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Mining & the mines, 1897

5,195 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250

The Northern Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Miners will draw their pay to-morrow for the fortnight which ended on Saturday last. Work generally has been brisk, and the full time of 10 days has been put…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 7

A large number of stocks, principally West Australian, were dealt in on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday, but quotations did not show any marked change, except in the case of…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 6

Central Platean, Sebastapol, 814 tons, 44[?]oz. Hannan's Brown Hill, Kalgoorlie (treated at Dry Creek), 500 tons, 5200oz. Leviathan Mining and Crushing Company, Kalgoorlie,…

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Miners' Delegate Board. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 5

The annual meeting of the miners' delegate board was held to-day, Mr. Adam Cook and Mr. J. M'Fadyen were elected president and treasurer respectively. Mr. James Curley's term of office as…

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Peak Hill Gold Yield

Evening News · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 3

The total yield for the Peak Hill and district mines, which include Myall and Tomingley, is as follows: Quartz, 611loz; alluvial, 310oz. There are about 200 men engaged in reefing, and thirty-three in the…

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Victorian Gold Yield. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 6

The official returns of the product of gold in Victoria for the year 1896 were issued to-day by the Mines Department. They show that during last year 206,358oz. 7dwt. of gold had been obtained in…

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Junction Castle Gold-mixing Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 6

The first general meeting of shareholders of the Junction Castle Gold-mining Company, N.L., was held at the registered office of the company, 28 Castlereagh-street, on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. James Best…

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A Fatal Mining Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 6

HILLGROWVE, Thursday.--A fatal accident occurred at the Eleanora mine this morning. Albert Goodwin was working in the south shaft, when the bueket, which was being hauled up,…

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Annual Meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The combined quarterly and annual meeting of the Miners Dole- gate Board was held to-day, Mr. Adam Cook (president of the Miners Association) occupying…

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Newcastle Miners. The Annual Meeting. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 3

The annual meeting of the delegate board of the Miners' Association was held at the Trades Hall to-day. The election of officers resulted in Mr. A…

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The Mining Conference. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 5

The proceedings of the Mining Conference, under the auspices of the Coolgardie Chamber of Mines, were brought to a close yesterday by the election of a committee to further consider the…

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Terrible Mining Accident. Hillgrove

The Australian Star · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 5

A miner named Albert E. Goodwin met a terrible death while at work in the Eleanora mine yesterday morning. A piece of timber fell from above No.2 level…

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Technical Instruction in Mining. (To the Editor)

The Australian Star · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 2

Sir,--In view of the recent lugubration of the Minister for Mines to his colleague the Minster for Public Instruction, how would the following…

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The Mining Industry. Review Op the Year 1896. the Prospects of 1897. the Parkes District

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 5

The Mines Department report shows that the yield from this district during 1895 was 10,372oz. The bank returns for 1896 show purchases of 11,079oz., of the value of £50,518. Reef gold…

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The Southern Coal Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 147

During 1896 the coal shipped from southern collieries from Coal Cliff to Kembla, and including these two mines, amounted to 120,921 tone. With the output from the South Clifton and Metropolitan…

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The Betton Colliery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 12

The following is the report of the check-inspectors of the Hetton Colliery, Newcastle district. The inspection was made in December:—"We, the undersigned, have made the following inspection of the…

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The Stockton Colliery. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 10

Several of the wheelers at the Stockton colliery have given the management 14 days' notice for an increase of wages. The present rate to good hands is 5s 10d, but the manager, considering that some…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 12

West Australian 'stocks were decidedly sick on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday, notwithstanding the splendid crushing returns and reports of discoveries of deposits of tellurium marvelously rich in gold. There…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 12

Brilliant and St. George United, C. T., 1010 tons, 1217oz. Golden Hope, Wyalong, 12 tons, 6oz. Phœbe G. M. Company, C. T., 165 tons, 811oz. The Tumbarumba Flat Sluicing Company, 57oz. 15dwt…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued from pago 25.) Discovery of Alluvial Gold

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 15

A report that alluvial gold had been discovered as Fitzgerald's Valley, about 10 miles north-east from Blayney, caused a rush to that locality last week. There are any number of men on the…

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