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Mining & the mines, 1911

6,275 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 11

The Golden Ridge Company crushed 2[?] tons for gold valued at £6140. The working expenditure was £2665, and the total expenditure £3231. The Ida H. reports a…

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Commission on Coal Strike Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 6

The Northern Minors Federation want a royal commission to investigate some of the matters in connection with the late coal strike. Mr. Watson, president of the federation, saw Mr…

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Broken Hill Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 11

The south drive at 1070ft lovel of the B.H. South mine, in section A5, still shows a full face of rich high-grade ore. At the B.H. South Blocks mine last week…

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Gold Watches for Brave Men

Evening News · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 2

On board the North Coast Company's [?]mer Orars at the Clarence Wharl Darling Harbor, on Monday afternoon. Mr. B. [?] MacDonald general manager of the British…

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Mining. Tolwong and "Finches" Weaker

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 5

The fluctuations noted in most of the lines dealt in on the Sydney market yesterday displayed an absence of buoyancy and, in the principal classes of scrip, there were no…

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The Story Hill End Australias First Gold Field [?] Last Echoes of the Roaring Days... Amalgamated Hill End Mines. the Story of Hawkins' Hill

The Sun · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 10

One hundred and eighty miles from Sydney, fifty from the railway station at Bathurst, and forty-five from the railway station at Mudgee, stands the famous Hawkins' Hill…

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Mining in the State. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 11

The mining warden, Mr. Williams, to-day granted an application by the Burragorang Silver-mining Company to construct works on the adjoining property, held under lease by…

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A Metallurgist's Dismissal. Mining Company's Appeal Dismissed

The Sun · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 10

In the First Full Court yesterday, the hearing was concluded of the matter in which the English and Australian Copper Co., Ltd., moved to have a verdict set aside or entered…

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Mining. a Dull Week Opening. Silver Weak and Copper Slack. Bullfinches in a Bad Way

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 11

The outlook yesterday morning does not augur well for either a b[?]yant, active, or even steady market this week. But, of course, it is impossible to gauge the market 24 hours ahead…

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ONLY 900 Miles Away. How Japan is Peopling New Caledonia. and How the Island Might Be Captured. Mysterious Brown Men and a Secret Depot. the Possibilities of Wireless. Telegraph Experts Among the "Miners." Part Ii

The Sun · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 1

It is of little use for critics to say that for a newspaper to talk about the Japanese rising against the present occupants of New Caledonia is in the nature of…

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Mines and Mining. Dealings in Scrip. To-pay's Operations

The Sun · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 5

A dividend of 6d per shore on preference shares, payable on March 38, has been declared by the Tewksbury Proprietary Company…

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Employment of Miners

The Sun · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 3

The Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr. Beeby) is satisfied that 250 competent miners could be absorbed at Broken Hill without displacing any men now on the field…

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A Mine Owner's Proposal

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 55

Mr. John Brown, colliery and shipping owner, has made a proposal to the Pelaw Main miners regarding rates and conditions of work at that mine. The proposal embodies an offer to…

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Adelaide School of Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 16

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The Education Commission to-day took further evidence. Sir Langdon Bonython, president of the School of Mines, asked if he favored the Government…

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Gold-backed Mirrors

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 59

The utilisation of gold for backing mirrors, as devised by Mr. Sherard Cowper-Coles, has proved eminently successful, and is entering into extensive commercial application, since…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 13

The St. Mungo Copper Mining Company (Queensland) has declared a dividend (the third) of /6 per share payable on March 3L. Work at the Kootra mine has been resumed…

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Clifton Mines. a Strike Threatened

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 16

CLIFTON, Tuesday.--It is stated that the wheelers at South Clifton colliery have given 14 days' notice to cease work. The season for so doing has not been made public, but from what…

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Gold Yield for February

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 13

The usual return a furnished by the Under-Secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of February is 20,215oz crude, equal to 17,393oz, fine,…

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Federated Coal and Shale Workers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 16

A meeting of the central council of the Federated Coal and Shale Association was held in the Trades-hall, Sydney, on Friday last. Mr. Daniel Rees, the acting-president, presided,…

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N.s.w. Gold Yield

Evening News · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 12

The usual return furnished by the Under-Secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of February is 20,215 or crude…

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