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Mining & the mines, 1911

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Heddon Greta Mine on Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 8

KURRI KURRI, Saturday.--The Heddon Greta colliery is again on fire. Somo time ago the stoppings, which had been created to prevent the spread of the original fire, had been pulled down…

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Cambrian Miners' Dispute. Efforts Towards Settlement

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 7

LONDON, Saturday—The South Wales Miners' Federation, with the support of the Cambrian miners, has asked the Board of Trade to interpret the assurances contained…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 11

During the past official fortnight the B.H. Block 10 mill treated 4147 tons of crudes for 525 tons of leady concentrates. The despatches totalled [?]9 tons of concentrates, 862…

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Wrongly Convicted. Miners' Prove Their Innocence. Berlin, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 9

It has been proved that seven miners were wrongly convicted of perjury at West[?]alia in 1895. The men were convicted on the evidence…

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Mining. [?]Uiet But Steady Market Rules

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 11

There was very little animation about the market on Saturday. On the contrary, it was very quiet as regards the amount of business transacted. Prices were practically unaltered…

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Wrongful Imprisonment. Miners' Innocence Established. Two Gone to Higher Court

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 7

BERLIN, Saturday Afternoon.—Seven miners in Westphalia, who were sentenced in 1895 to terms of imprisonment, ranging from six months to three years for perjury,…

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Mining Engineers. Australasian Conference Concluded. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 7

The Mining Engineers' Conference was concluded at Thames yesterday, the delegates afterwards proceeding to T[?] Ar[?]ha by special train…

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The Chaffinch Affair. Charge of Conspiracy. Mining Men to Re Arrested. an Echo of the Bullfinch Boom

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 8

PERTH, Sunday.--For several weeks detectives have been Investigating at Southern Cross and Bullfinch the circumstances attending the rich gold discovery at the Chaffinch mine and…

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Colliery Regulations. Careless Miners. London, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 9

Six miners were each fined 20s and costs for entering a colliery at Coventry with pipes, cigarettes, matches, and naked lights…

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The Chaffinch Mine

Evening News · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 7

YASS. Tuesday.— At the police court this morning. Harold [?] on remand was charged with cons[?] in [?] with the sales of shares in the [?]…

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Powlett River Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 5

Analyses made of three samples of Powlett River coal brought to Sydney by Mr. Plttman (Government Geologist) show the Victorian minaral to be inferior to…

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Wheelers on Strike. Colliery Thrown Idle

Evening News · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 7

CL[?]TON. Tuesday.— The Coal [?] Colliery was through idle to-day in [?] of the which is going on strike. It is understood that the trouble srose over [?] dismissal of several…

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Miners and Their Dwellings

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 6

The Minister for Mines has Just returned from a visit to Kurri Kurri. Neath, and Pelaw Main His attention was directed to the insanitary conditions in which some of the residents lived…

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Mining. Copper and Silver Very Firm. Bullfinches, Tin, and Gold Stocks Steady

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 12

For the opening day of the week the market yesterday morning was decidedly encouraging to scrip-holders, and bore out the impression created on Saturday that the tone of…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 12

In a run of 187 hours, the Stanthorpe Tin Dredging Company obtained 1 ton 7cwt of tin. The yield of the Araluon Valley Gold Dredging Company for last week was 33oz 17dwts…

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Coal for the Philippines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 9
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The United States Government has invite tenders for the supply of 65,000 tons of coal to the Philippines. Apparently tills is an additional contract to those already in existence…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 4

Cold yields:--Buckland River South Extended, 13oz., for 110 hours' work; Turon River, No. 1, 20oz. tor 132 hours; Araluen Valley, 33oz., 17 dwt. for week…

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Gold Shipments. Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 9

The R.M.S. Mantau, which sailed this afternoon, shipped one box of bar gold, valued at £5015 12s 8d, 20 boxes containing 100,000 sovereigns, option Colombo…

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Tin-mining Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 12

The Stannum Tin-dredging, Feb. 4.—Sluiced 39 hours, obtained 1 ton of tin. Bourke's Hill Tin-sluicing, Emmaville, Jan. 31.—No. 1 plant treating average ground. Started No. 2 plant;…

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