Inspection of Colliery Weighbridges. Sydney
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 7
A deputation representing the Colliery Managers Association, Newcastle, consisting of Messrs. A. Brown, M.L.A., Alex. Ross, R. Thomas, and Thomas Croudace, waited upon the Minister of Justice…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 7
last month 40,296oz. of gold were ex-[?] West Australia. [?] of miners at the Golden Crown claim, have obtained 60oz. of gold from 16 tons of…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 April 1897 · page 5
Tribuna one of the leading papers in Rome, [?] that rich auriferous quartz has been dis-covered near Asmara, in the Italian colony of Erythrea, on the Red Sea…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 April 1897 · page 5
Id la reported that now rich planar (alluvial) mines have been discovered at Fort Cadasby, on the River Yukon, A[?] A rush to the district has taken place…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 April 1897 · page 2
Another gob fire broke out in the long jig district at the Greta. Colliery on Monday morning, and the men in the affected area were at once withdrawn. The whole…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Today's News by Wire. Sydney. Mining and Honour
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 April 1897 · page 3
A mining suit, Morgan versus "Wall, was to-day dismissed without costs. Justice Manning, in Hiring judgment, said he did not intend to go into the details of the case or in any way deal with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scottish Australian Mining Company
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 5
The report and balance-sheet of the Scottish Australian Mining Company, Limited, show a debit balance of £2196 for the past half-year…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 April 1897 · page 2
The Rockhampton Record reports the arrival of about 30 miners by the last northern boat form Cooktown. It is stated that the difficulties encountered are causing men to leave by scores…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Grievances on the Rand. London, April 19
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 April 1897 · page 5
The various mining groups on the Rand have forwarded a united petition to the Transvaal Government praying that steps may be taken to settle the grievances liquor laws, and to grant reduced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Broken Hill Proprietary Mine
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1897 · page 13
The Broken Hill Proprietary mine employs (according to the manager) over 6000 men; the monthly extraction of are amounted to about 70,000 tons, which represented about 168,000 tons…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1897 · page 7
The Australasian mine, two miles south of Cool-gardie, the property of a French syndicate, has crushed 271 tons of stone for a yield of 983oz. of smelted gold…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1897 · page 13
The Rockhampton Record reports the arrival of about 30 miners by the last northern boat, from Cooktown. It is stated that the difficulties encountered are causing men to leave by scores…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1897 · page 3
Mr. Tornaros, of the wrecked schooner Myrile, who was rescued by the steamer Warrego, speaking of the New Guinea goldfields, stated that he…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 12
The half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Waratah Coal Company, Ltd, was held on Monday, under the presidency of the Chairman of the Board of Directors (Mr. W. C. Willis). The directors…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 5
The gold yield of Victoria for the quarter ending March 31st shows a falling off of over 45,000oz. A gold nugget turning the scale at 144 oz. was…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 May 1897 · page 4
What the plate ships of the now quiescent, out once omnipotent, Spaniard, were to British [?] from Drake to Anson, the Australian treasure-ships of 1896 might, saving the British navy of to-day,…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 May 1897 · page 3
The Department of Justice has informed the local bench of magistrates that it is considered imprace-ticable to have the requirement of section 42 of the Coal Mines Regulation Act of 1890, as to the…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 13
"What the plate ships of the now quiescent, but once omnipotent, Spaniard were to British Bailors from Drake to Anson, the Australian treasure-ships of 1896 might, saving the British navy of to-day,…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 7
At the Welcome Gully mine (Vic) a rich find of gold has been made, 19½oz. being dollied from 45oz. of stone. It is estimated that for the first four months of…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1897 · page 3
An engine driver at the Band Albion Mine, at Ballarat, named Henry Strick, was killed through being pierced in the abdomen by the pumping…
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