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Mining & the mines, 1911

6,275 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association. Application for Injunction. Question of Intervention

The Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 7

The Equity suit, in which Frederick William Brinsmead is asking for an injunction to restrain the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association from joining the Federated Coal…

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Colliery Employees' Association. Objection to Joining Federation. Injunction Further Continued

Evening News · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 8

The matter of the equity [?] in which Frederick William Br[?]smond in asking for an [?] the Illawarra Colliery Employees' [?] from [?]…

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The Miner. Diamond Mines of South Africa

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 36

To see diamond mining by the most scientific means we must go to the famous Land of Aladdin known as Kimberley, which is contained within a very small area of…

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Newcastle. Coal and Other Exports. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 10

The following vessels were cleared at the Newcastle Customs-house to-day:—Paloona s, for Hobart, via Sydney, with 1000 tons coal, 350 tons bunkers Sydney, s. for Melbourne,…

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Mining. Market Depressed. No Improvement in Metals

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 12

With nothing of an enlivening nature in the advices received privately from London yesterday, and, apart from tin. continued listlessness in the metal markets, it was only to be…

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Mining in the State. Forest Reefs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 13

Messrs. H. Jaegar and party, prospecting on Mr. Finnerran's holding, are now sinking the main shaft. The preliminary working was that of a shaft about 30ft deep, and a…

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Mount Kembla Coal Co. Application for Lease. Warden to Recommend Refusal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 10

WOLLONGONG, .Tuesday.--The Mount Kembla Coal and Oil Company applied for a lease of certain lands for the purpose of constructing a railway lino to the new entrance to the…

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Railway Collision. Disaster in Wales. Passenger and Coal Trains. London, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 9

Further details regarding the collision which occurred between a passenger train and a coal train in the Rhondda Valley show that the disaster occurred near…

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Mining News. Around New South Wales Fields. Operations at Yambulla

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 52

The Yambulla field, in common with other g places in the vicinity of Eden, recorded a big rainfall last week, most of the mine workings being flooded. It will take some time to…

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Mining. Lead Falls Below £313. a Disturbed Market. Bullfinch Group Steadies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 13

The announcement by cable message yesterday morning that the price of lead had fallen a fraction below £13 was disagrecable news to holders of silver shares and coming on top of…

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New Gold Mining Company

Evening News · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 8

Main Ridge Deep Leads Company (no liability) has been registered (January 24) in New South Wales under the Limited Liability Act, with a capital of £12,500 in 10s shares,…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 9

At the Cobar Gladstone mine a pump has been fixed at the 260ft plat, and is throwing water to the surface. In the past fortnight the contractors, after extendiug the south…

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Vale of Clwydd Colliery. Work Resumed Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 8

work was commenced yesterday at the Vale of Clwydd colliery, which has been laid idle about two months owing to the dispute between the men and management…

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The Scotch Gold Diggings

Evening News · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 8

LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—Owing to the failure of the Helmsdale fishings, the Duke of Sutherland is re-openiong the gold diggings at Kildonan, Sutherlandshire…

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Bullfinch Miners' Strike. Southern Cross

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 8

Strike matteis are without material change and a settlement is anxiously awaited by all concerned The leadei of the men had a conference with Mr Morgan manager of the…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 9

The mill of the British mine, for the 16 days ended January 21, treated 6702 tons of crude ore, assaying 13.9 per cent, lead, 7.6oz silver, and 13.3 per cent, zinc, producing 1060…

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Gold Por Colombo. Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 8

The steamer China, which sailed on Monday, shipped 30 boxes, containing 175,000 sovereigns, for Colombo…

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Newcastle. Coal and Other Exports. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 8

The following vessels were cleared at the Newcastle Customs-house to-day:—Marama, s, for Wellington, via Sydney, with 2200 tons bunkers, quantity timber; Strathlorne, s, for…

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Mining in the State. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 9

The Miller No. 1 Gold Mining, Limited, which for four years held interests in the Miller Hill gold mineral quartz ridge, Turon River, has arranged to increase its capital to…

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Mining. Metals Unaltered. Stock Market Featureless

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 4

The London advices received privately yesterday morning conveyed nothing of an encouraging nature, either in metals or scrip quotations. There was, indeed, an entire…

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