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Mining & the mines, 1902

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 11

William Hart, who owns the greater part of the grand old Tasmania gold mine, is one of the biggest dividend receivers in Australia. He is credited with an average of between £400 and £500 for the last 32…

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Coal lining Developments. Duplication of the West Maitland-east Greta Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 3

Doubtless it will be remembered that the Railway Commissioners, when they last paid an official visit to the town, upwards of twelve months since, were approached with reference to the urgent necessity…

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The Gold Yield

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 2

THE return compiled by the Department of Alines shows that the gold yield of this State for the month of December was 180,081 crude ounces,…

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Greta Mine Re-opened

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 2

THE scals in the shafts were broken at midnight on Sunday, and at 7 a.m. Monday the whole. of the seaffolding, etc., were removed, and the fan put…

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Opening the Greta Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 January 1902 · page 3

The opening up of the mine is now going on. No. 2 Hat from whore men were driven back by the smoke nine months ago, was reached on Tuesday morning. The work of clearing up the few falls from…

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Coal Mining Developments. Duplication of the West Maitland East Greta Railway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 9

Doubtless it will be remembered that the Railway Commissioners, when they last paid an official visit to the town, upwards of twelve months since, were approached with reference to the urgent necessity…

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Re-Opening of Greta Mine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 6

The souls on the shafts of the Greta mine (which was shut down nearly fourteen months ago, owing to five) were broken, at an early hour on Monday, and by seven a.m. the scaffolding had been removed, and…

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Coal at Balmain

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 2

THAT which was feared appears to have happened nl the Balmain Harbour Collieries. They were prevented by the action of the Government from sinking a…

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Terrible Mining Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 3

A serious disaster, involving much loss of life, has occurred at Bruex, in Bobemia, in a mine named the Jupiter. While large number of men were at work in the mine a rush of water was let in. Seventy of…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 3

The output of the Waihi (N.Z.) mine last year amounted to £454,380. It is reported that the Lithgow collieries have been seriously hampered in their operations owing to the…

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The World's Output of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 4

From the Registrar-General of Western Australia we have a return which has been a considerable time preparing, showing the gold yield of the world for the ten years 1891-1900. Mr. Fraser has with…

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New Zealand Mining Companies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 3

The Waihi Gold-mining Company of Now Zealand baa resolved to amalgamate with the Waihi Union Gold-mining Company…

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Maitland Coal Measures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 4

The optimistic opinions, voiced by experienced men during the last two years of tho success white would attend the development of the coat measures to the south of Maitland, are now receiving practical…

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Maitland Coal Measures

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 5

The optimistic opinions, voiced by experienced men during the last two years of the success which would attend the development of the coal measures to the south of Maitland, are now receiving practical…

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London Mining Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 3

Mining quotations are:—Cillagee Railway and Mines, 2s 3d; Mount Lyell, £3 17s 6d; North Lyell, £1 13s 9d…

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The World's Output of Gold

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 13

From the Registrar—General of Western Australia we have a return which has been a considerable time preparing, showing the gold yield of the world for the ten years 1891-1000. Mr. Frasor has with…

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Kangaroo-Land. Its Men, Its Manners, and Its Mines

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 5

Mr. Frederic Villiers delivered his lecture on Australia in St. George's Hall on the evening of the 7th instant, on which day the London morning…

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Mining Crisis at Cobar. 600 Men Idle. Railway Concession Asked For

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 4

OWING to the absence of rain and the great fall in the price of copper the present condition of Cobar is worse than it has been for many years…

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Disastrous Colliery Explosion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 3

An explosion occurred yesterday in a colliery at Lout Creek, Oakaloosa. There were 300 minors at work, and the majority of them escaped. Eight men who had been injured and eight dead bodies[?]…

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Bathed in Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 2

On tho occasion of giving a concert Madame Sala engaged Paganini at the fee of 50 guineas says the Golden Penny. The next day she repaired to the violinist's house and handed him…

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