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Mining & the mines, 1911

6,275 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 250

Coal Supplies for City Council

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

Recently the city eloctrical engineer reported that tenders had been invited for two classes of coal, of which about 30,000 tons are required by the City Council each year. Four…

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The Great Chaffinch Mine. Chargea Conspiracy

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

Edwin Walter Bonwick was before Mr. Love, S.M., yesterday, at the Water Police Court, on a charge of, conspiring, together with two others, to affect, by…

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Alleged Stolen Gold. Perth

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

A man na[?] Rowe has been arrested at Gwalia on a charge of having gold in his possession reasonably supposed to have been stolen, The accused has been treating sands…

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Mining. Principal Interests Firm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 4

Rates for Broken-hill shares were firmer in most lines on the Sydney market yesterday, but trade was again of limited volume. North Brokon-hlll, which several days since had…

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Newcastle. Coal and Other Exports. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 10

The following vessels cleared at the Newcastle Customs on Saturday:—Mineric, s, for San Francisco, via Sydney and ports, with 5976 tons coal and 1696 tons bunkers; Period, s, for…

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Accident to a Mine Labourer. Broken Hill

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

A. Murphy, a labouror on the Central mine, had one of his legs broken last night through a tank falling off a truck His mate in endeavouring to rescue Murphy was bruised…

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A New Gold Find. at Mount Jackson (W.a.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 7

SOUTHERN CROSS (W.A.), Monday.--Messrs. William Clark and Lionel Robinson (Clark and Company, London), and a large party left town to-day for a new find at Mount Jackson and…

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More Mining Trouble. Clifton Wheelers on Strike Clifton

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 5

The wheelers at Coalcliff Colliery refused to turn to this morning, with the result that the mine was thrown idle, and those miners who had gone into the pit were…

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The Share Market. Mining "Scrip Firm. Barrier. Copper, Bullfinch

Evening News · Tuesday 7 February 1911 · page 7

Sydney opened strong in most of the Barriers, and in a number of the copper interests [?] Proprietary [?] bat some of the sister scrip [?] Chaffinch a little…

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Fire at a Coal Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 52

Heddon-Greta Colliery, Kurri Kurri, has been closed down indefinitely in consequence of a fire having broken but in the northern workings. The heat was first discovered on No. 2…

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The Miner the Blair Athol Coal Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 38

Blair Athol is situated 11 miles by rail, in a north-easterly direction, from Clermont, and 240 miles from Rockhampton. It is some 30 years since coal was first…

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Western Australian Mines. Some January Gold Yields. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 14

Mararoa, 2668 short tons, gold £6412, and 18 tons of concentrates (accumulated), worth £210. Golden Ridge, 2706 tons, gold £6399, profit…

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Fire in a Colliery

The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 3

The fire in the Heddon Greta colliery has been effectively sealed off, but as this portion of the pit embraces a fairly large area, requiring six stoppings, the colliery will be…

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Mining News. Around Now South Wales Fields. Mount Copeland Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 52

The plant for the Mount Copeland mine (says a report from Wingham) is being put in position. A battery of 20 head has been erected, and is almost ready for work. The reef in the…

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Great Chaffinch Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 52

Edwin Walter Bonwick, 42, appeared before the Water Police Court on February 6, on a charge of conspiring together with Harold Greenaway and E. C. Dyason, to affect by…

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Mines and Mining. Dealings in Scrip. Lead Firmer--copper Weaker. To-day's Operations

The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 7

The closing scrip (middle) quotations on the London Stock Exchange yesterday included the following:--Broken Hill Proprietary, 34s 3d; North B.H., 85s 7 12d; B.H. Block 10, b 35s…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 17
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

During the past two or three months Buckland River dredging shares have risen from 1s to 4s. Good reports are received at Southern Cross,…

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Mining. Bathurst

Evening News · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 6

Mr. A. C. Julius. manager of the Amalgamates Green Swamp Copper Mines. which have been temporarily closed down has on behalf of his principals taken up leases of over 50 acres at Surface Hill,…

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Wheelers' Grievances. Coalcliff Colliery Idle. Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 7

The Coalcliff colliery was thrown idle to-day in consequence of the wheelers going on strike. It appears that the cause of the trouble from the wheelers' point of view was…

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