The Coal Trade. WOLLONGONG, Jan. 20
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 311
The coal trade continues to be fair. Loading operations have been carried on at Belmore Basin every day this week, but at Fort Kombla and Bellambi matters have been rather slack. From Port…
Continued on Trove, page 311 →Fragments from Western Australia. MINING
Nepean Times · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 7
We often hear this colony referred to as the Golden West, and without a doubt the term is a most appropriate one, for there is at the present time an unlimited quantity…
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Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 6
LONDON, February 5.—A West Australian Chamber of Mines has been formed in London with the object of publishing results of crushings and issuing daily reports…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 9
The Mount Catherine Gold-mining Company, Yerilla, which was formed with a capital of £300,000, and issued shares to the extent of £100,000, has proceded…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 24
Notes from Coramba.—Boyle and Foley have gone back to their original shaft, where good stone was got, and are taking out their first crushing. Gold can be seen freely in the stone. At…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Western Australia. Chamber of Mines in London. London, Feb. 5
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 9
The Western Australian Chamber of Mines has been formed in London with the object of publishing results of crushings and issuing daily reports of all the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Late Mining. Telluride Ore From the Norseman
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 10
ADELAIDE, Friday.--Mr. J. S. Crabb has brought samples of telluride ore from the Norseman, which have assayed as high as 98oz. to the ton. It is reported that the property where the ore was obtained is claimed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Latest Mining News. (Continued from page 25.) Silver
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 14
Bar silver was quoted in London on January 29 at 2s 5¾d per ounce standard, a decline of 1-16d since January 26. A further drop of 1-16d occurred on February 1, the quotation being 2s 5…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Gold Robberies on Board Steamers to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 10
Sir,—If the doors of the bullion-rooms and the iron safes were fitted with electric wires leading to alarm bells in the officers' cabins, the gold on board these steamers would be more secure. The course of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gold in New Guinea. the Difficulty of Securing It. Travels of the Original Prospecting Party. Opinions of a Resident Miner
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 13
"New Guinea Goldflelds.--Experienced miner wishes join prospecting party. Reply immediately,--"The above appeared as an advertisement in…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 9
Sir William MaeGregor, acting on the advice of Mr. Philp, Minister for Mines, has issued a proclamation that all Chinamen shall be excluded from the New Guinea goldfields until three years…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Stockton Colliery Disaster Fund
Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1897 · page 4
THE following acknowledgment has reached us:-(TO THE EDITOR.) Dear Sir,-I beg to acknowledge, with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Guilty Gold. (Bt "BOONDI.")
Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1897 · page 3
Put money in thy purse" was honest lago's advice to the fast young men of Venice, and it would appear to be sound, lasting advice too, considering how quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MINING and Finance, Yesterday's Stock and Shake Quotations. to Correspondents
Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1897 · page 3
[Letters marked "Mining" must roach us not later than Thursday. No notice is taken of anonymous correspondence. The coupon printed in the" Free Information" column must be cut out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Minister for Mines on Tour. a Promising Gold and Copper Mine. (By Our Special Reporter.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1897 · page 3
If the terrific heat which prevailed at Cobar on Tuesday and Wednesday had continued during the remainder of the week I question very much whether the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Gibraltar Mine
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1897 · page 7
A telegram published in Wednesday's Herald from our Adelong correspondent stated that the yield of the Gibraltar mine for the month of January was 1500oz. of gold from 500 tons of quartz. The mine…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1897 · page 7
The Hauraki (N.Z.) return for the past mouth was £3965 from 350 tons ore. Six sales in all represented the recorded business in mining shares on the Sydney Stock Exchange on…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1897 · page 9
Burbank's Birthday Gift, 130 tons, 382oz. Lady Shenton G.M. Company, Menzies, 342 tons, 1407oz. The Wyalong G.M. Company, 28 tons, 26oz. 13dwt. The Hauraki Mine, 350 tons, 1325oz…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1897 · page 6
CARGO, Saturday.--While engaged with two other men in one of the ironclad shafts, Henry Mobbs, miner, received a severe blow from a piece of limber which becoming displaced from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pacific Steam Coal Company
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1897 · page 6
At the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Pacific Steam Coal Company, held at Teralba, Mr. E. P. Simpson, a director, who occupied the chair, stated that the operations of the…
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