copper and Barriers Again Dull All "Finches" Depreciate Further

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 5

Copper and Broken-hill shares again had limited exchange on the Sydney market yesterday, and, apart from one line in the first-mentioned division, values again failed to recover. The…

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Big Mining Scheme. Hill End Leases Amalgamated. Memories of Hawkins's-hill. Fabulous Wealth of 1872

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 5

Memories of the fabulously rich crushings taken from Hawkins's-hill are revived after 30 years of the days when the world rang with the golden wealth of Hill End; when two tons,…

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Afternoon Colliery Shift

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 18

At the meeting of the Delegate Board of the Colliery Employees Federation yesterday a motion was carried that the officers of the Federation should endeavor to secure a conference with the colliery proprietors…

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Labour Troubles. Victorian State Coal Mine. Disatisfied Wheelers. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 8

Further trouble with the wheelers employed at the State coal mine occurred on Wednesday afternoon. The non-unionist Walford, who the general manager, Mr. Broome, promised…

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The Victorian Coal Mine. Return of Mr. Edden. Surprise and Commendation Expressed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 14

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Edden, with the Under-Secretary, Mr. Pittman, and the Chief Inspector, Mr. Humble, returned yesterday from a visit to the Powlett River State coal mine in…

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The Coal Output

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 18

The total quantity of coal exported from Newcastle during the week ended yesterday amounted to 53,136 tons. Of this quantity 29,316 tons were tent to foreign ports, whilst Commonwealth and New Zealand ports took 23825…

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Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 20

CLIFTON, Friday. -- The usual fortnightly pay to-day at the different local collieries shows no decrease, and were it not for the heavy rain storm all the collieries would have had full time in the only sufferer…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 16

At the Bookham gold mine the south level is in 32ft, with 4ft of stone in the face showing free gold. The north drive is in 10ft, showing 18in of stone, carrying free gold…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 16

The Ida H. Laverton cruched 1488 short tons for gold valued at £3411. The total expenditure was £2671. The Great Boulder last month crushed 18.556…

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Vale of Clwydd Colliery. a Dispute Settled. Immediate Resumption of Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 15

The dispute between the proprietors of the Vale of Clwydd coal mine and the minors in their employ was amicably adjused yester-day. Work, which was supended eight weeks…

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Miners' Delegate Board. Taking the Bull by the Horns

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.— The Miners Delegate Board at the annual meeting to-day after months of dilly-dailying over the question are resolved with only six d[?] to take…

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Coal Machine Men Cease Work. Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 8

The Abermain coiliery was thrown idle Owing to a dispute between the management and the machine men. Two machine men refused to cut out a pillar, considering the…

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Colliery Employees' Federa Tion. Delegate Board's Meeting. the Afternoon Shift Question. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 16

The delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation met to-day, when a motion was carried to the effect that the officers of the federation seek a conference with the…

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Mining. Copper Quiet-silver, Weak. Bullfinches Still Sagging

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 16

The state of the market yesterday morning may be summed up in a very few words. Copper shares were lifeless, only one stock being dealt in, namely, Kyloc Copper, which…

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