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Mining & the mines, 1897

5,195 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 250

Newcastle Wallsand Coal Co., Head Office: South British Chambers, Bridge Street, Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 27 March 1897 · page 3

This Company can supply 2,000 Tons of Coal per Day. Shipments are made at the Government Cranes, Newcastle, and by Steamers alongside Ships in Sydney…

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The Traveller. Mining in New England. a Trip to Hillgrove

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 March 1897 · page 21

A TRIP to Hillgrove, even to the uninitiated in mining, is brimful of interest, and is not devoid event of sensation. No one paying a visit to Armidale should miss the opportunity of taking a run…

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Gold Under the Basalt. the Kiandra and New England Deposits. Possibility of Great Discoveries

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 March 1897 · page 24

At Kiandra and neighborhood gold exists in mord or less quantities in the gravels under the basalt, and at the New Chum Mine, on an elevated bench high up on the side of a hill capped with basalt,…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Rich Alluvial at Ballagundi

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1897 · page 10

KALGOORLIE, Thursday.—Another parcel of very rich stone has been brought to Kalgoorlie from the Great Eastern; gold shows freely in the stone…

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New Guinea Goldfields. Sir William McGregor v. The Miners

Truth · Sunday 28 March 1897 · page 3

SIR,—On Monday last I wrote to the two Sydney morning papers on the subject on which I now address you, and was greatly surprised to find that my letter was debarred…

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Mining and Finance. Yesterday's Stock and Share Quotations. Our Letter Box to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 March 1897 · page 3

[Letters marked "Mining" must reach us not later than Thursday. No notice is taken of anonymous correspondence. The coupon printed in the "Free Information" column must be cutout…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 March 1897 · page 7

Very few sales were recorded at Saturday's meetings of the Sydney Stock Exchange. The only West Australian stock dealt in was Ivanhoe, which changed hands at £10 11s and £10 13s…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 March 1897 · page 7

Cashman's Brilliant Reward, Coolgardie, 11 tons, 15[?]oz…

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Southern Coal Trade

Evening News · Monday 29 March 1897 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Monday.—Operations in connection with the southern coal trade last-week were, te say the least, very indifferent, and loadings at the Wollongong basin and district jetties…

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The Transvaal. the Gold-mining Industry. a Newspaper Suspended. London, March 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 March 1897 · page 5

A Commission appointed by the Transvaal Government is inquiring into the Economic grievances of the gold-mining industry on the Rand…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 March 1897 · page 7

A very moderate extent of business was transacted in the mining market on Saturday. Silver stocks were again dull of sale, and Junction North, at the reduced rate of 25s, was the only one having…

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T[?] Stockton Colliery The Recent Inquiry. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 29 March 1897 · page 6

He miners at Stockton, have, got up a po[?]ion for presentation to the Minister Mines asking that a stay be made Cancelling the certificates of Messrs…

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Fresh Gold Discovery. Bellingen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 March 1897 · page 7

A new goldfield was discovered recently seven miles south-west from here on the Upper South Arm. An assay made at the Clyde works gave 3½oz. of gold per ton. The reef is 7ft. wide, and has been…

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Mining. a Rich Reef

Evening News · Monday 29 March 1897 · page 7

Particulars of a further important discovery of gold-bearing reefs in East Gippsland were given to the Victorian Minister for Mines on Friday by Mr. J. Muirson, representative of a…

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The Ivanhoe Mine. Lode Cut at 300Ft. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 March 1897 · page 7

The Ivanhoe Company has cut the lode at the 300ft.level. The west crosscut was carried in 40ft. from the engine shaft before the lode was met, having been thrown west by a slide or fault similar…

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Croydon Goldfield

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 March 1897 · page 7

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- The report of Mr. Rands, Assistant Government Geologist, upon the Croydon goldfield, has been issued. The compilation of the data occupied Mr. Rands seven months. He says that the…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Some Rich Finds

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 March 1897 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Sunday. -- The lode struck in the Ivanhoe at the 300ft. level, at the particular point where it is broken into, is 18in. wide. The value of the ore has not yet been made public,…

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The Giandarra Gold Mine, Kiandra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1897 · page 9

The Giandarra Gold Mine is situated on the New Chum Hill, about 2½ miles from K[?]andra township, and has been vigerously worked for the past three years by way of developing and opening up the…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 March 1897 · page 7

The mining market was very weak yesterday, and it is certain that March will close without the West Australian boom, which was prognosticated by people with whom the wish was father to the thought…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1897 · page 9

Business in the mining market yesterday was exceedingly dull. Among coal stocks Wallsend shares were quoted weaker. In silver, Junction North had exchange at about the late low rates, but were…

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