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Mining & the mines, 1897

5,195 stories in Sydney's papers · page 76 of 250

The Miners' Demands

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1897 · page 5

The various mining lodges have almost unanimously adopted the recommendation of the delegate board. The secretary of the conference will interview the colliery proprietors with a view to an…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1897 · page 7

General dullness prevailed on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. West Australian stocks were out of favor, Great Boulder showing a heavy decline. ivanhoes were also weaker. In local gold stocks Baker's…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1897 · page 7

Hit or Miss, Wyalong, 1Stons (seconds), 16oz. Han[?]e and Howard, Wyalong, 53 tons mullock, 23oz, 17dwt. South Star, Ballarat, 1210 tons, 619oz…

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Mining Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1897 · page 5

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--An uncommon accident happened on Saturday on the Proprietary mine, by which considerable damage was done. From Darling's shaft to old M'Culloch's bins are…

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The Price of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1897 · page 6

The majority of the miners' lodges having adopted the resolution asking for a conference with the colliery proprietors upon the subject of an advance in the selling price, with a…

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The Shipment of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1897 · page 6

The statement furnished by Captain Knowles, berthing master, shows that the very large quantity of 63,033 tons of coal was shipped at the dyke for the week up to midnight on…

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The Country. Inspection of Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1897 · page 5

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--Messrs. Moulden and Laughton, Adelaide directors, and Ingram, of Melbourne, have been on tho Hill since Friday, making a half-yearly inspection of the…

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Broken-hill Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. 2.40 p.m.--Shares in the Broken-hill Proprietary mine are quoted on the Stock Exchange to-day at £2 10s…

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The Coal Trade. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1897 · page 6

At Wollongong on Saturday the steamer Mount Kembla loaded 700 tons, of coal and the steamer Merkworth 330 tons, both leaving for Sydnay in the evening. Yesterday the schooner Garron left…

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Tuesday's Mining. Stock Exchange

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 May 1897 · page 5

11 a.m There were only two sales of gold mining. shares at the first call on Change to-day, and silver shares were left untouched…

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Kalgoorlie Mining Developments. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1897 · page 5

Very rich gold has been struck in the Great Bouldor mine at a depth of 100ft. in Block 16, about 300ft. north of the main shaft; 4oz. to 5oz. ore was struck opposite the shaft north…

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Newcastle News. Coal Trade Conference. Sewerage Board Revenue. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 May 1897 · page 6

A number of the miners' lodges, sufficient to constitute a majority, having adopted the recommendations of the delegate board, that a conference be…

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Mining Matters "Spec" Selling. Market Operations. South Mount Lyeil--Some Pertinent Remarks by the Chairman

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 May 1897 · page 7

At the annual meeting of the South Mount Lyell Mining Co., Limited, held in Melbourne last week, the acting chairman, Mr. J. P. Lonergan. after…

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The New Guinea Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1897 · page 4

In his letter to hand yesterday, our special correspondent at New Guinea again sounds a note of warning to those contemplating the journey there in search of gold. At the time of writing…

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Chief Inspector of Coal Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 May 1897 · page 5

It was recently announced that Mr. A. A. Atkinson, of England, had been appointed Chief Inspector of Coal Mines. Mr. Edden, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon,…

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The Coal Mines Act. Deputation to Minister for Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1897 · page 10

A deputation waited upon Mr. Sydney Smith, Minister for Mines. yesterday afternoon, with reference to the working of the Coal Mines Act. The deputation comprised Messrs. Edden, Watkins,…

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The Newcastle Collieries. Some Local Grievances

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 May 1897 · page 3

A deputation consisting of six members of Parliament and two representatives from the Newcastle Coal Miners' Association waited upon Mr. Sydney Smith (Minister for Mines)…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1897 · page 9

Eureka mine[?] Mount M'Donald, 150 tons, 137oz. Lady Bountiful Gold-mining Company, Coolgardie, 146 tons, 548oz. Lake View Consols, Kalgoorlie (month), 1101 tons,…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1897 · page 9

The Mining market yesterday was without any general improvement, and the business done was of only moderate extent. Silver stocks were without any recorded transactions, but Broken Hill…

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The Cheep in the Junction Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1897 · page 9

In reply to a question in the Assembly last night Mr. Sydney Smith, Minister for Mines, laid on the table a copy of Inspector Hebbard's report on the creep in the Junction mine at Broken Hill. Mr…

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