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Mining & the mines, 1896

6,248 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Newcastle Collieries

Evening News · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—The manager of the Seaham Colliery now confidently asserts that work will be resumed there next week. The mine is free from gases and is being got ready to…

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The Kurrajong Gold-mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 7

The second half-yearly meeting of the Kurrajong Gold-mining Company, Limited, was held on Friday night at the Metropolitan Hotel, King-street, Mr. Peter Farquhar, chairman of the board of…

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The Seaham Colliery. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 5

The Seaham Colliery was successfully bricked off yesterday. The portion of the mine of an inflammatory character is now completely isolated from other workings, and work may be expected…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 7

A private cable advice from London states that the price of sliver is 2s 6¾d per oz. and lead £11 6s 3d per ton…

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The Barrier Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--Mr. Joel Phillips. manager of the Junction mine, has been appointed general manager of the Junction North mine, and will direct operations…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 7

New Zealand No. 1 North, Oympie, 108 tons, [?]80oz. Star of Peace, Wyalong, 52 tons, 118[?]oz…

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The Gold Fields

Evening News · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 7

DRAKE, Monday.—Mining matters hare not been ty brisk during the past week. The All Nations party, having been beaten out of the lower level of the mine by the influx of water, find it necessary to erect a…

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The Price of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 4

By the deputation which waited upon Mr. Reid last week to demand some form of Government, coercion for compelling colliery-owners to raise the…

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West Australian Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Night.--The Victoria Reef Goldmining Company, Mount Jackson, West. Australia, recently formed with a capital of £75,000, has…

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The Greta Colliery. a Revival in Trade. Greta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 5

The Greta colliery worked every day this week except Anniversary Day, and it is expected to work sevoral days next week. This with four and a half days' pay for the last fortnight is the…

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New Mining Company. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 5

The shares in the Victoria Reef Goldmining Company, Mount Jackson, Western Australia, have been allotted…

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Newcastle V. New Zealand Coal. the South American Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 7

On the 18th ult. it was announced in the columns of "The Daily Telegraph" that the barque Coromandel would load coal at Newcastle for Wellington, New Zealand,…

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[By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) a Rich Shoot of Gold. Murrumburrah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 7

Adams and party, of Garangula, struck a rich shoot of gold at the 115ft. level on Thursday. Over a pound of gold was taken from five pounds of stone. On the face of the stone in the drive the gold…

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The Goldfields

Evening News · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 5

CROW MOUNTAIN, Monday.—A marked improvement has takes place in many mines on the field since the new year. Shares in the various properties are changing hands at rapidly improving prices, and…

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Uitlanders on the Rand Goldfields. Arrogance of the Boers. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 5

Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, discredits the truth of the telegram recently published in the Times from the Rand goldfields stating that the…

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Goldfields of Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Esperance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 5

The Minister for Mines has upheld the warden's decision with regard to the jumping of the Great Dundas mine, which was a mine on forfeited ground. Messrs Starr and Noske have found…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Rich Find in Kanowna Township

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 6

KANOWNA, Saturday.--Two men who have been prospecting about the town for some days have found a small rich leader carrying coarse gold in Mercer-street,…

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The Mount Drysdale Goldfield

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 7

MOUNT DRYSDALE, Saturday.--The fall of rain last week was altogether insufficient to cause any improvement in the state of the field, as only the silt tanks caught any water,…

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The Transvaal. Disorder at Johannesburg. "Serfdom" at the Rand Goldfield. Interview with President Kruger. Concessions to the Uitlanders' Demands

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has directed Sir Jacobus do Wet, the British Agent at Pretoria, to…

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Latest Cables. General Cables. England's Foreign Relations. Speech by Lord Salisbury. President Kruger Interviewed--The Ultianders' Demands--The British Empire's Trade--Major-General Hutton's Successor-France and Brazil--Trade with Manchester-Mining and Commercial

The Australian Star · Monday 3 February 1896 · page 5

The following cables arrived after Saturday's last edition had gone to press:--London, February 2. SPEECH BY LORD SALISBURY…

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