Mining Notes
IN the Warden's Court, this morning, before Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, P.M., Acting Warden, Mr. W. E. Saunders, as agent for W. L. Adams, made…
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Mining & the mines, 1900
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Mining Items
The gold yield of Queensland for February was 74,947oz., an increase of 10,464oz. The warden at Hamilton, North Queensland warns miners that the gold is patchy and the field…
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THE Queensland Mines Department has received the following important report from the warden at Cooktown (Sir Ogilvie), concerning the new…
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On February 2 it was rumoured in New York that the British Government had contracted with the Philadelphia and Rending Railroad Company to supply 1,000,000 tons of coal. The rumour,…
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On February 2 it was rumoured in New York that the British Government had contracted with the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company to supply 1,000,000 tons of coal. The rumour,…
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Shipments of gold by the Ophir from Melbourne on Tuesday amount to £10,000, shipped by the Orient S.N. Co. From Sydney she took done bullion of the value of £13,163, shipped by the…
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The February output, of the Golden Horseshoe mine, Kalgoorlie, was 5618oz. Government smelters are to be erected at Port Augusta (S.A.) without, delay for the treatment of…
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A deputation to ask for a Royal Commission to inquire into the unsatisfactory state of the coal-mining industry will wait upon the Premier to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late News by Cable. Consolidated Gold Mines of West Australia. London, March 19
The Consolidated Gold Mined of West Australia is being floated with a capital of £150 000. Forty thousand shares are being issued at par, where of £30,000 will be for working expenses. The vendors…
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Great as Heaven and earth are, men still find things in them with which to be dissatisfied. The lottery of honest labour, drawn by time, is the only one whoso prizes are worth…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Frightful Catastrophe. at the Balmain Colliery. Five Men Killed
A FRIGHTFUL catastrophe is reported to have occurred at about 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the works in connection with the new coalmine on the…
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A large and influential deputation, representing the Northern, Southern, and Western miners, had an interview with the Minister of Mines to-day, and advocated the introduction of compulsory…
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LET us allow that the condition of the coaltrade is unsatisfactory, that the commodity is being sold at a price that pays neither dividends nor decent wages to the miners…
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The Monte Cristo Goldmining Company has been awarded £1950 damages against the Western Australian Government for removal by the Railway Commissions of about 7000 tons of the ballast…
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A terrible accident by which five men lost their lives by filling to the bottom of the of the shaft, a distance of about 1000 feet, occurred at the Sydney Harbor Colliery…
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A large and influential deputation, representing the Northern, Southern, and Western miners, had an interview with the Minister of Mines on Wednesday, and advocated the introduction of compulsory…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The War. Progress of the Campaign. Attempts to Relieve Mafening. Kruger's Impudence. the Enemy Driven to Christiana Retreating to the Transvaal, Destruction of Mines. London
In view of the threat which has been made by the Boers to destroy Johannesburg and the mines, Great Britain is issuing a proclamation…
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The verdict of the jury in the Balmain Colliery disaster has been received with a good deal of hostile criticism. If five men could be hurled into…
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In the old corn law days riots were not uncommon because of the dearness of bread. The people demanded that the price should be reduced, and were…
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Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has privately declined the proposal to place a tax of 2s 6d a ton on the export of coal, despite the probability that it would yield…
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