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Mining & the mines, 1911

6,275 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 250

Housing of Miners. Surveying Areas at Clifton

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 10

CLIFTON, Tuesday.--Considerable dissatisfaction has been expressed by those who on account of the insanitary condition of their homes are forced to vacate them. They say that…

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Canadian Miners' Strike. Where Labor Agitators Failed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 9

OTTAWA, Tuesday.--The manager of the Springhill mines--where a strike has been in progress for some time--who wag arrested on charges preferred by Labor agitators,…

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The Miner Gold Dredging at Araluen

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 37

Araluen is a mining, agricultural, and pastoral town, situated 196 miles south of Sydney, and 17 miles from Braidwood. But it is from a mining standpoint that Araluen…

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The Coal Trade. Brighter Prospect. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 10

The arrival at Newcastle this week-end of several vessels which are to load coal for export to the West Coast of America and elsewhere promises to have a beneficial…

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Work for Newcastle Miners. at Broken Hill and Cobar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 10

Inquiries made by the Minister for Labour and Industry (Mr. Beeby), as to the state of the labour market at Broken Hill, satisfy him that 250 competent miners can be…

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After the Strike. Federated Coal Workers Settling Up

Evening News · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 10

The central council of the Federated Coal and Shale Workers' Association held a meeting in the Sydney Trades Hall. Goulburn-street. when Mr. D. Rees (northern district) presided There…

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Control of Mining. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 13

Sir,--The announcement in your issue of to-day regarding the West Australian Minister for Mines' visit to the eastern State with a view to endeavoring to establish reform of company law so as to improve the commercial…

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At Broken-hill. Mr. Beeby's Assurance. Work for 250 Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 11

The Minister for Labor and Industry, Mr. Beeby, stated yesterday that after full inquiry he is satisfied that 250 competent miners can be absorbed at Broken-hill without displacing…

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Mining in the State. Forest Reefs

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

The driving and stoping in the south drive of the Quandong aliuvial mine has been carried out to 100ft from the shaft. Here a new lead, said to be about 40ft wide and 2ft thick,…

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Newcastle Distress. Mr. Griffith's Panacea. "Men Must Chuck the Mines. " NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 10

Mr. A. Griffiths, Minister for Public Works, arrived in Newcastle to-day at 12.30 p.m., and left again at 5.25 p.m., after having made all arrangements to alleviate the present…

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Mining. Market Reverse Oe Buoyant. Serious Slump in Bullfinches

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

The listless state of the market is a complete puzzle even to the oldest members of the Stock Exchange. They cannot understand why it is so, and are therefore minus an…

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Eleven Tons of Gold. in the Federal Treasury. Weighted This Afternoon

Evening News · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— The gold [?] at the Federal Treasury was weighted and ab[?]ked this afternoon print to the departure for England by Messrs to [?]…

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Mining News. Around New South Wales Fields. a Rich Field

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 57

The Bangadang field, the latest mining discovery at Adelong, is proving one of the best of recent finds on that field. In O'Dwyer Brothers' claim, the original prospectors of…

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Alaskan Goldfields. the Porcupine Rush. Where Fortunes Are Being Made. Vancouver

The Sun · Wednesday 8 March 1911 · page 5

A well-known Alaskan prospector, Herron, who has just returned to Seattle from the Porcupine rush, gives a glowing account of the richness of the field…

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The State Coal Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 6

Mr. Pittman (Government Geologist), Mr. Atkinson (Chief inspector of Coal Mines), and Mr. Humble (Senior Inspector), have returned from their visit to the area where it is proposed that…

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A State Coal Mine. What It Would Mean to Lithgow

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 9

LITHGOW, Wednesday.--Speaking of the proposed State colliery, a local mining man said to-day that the project must take a considerable time to determine. "First of all, a seam…

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Gold Shipment

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The R.M.S. Orsova, which left Melbourne to-day for London took gold of the value of £20,000 from Victoria for London, on account of the Orient Company…

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

The Sun · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 5

The closing scrip (middle) quotations on the London Stock Exchange yesterday included the following:--Bruken Hill Proprietary,' 36s; North B.H., 87s 6d; B.H. Block 10, 31s 8d; Amalgamated Zinc, 32s: Mount Elliott,…

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New Coal Shippers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 6

The Minister for Works has decided that the new arrangement for shipping coal 'by means of a travelling belt and buckets shall be installed at Port Kembla to see how it. operates. This…

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Tin Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1911 · page 11

Bourke's Hill Tin-sluicing, Emmaville, March 1:- No. 1 plant: Blowing in wash; should have average yeild, will then shift plant on to McKinno's block recently acquired on royalty basis. No. 2 plant:…

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