Mining Matters. South Australian Gold Mining. The Cyanide Process. A Patent Improvement -- The Rio Tinto Mine -- General Notes and Reports
The Australian Star · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 3
The celebrated Rio Tinto copper mine in Spain has a capital of £6,750,000, which is divided into 325,000 shares of £10 each, fully paid up. A 5 per cent…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 6
A meeting of the miners employed at the Dudley colliery was held this morning noar Charlestown. It was reported that, the cavils had been postponed for a fortnight, and that the manager had failed to give…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 7
Our Bobadah correspondent writes:--"The Overflow Silver mine, on the Overflow station, is 60 miles south of Nyngan and 35 miles in an easterly direction from Nymagee, and is situated on a low range of hills…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 7
There was a somewhat decided reawakening of activity in West Australian mines on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday, and prices were higher. Great Boulder rose 9s, Ivanhoe and Kalgoorlic Bank of England…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 5
The Minister for Mines has received from Judge Murray the report on the Stockton colliery accidents. Judge Murray had with him Mr. D. A. W. Robertson and Mr. J. Thwaites, as…
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Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 3
This Company can supply 2,000 Tons of Coal per Day. Shipments are made at the Government Clanes, News castle, and by Steamers alongside Ships in Sydney…
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Evening News · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 3
It is seldom one gets an opportunity to look over a well opened up mine, and one where Bach care and judgment have been displayed as that seen on the Tambaroora Creek Gold Mining Company's property…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1897 · page 6
KALGOORLIE, Wednesday.--At the Ivanhoe the rumor as to the discovery of a lode at the 300ft. level is Stated to be premature. From Hannan's Croesus 24½ tons, cent to Dry Creek,…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 5
At the recent quarterly meeting of the New Lambton Miners' Lodge the following office-bearers were elected for the ensuing term:—Chairman, Mr. John Grahame, son.: treasurer, Mr. W. Nicks;…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 7
There was a good deal of business in West Australian mining shares yesterday but prices closed rather weaker, Queensland Menzies and Queen Margaret each declining 1s. Central…
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Evening News · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 8
STEWART'S BROOK, Thursday—The various gold mines on Stewart's Brook are showing fair progress. The New Royal Standard is probably the best mine in the field. It has been worked for a number…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 5
MELBOURNE. Thursday.--The Royal Humane Society of Australasia has made the following awards:--Bronze medals: Geo. Coulson, of Mitchell-street, Stockton, Newcastle, New South…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 6
The Junction mill last week treated 765 tons crudes, yielding 183 tons firsts and 36 tons second grade concentrates, also 36 tons first and second quality slimes. The week's despatches were unusually…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 6
BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--The South Central mine shaft has now reached 44ft., bottoming in kindly schistose rock, easy for working. The Junction mine despatches last week were very heavy, totalling 1477…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 7
The memorandum of registration of this no liability company is published in our advertisement columns this morning. The purpose of the company is to carry on operations near…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 4
CUSTOM-HOUSE.—Entered outwards: March 18. Combermere, ship, 1686 tons. Captain E. Burnard, for San Francisco, via Newcastle; Fitzroy (s.), 830 tons. Captain W C. Thompson, for bockhampton, via ports; Fia[?] (s.), 985…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →City Railway Extension. Comparison of Shipping Business. Future Wheat and Coal Centres
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 3
Members of the Public Works Committee sat again yesterday as a Royal Commission of inquiry as to the best methods of extending the railway into the city, Mr. T. T. Ewing, M.P., presided…
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Evening News · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 8
Away to the south-west of Tambaroora there are several half prospected properties on the Golden Gully line. No person seems to have had the pluck to tackle them, and they thus got into the…
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Evening News · Saturday 20 March 1897 · page 3
The smallest coal mine in the world is in the southern province of New Zealand, where, accord-ing to the reports of the Inspectors of Mines for the colony, the Murray Creek Colliery is worked by…
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Evening News · Saturday 20 March 1897 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—It was rumored in the city to-day that the Dudley Colliery was to be shut down. Mr. Alexander Brown, on being interviewed, states that there is no truth in the rumor. The…
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