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Mining & the mines, 1911

6,275 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250

Welsh Coal Strike. Abnormal Working Tlaces. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 9

The South Wales Miners' Federation is applying for in increase of 2½ per cent in wages. A thousand coalminers at Glyn-Neath,…

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How Miners Live. Demand for House Accommodation. Disease Increasing. Clifton

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 4

The local authorities and citizens generally are not relaxing their efforts to secure for the miners in the district proper house accommodation and land on which to build. A public…

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Law. Wednesday, February 1. in Chambers. (Before Mr. Justice Gordon.) BRINSMEAD V. the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 10

This matter came on again yesterday. Mr. Rich and Mr. J. A. Browne (instructed by Mr. E. A. Beeby) appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Watt (instructed by Messrs. Taylor and…

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Mining. Investment Stocks Rule Maeket. Copper Shares in Request. Silver Quiet, But Steady

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 11

Yesterday morning the notice board in the vestibule of the Stock Exchange presented an unusually large display of share transactions but at least 75 per cent. of them were…

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Waihi Gold Mine. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 12

The Waihi gold mine shareholders are agitating to secure publication of the official reports concerning the mine simultaneously in New Zealand and London…

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The State Coal Mine. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 11

Sir,--I see in your issue of the 2ist inst. Mr, Edden give an account of his visit to the Vietorian State coal mine. lie says the place is an eycopener to him. The miners pay from 76 to 96 per week for their cottages…

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New Gold-mining Company. a Chillagoe Venture. London, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 9

The Etheridge Goldmines Company, Limited, has been formed with a capital of £60,000 in 120,000 shares of 10s each. A hundred thousand shares of 10s each…

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Ventilation of Mines

The Sun · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 2

Replying yesterday to a deputation who asked that mines should be inspected at least once a month, and that the owners should be compelled to observe the provisions of the…

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Mines and Mining. Dealings in Scrip. Recovery in Lead. To-day's Operations

The Sun · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 5

The directors of tho Tolwong Mineral Company, Limited, state that the manipulation of the crude are through the roasting and smelting furnaces has been successful, and also…

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Mining. Bookham

Evening News · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 9

The dis[?] the engineer and legal manager [?] the mine that week and made and inspection of the underground we[?] At the south drive has been drives a distance of…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 12

The Western Australian gold yield last month was 119,497oz. At the Cosmopolitan, Hillgrove, the mill ran 85 hours last week, and treated 86 tons of…

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Coal and Other Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 10

The following vessels were cleared at the Newcastle Customs-house to-day:—Mallina, s, for Brisbane and Rockhampton, via Sydney, with 220 tons bunkers and through cargo;…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 5

Great Britain Company's Britain plant, after sluicing 254 hours, obtained 4 tons 15cwt. tin ore. An announcement in the advertising columns…

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From Gold to Brown

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 1

One Of the most practical of the papers read before the Science Congress in Sydney, one af those with the strongest £. s. d. thread running…

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Powlett River Coal. Samples Analysed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 7

During his recent visit to the Wonthaggi (Powlett River) coal mine, Victoria, Mr. Pittman, Under-Secretary for Mines, took three representative samples of coal for analysis. For this purpose a strip of…

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Radium in Australia. "Commercially Workable Mine."

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Mr. S. Ratcliff, director of the Bairnsdale School ot Mines, who was instructed to investigate the occurrence of radio-active are in South Australia, about 100…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 12

During the past fortnight the North Broken Hill mine sent away 1673 tons of leady concentrates. The smaller output since Christmas was due to scarcity of miners. Section…

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Ventilation of Mines. a Brisbane Deputation

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 6

BRISBANE, Thursday.—A deputation form the Colliery Employees' Association waited on the Minister for Mines to-day to discuss the ventilation of mines. The deputation asked…

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Mount Lyell Mine. Month's Metal Output. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 12

The Mount Lyell Company's smelting return, from December 29 to January 25 inclusive, shows that 29,376 tons of ore were treated, being 18,634 tons from the Mount Lyell mine…

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Gold Specimens. Stolen From Manager's Office. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 9

The manager's office at the Central Red, White, and Blue mine has been entered, and valuable gold specime stolen. Detectives are making inquiries…

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