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Mining & the mines, 1911

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Newcastle. Coal and Other Exports. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 12

The following vessels were cleared at the Newcastle Customs-house to-day:—Franklyn, s, for Valparaiso with 5687 tons coal, 2179 tons bunkers, and 17 packages containing 12…

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Position at the Barrier. Shortage of Miners. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 12

The determination of the South Blocks Company to run the mill for two shifts only for a time is directly due to the scarcity of men for underground work. The men to break…

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Mining. Lead Lower. Copper and Barriers Quiet

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 15

The bulk of the ordinary amount of business transacted on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday was confined to the gold ventures. Only a few of the copper and Broken-hill interests…

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New Pulications New Books. the Mining Manual

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 55

From the author and publisher, waiter R. Skinner, London, we have received a copy of the 1911 edition of that standard reference work on mines, the "Mining Manual." With the…

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Extraordinary Phenomenon. Cloudburst Gashes Mountain Leaves Gold Leaders Showing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 9

LAUNCESTON. Tuesday.--A phenomenon occurred on the northern slope of Mount vie- loria on Wednesday morning last, on a spur at the head of New River Valley…

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Rich Gold Find. 100 Ounces From [?]Cwt. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 10

Another splendid find of gold was made at Rice's mine, Long Flat. A hundred weight of stone dollied from the reef gave 100oz gold. Some magnificent…

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Mining News. Around New South Wales fields. a New Find

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 52

A report from Coff's Harbor states that Neill Glass has unearthed another rich find at Bucca, a sample from which has been assayed, and pans but at 21oz gold and 20z silver to the…

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When Gold Will Be Dirt. Age of Nickel Books and Steel Furniture

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 20

Thomas A. Edison, in an interview published in the February number of the "Cosmopolitan Magazine," makes some remarkable predictions of new inventions that will be given…

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The Story of Wyalong Reefs of Gold and Fields of Wheat This article relates the romance of a remarkable mining centre, and shows how Agriculture is now playing an important part in the development of the Wyalong district

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 24

WYALONG is just now in the transition stage. This term may be applied in two ways, for the population, which for many years has been entirely…

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Wyalong: A Great Wheat Centre. The Story of Its Pioneer Days. District Rich in Possibilities. Binding of Gold

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 14

The finding of gold, in whatever part of the world it may be. is ever associated with romance. Not infrequently tragedy has stalked the footsteps of the hardy prospector who…

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Coal Miners in Want. an Appeal for Practical Sympathy

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 4

W. Francis Ahern, of Victoria-street, Foils Point, writes:-- . "The starvation state of affairs that is the lot of the Newcastle minor at the present time…

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Bookham Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 11

At the 75ft level of the Bookham mine the north drive has been extended a further distance of 5ft, making a total of 50ft. The south drive has been extended a further…

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Mount Lyell Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 11

Mount Lyell has [?]ssued the following progress report for the fortnight ended 18th inst:- Underground Work.—No. 6 level: No. 2 rise, risen…

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Colliery Fatality. Important Rider by Jury

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 8

KURRI KURRI, Wednesday.--The Coroner's Court has sat for throe days hearing evidence in the inquest on William Evans, who was killed in the Polaw Main Colliery by a fall of…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 11

The Jembalcumbene Dredging Company has declared a dividend—the nineteenth—of /6 per share, payable on and after the 27th inst. At the Cosmopolitan (Hillgrove) during last…

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Coal Vend’s Tyran

Co-operator · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 5

“The enormous powers the coal vend have just beer illustrated by the case of ‘Laura,’ which has been…

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The Mountain of Gold Again

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 4

For years there have been geologists who hold that somewhere in the far North there is a matrice which is the source of all Alaskan gold. A number of the richest streams…

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Queensland Gold Deposits. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 11

The report of the Under Secretary for Mines for the year 1910 gives [?] of last year's mineral production at £3,710,222, an increase on 1909 of £53,000. "It is true the…

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Newcastle. Coal and Other Exports. NEWCASTLE—Wednesday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 10

The following vessels were cleared at th[?] Newcastle Customs-house to-day:—Manuka, [?] for Wellington, via Sydney, with 1900 tons bunkers, 20 tons coke, 2 tons copper ingots[?]…

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Rich Gold Yield. the Long Tunnel Find

Evening News · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 6

GUNDAGAI, Thursday.— Further particulars of the rich fine at Long Tunnel Mine, Long Flat show that 17los 17dwt of gold were taken out on Monday and Tuesday. Up to date 262oz gold has…

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