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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1898

6,005 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Mining. Nanima Creek Field Encouraging Prospects

Evening News · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 3

YASS, Saturday.-The gold-bearing quartz reefs at Nanima Creek, situated sixteen miles in a northerly, direction from Yass,, are undergoing active development, and the present indications…

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United States Bonds. Payable in Silver or Gold

Evening News · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 6

LONDON, January 29-The Senate has adopted, by 47 votes to 32 votes, a resolution moved by Senator Teller, that United States bonds should be payable either in silver or…

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American Currency. the Gold Standard. Important Declaration by the President

Evening News · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 6

LONDON, January 29.-President M'Kinley was yesterday entertained at a banquet at New York by millionaires representing capital to the amount of £1,000,000,000. In the course…

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The German Squadron for China. Delayed for Want of Coal. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 5

The German squadron, proceeding to China under the command of Prince Henry, has been delayed on its way out owing to the cruiser Gefion having run…

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The American Currency Question. Great Banquet of Millionaires. Speech by President M'kinley. Adherence to the Gold Standard

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday. -- A great banquet, at which President M'Kinley was present, was held in New York yesterday by millionaires representing capital to the extent of…

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The Coinage of the United States. Important Declaration by the President. the Gold Standard to Be Continued. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 5

President M'Kinley was yesterday en[?]ertained at a banquet at New York by millionaires representing capital to the amount of 1,000,000,000 dollars. In the…

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The Klondyke Goldfield. Rich Discoveries. London, Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 5

It has been discovered that the gold belt at Klondyke extends as far as the Cassiar Mountains. Rich placers have been found on the Liard River…

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The Klondyke Goldfields Extent of the Belt

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday. -- The gold belt in the Klondyke district has been found to extend to Cassiar, a once-noted gold-mining centre, at the sources of the Stickeen and…

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Bluey Gold-mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 6

Yesterday the half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in the Bluey Gold-mining Company, No Liability, Stewart's Brook, was held at the office of the company, 70 Pitt-street, Mr. J. Perey…

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The Threatened Colliery Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 5

The difficulty between the management and miners of the Co-operative Colliery, Piattsburg, promises to reach a climax within the course of a week or two. It will be remembered that no fewer…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 7

Although only a limited amount of business was done in West Australian stocks on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday, there was a better tone in the market, quotations in most instances showing an improvement…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 6

Menzies Lady Sherry, 45 tons, 69oz. Three Stars, Mount Magnet, 12 tons, [?]oz. Wellington rains, Mount Magnet, 18 tons, 35oz. White Horse, Bulong, 4cwt., 140oz…

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Western Australia. the New Mining Regulations. Opposition by the Miners. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 5

A mass meeting of all the miners was held at the Iynnhoe Venture lease to considor the action to be taken with reference to the new regulation passed by the Executive Council precluding…

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Shipment of Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 5

The quiiitity of coal shipped at the Government cranes and wharfs for home, intercolonial, and foreign consumption during the week ended this morning totalled 38,788 tons, as compared with…

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The Co-operative Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 6

Prospects of an amicable settlement of the difficulty between the management of the Co-operative Colliery, Plattsburg, and the local miners' lodge appear to be very remote. The fourteen…

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Lake George Mines, Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 6

Yesterday Mr. R.N. Kirk, the Sydney agent of the Lake George Mines, Limited, Captain's Flat, received the following telegram from Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., Melbourne, the colonial directors of…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 6

A moderate extent of business transpired yesterday in the Mining market. Walls[?]nd cool sold at £19 12s 6d, and holders raised their demands, whilst there was a somewhat better tone in Wickham and…

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Tasmanian Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 7

QUEENSTOWN, Monday. -- The Lyell Tharsis main South tunnel has been extended 82ft., and the face is now in micaceous schist, carrying copper pyrites. The winze in the north tunnel has been sunk 62ft., and is…

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Late Mining. Mining in North Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 6

GEORGETOWN, Monday. -- The finest bar of gold from the Queenslander claim since the rain came was obtained on Friday last, the result of a nine days' run. The weight of the parrel was 131oz,. 9dwt. from 140 tons…

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Northern Notes. Co-Operative Colliery. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 5

Miners at the Co-operative colliery were yesterday notified by the manager that they would receive an Increase of 3d per ton in the hewing rate. There would be no local…

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