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Mining & the mines, 1897

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1897 · page 9

British Queen, Ballarat, 81 tons, 20oz. 14dwt. Band of Hope and Albion Ballarat, 200 tons, 7oz. 4dwt. 12gr. New South Wales, Wyalong, 30 tons, 174oz. 12dwt…

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Complaints From Coal Trimmers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1897 · page 6

Complaints are being made by coal-trimmers that certain of their number make a practice of accepting work at 1s per hour, which is 3d under, the recognised rate, and thus ensure constant…

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New Matrix for Gold

Evening News · Wednesday 24 February 1897 · page 3

Mr. Lidgey, one of the geological surveyors of the Victorias Mines Department, has reported to the secretary that payable stone has been found by a co-operative party of miners at Golden Golly, near…

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A New Mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night.--The Talunga [?] Development Company, South Australia, has been floated with a capital of £360,000…

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New Mining Company. London, Feb. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1897 · page 5

The Talunga Goldfields Development Company, which has a capital of £350,000, has been floated…

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West Australian Goldfields. Brophy's Consols Drive

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1897 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--At Brophy's Consols, Kurnalpi, the drive for the reef at the water level is still being proceeded with. The very hard country encountered previously is being…

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Proposed New Coal Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 7

An application has been made to the Department of Mines by Messrs. J. Farish and W. Davev for permission to mine for coal on the Newcastle Pas[?]urage Reserve, under allotments 1104, 1105, and…

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General News. Chief Inspector of Coal Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 4

It was stated in a cable message published in "The Daily Telegraph" yesterday that the Agent-General had received 82 applications for the position of Chief Inspector of Coal Mines in New…

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Work at the Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 5

The collieries of the district worked as follows during the fortnight, which ended on Saturday last, and pay for which will be drawn tomorrow (Friday):--Back Creek, Duckenfield,…

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Newcastle Collieries. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 7

During the fortnight for which pay will be drawn by miners of the district on Friday work has on the whole been good, although at six collieries only…

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Glebe Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 7

The following nominations have been received for office-bearers of the Glebe Miners' Lodge for the ensuing 12 months:—Chairman, Mr. M. Wilbraham; secretary, Mr. W. Sch[?]field; treasurer,…

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West Australian Gold-fields

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Wednesday.--The Queen Margaret crushing takes place in about a week's time. The Queen Margaret South cut what is…

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MINING. In the Bathurst District. the Caloola Creek Gold Field

Evening News · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 3

These mines are situated about 18 miles south of Bathurst, on the south side of the Caloola Creek, on church and school lands. Some 20 gold mining leases have been taken up, ranging from 5 to 15 acres. For…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 7

There was good recovery in the values of most West Australian stocks yesterday on the Sydney Stock Ex-change. Ivanhoe buyers improved to the extent of 8s 3d, with sellers wide; Great Boulder were 6s better, and…

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The Coal Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 7

The past fortnight has been the busiest at the various collieries since the strike. No less than six of the collieries worked full time (11days), and there is a large number of vessels in port waiting to…

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Mining Inteligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 9

Although a smaller amount of busines was done in the mining market yesterday, there was an allround improvement in the prices of shares at the end of the day. Vale of Clwydd and Wallsend…

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Broken-hill Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 5

LONDON. Wednesday, 1.45 p.m.--Shares in the Broken-hill Proprietary mine are quoted on the Stock Exchange to-day at £2 13s 9d…

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Another Mining Company

Evening News · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 5

LONDON, February 24.—Burbank's No. 1 South Extended, Coolgardie, has been floated into a company with a capital of £80,000, of which £54,000 will be offered to the…

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The Southern Coal Trade. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 7

Yesterday the Alba[?]ross, Monarch, Isabelle, Garron, and Malcol[?] arrived at Belmore Basin, Wollongong, and to-day the Illawarra, Palmerston, Prospero, and Bega arrived. This afternoon the…

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Bowls. Waverley Club Gold Medal Championship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 5

The games in connection with the Waverley Club medal championship were advanced another stage on Wednesday afternoon, when a match was played off between Messrs. Watkin Wynne and J…

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