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Mining & the mines, 1911

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Gold Yield

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

The usual return furnished by the Under Secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of January is 16,516oz crude, equal to 13,397oz fine, valued…

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MINES and Mining Dealings in Scrip. Further Drop in Copper. To-day's Operations

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 7

The closing scrip (middle) quotations on the London Stock Exchange yesterday included the following:--Broken Hill Proprietary, 33s 9d; North Broken Hill, 84s 4 12d; B.H…

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The Housing of Miners

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 6

The N.S.W. Minister for Mines suggests the survey of a new township for the Kurri Kurri miners, with free houses. It is proposed also to…

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State Gold Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 4

The usual return furnished by the Under- Secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of January is 36,516oz. crude, equal to 13.397oz. fine,…

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Mining Notes

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

During January the Silver Peak Mines, Limited, at Yerranderie, despatched to Cockie Creek 132 tons of ore, assaying:—Gold 4dwt, silver 83oz, lead 25 per cent. The small…

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The Gold Yield

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 9

The usual return furnished by the Under-Secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of January was 16,516oz. crude, equal to 13,397oz…

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Mount Lyell Mine. Queenstown

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

The ore in the crosscut at the 1100ft level of the North Mount Lyell mine is valued at from 7 to 8 per cent. of copper. The stopes at other levels are producing large tonnage,…

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In and About the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 4

Tin returns:--Pioneer (Tas.): Cleaned up for six weeks 100 tons stream tin. Sungel Rala (Straits Settlements): Yield for January, 13 tons 3½cwt. from 516 hours' sluicing…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

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

The Golden Ridge Company has declared a dividend of 1/6 per share, payable on March 10. January Outputs.—Ivanhoe, 19,511 tons, gold…

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Grasses for Gold Climates

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 4

Experiments being made at Glen Innes experiment farm go to prove that amongst the best cold resisters and winter feeders of the imported…

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A Large Cargo of Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 4

By the Norwegian steamer Artemis, which left Newcastle on Wednesday last, Messrs. J. & A. Brown despatched to Valparaiso one of the largest…

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N.s.w. Gold Yield

Evening News · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 6

The usual return furnished by the Under-Secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for January to 16,616oz crude, equal to 12,397oz fine, valued at £56,906…

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Gold in Scotland. Revival of Interest

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 5

The Duke of Sutherland's goldfields at Kildonan, some miles distant from Helmsdale, in Sutherlandshire, are likely to be re-opened after an interval of some 40 years. There was…

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No Exportable Coal. South of Mount Kembla

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 4

Giving evidence on the Bomaderry-Jervis Bay railway scheme, before the Public Works Committee yesterday, Mr. L. F. Harper; Geological Surveyor, Mines Department, said that…

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Newcastle. Coal and Other Exports. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 8

The following vessels were cleared at the Newcastle Customs-house to-day:—Karitane, s, for Devonport and Burnie, with 750 tons coal, 160 tons bunkers; Americana, 4-m schr,…

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Great Fitzroy Mines, Limited. Loss on Month's Operations

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

During the month of January the furnace ran 633 hours, and smelted 4392 tons of ore, assaying 3.3 per cent, copper, 2.6dwt gold, for a yield of 124 tons of matte containing 37…

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Mining in the State. Yerranderie

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

The directors of the Ruby Creek Silver-lead Syndicate, Mount Werong, held a meeting at Yerranderie on February 7. The report from the manager stated that the tunnel had been…

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Negligent Miners. Forget Tin of Powder. Punishment Leads to Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 8

WOLLONGGNG, Thursday.--This afternoon the miners of the Mount Pleasant Colliery refused to go in to work. It appears that on Thursday last two miners, named Hines and…

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Settlement Expected. the Strike at Coal Cliff. Clifton

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 7

The Coal Cliff colliery is idle again to-day, and so for no settlement of the wheelers' strike has been effected. A meeting of the miners' lodge takes place to-day, and it is…

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The Coal Strike. Kethel and Co. v. the Government

The Sun · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 7

Mr. Williams, Under-Secretary for Justice, has been appointed nominal defendant in an action which Messrs. Kethel and Co. have intimated they intend to enter against the…

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