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Mining & the mines, 1898

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Victoria's Coal Output

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 9

During the year 1897 the output of coal from the Victorian mines amounted to 236,276 tons. This (says the "Age") shows an increase of 9714 tons on the production of the previous year…

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Export of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 10

For the week ended yesterday afternoon the quantities of coal exported from the port of Newcastle to the various foreign and intercolonial markets were:--Manila, 3761 tons: Java, 2298;…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 11

Although somewhat fewer stocks were dealt in yesterday in the Mining market, there was on the whole a generally better feeling for silver and gold scrip, notably the Kalgurli group of gold mines,…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 255

Mr. J. B. Jaquet, geological surveyor, has submitted a report on the cobalt deposit at Port Macquarie. The cobalt is found to occur only in the serpentine and the clay caused by the…

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Mining News

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 18

MR. H. Browne, formerly of Bywong, and some years ago Mayor of Silverton, has recently organized a syndicate for a promising gold-mine at The Island, Lake Austin, Murchison district, Western…

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Gold and Blood

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 8

MANY years ago I knew a man who expended, a great part of a large fortune in buying gold, in coin and in bars. This he melted, and with human blood and other unique ingredients, laboured…

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Mining Grievance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 9

At the meeting of the Hetton Miners' Lodge, held last evening, an animated discussion took place relative to the refusal of the manager of the Colliery to pay the miners extra wages for what is technically…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 9

The quantity of coal exported to foreign and intercolonial ports during the week ended this afternoon totalled 43,017 tons, as compared with 52,288 tons last week—a decrease of 9271 tons. The…

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The Mount Lyell Proprietary Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Night.--The Mount Lyell Proprietary, which was recently registered with a capital comprising 500,000 shares of £1 each, has allotted shares to the value of £400,000…

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The Mining Industry. Review of the Year 1897. Western Mining Districts. Areas of Golden Renown. the Gallymont and Mitchell's Greek Mines. Vii

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 4

Generally speaking, gold-mining is at a very low ebb in the western districts radiating from orange and Bathurst. These districts embrace the locations of the early gold discoveries in the…

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Australasian Mining Patents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 24

The following complete specifications have now been accepted in the various colonies undermentioned, and letters patent will, therefore, under ordinary circumstances, issue to the applicants in…

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Lake View South Mine. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 11

Representatives of the press viewed the Lake View South workings to-day. The stone that is being milled is raised from the 100ft. level and at the intermediate level 30ft. lower, but is worth under 1oz. to…

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An Impending Mining Strike

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 236

The difficulty which has arisen between the management and the miners of the Co-Operative colliery, Plattsburg, was exhaustively discussed at the quarterly meeting of the minner's delegate board…

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MINING. Broken Hill

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 255

Block 14 mill last week treated 2452 tons crudes, returning 620 tons concentrates and slimes of fair silver and lead contents. The week's despatches aggregated 828 tons, including 451 tons' sulphide…

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Late Mining. Coolgardie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 10

The Londonderry Company has crushed 330 tons of stone for 650oz. gold…

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Tags of Terse. the Gates of Gold

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 33

If you are tempted to reveal A tale someone to you has told About another, make it p[?]s, Before you speak, Three Gates of Gold…

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Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 24

A wire from Bombala states that Mead and party's recent crashing yielded 16dwt per ton. Hobbs crushed 6 tons from the Bonanza for an average of 3oz, and 25cwt of stone from the…

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Intercolonial Mining News, New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 15

A report from Delegate states that the following crushings were recently put through at the Roaring Camp battery: A parcel from Mead and party's claim, Brown's camp, yielding 16[?]wt of gold to the…

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The First Discoverers of the W.a. Gold Fields

Evening News · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 3

THE view from the crest of the rise whereon the two men were standing was not particularly…

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In the Days of Gold. a Tale of Old Bendigo

Evening News · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 2

WE were sitting on the deck of a river…

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