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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1898

6,005 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250

The Co-operative Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 10

A meeting of miners employed at the Co-operative Colliery, Plattsburg, was held last night, and a letter was received from Mr. James Curley, secretary of the Colliery and Employees'…

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West Australian Gold-fields. the Alluvial Difficulty

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 10

KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--The Associated mines' output for January was as follows:--At the mill on the mine the stone treated was 2000 tons for 2100oz. of smelted gold; ore, eastern…

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The Lake George Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Night.--The Lake George Mines Company, Limited, New South Wales, has decided upon an increase of the capital to the extent of £50,000. The capital of the company was…

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Gold and Blood

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 12 February 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 Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 11

A moderate extent of business was transacted yesterday. In the Mining market Coal, copper, and silver stocks were neglected, but in silver shares British Broken Hill and Broken Hill Proprietary had…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued from page 25.) Australian Gold Yields. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 42

Heylen and party, Trunkey, 30 tons,. 10oz. Bead; Phillips, and party, Burraga, 6 tons, 10oz. Golden Gate, Han ing Rock, 174 tons, 283ozy Mount David, Rookley, 250 tons. 156oz…

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The Peak-hill Proprietary Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 12

We are in receipt of the following communication from Mr. George Day, chairman of directors of the Peak-hill Proprietary Gold-mining Company:--"We are very much obliged to you for the article in 'The Daily…

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Gold Discovery at Uralla

Evening News · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 4

URALLA, Friday.-[?] discovery of gold was made by Crotty party in their reef at [?] yesterday. For some time past the party has been engaged drivisg for a supposed reef, and the latter…

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The Yukon Gold Fields

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 13

American miners are refusinig to pay the Customs duties demanded by the Canadian officiails at Lalee Bennett and on the Yukon, alleging; that it is American territory. They exhibit United…

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The Mining Laws

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 13

Forty New South Wales miming companies, whose headquarters are in England, have resolved to support the Sydney Chamber of Mines in its endeavors to obtain an amendment of the mining…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 9

The quantity of coal exported to foreign and intercolonial ports during the week ended this after[?] noon totalled [?]3,543 tons, as compared with 37,326 ton[?] last week, a decrease of 6217 tons. The distribution…

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Glen Alice Coal and Shale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 11

Yesterday the third annual ordinary general meeting of the Glen Alice Coal and Shale Mining Company, Capertee, was held at 82 Pitt-street. The report of the directors stated that operations had…

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Newcastle News. Export of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 10

The export of coal from the port of Newcastle for the week ended yesterday was 43,543 tons, 9743 tons of which were dispatched yesterday by the ships Centurion, Honolulu, and Ancaois, and…

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Mining Opinions and Assays

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 362

H.G (Waverley Downs).—The sample is simply a crystal quartz. It is of no value. The sample has been returned by post…

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Glen Alice Coal and Shale Company

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 12

The annual meeting of shareholders in this company was held yesterday, Mr. Dowel in the chair. The directors reported that operations have been carried on at the mine with very satisfactory results, proving the existence…

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MINING. Broken Hill. Feb. 2

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 360

Block 10 mill last week treated 2267 tons crude sulphides, returning 483 tons concentrates, bulking 29 69oE. solver, 63-59 per cent. lead, 9 per cent. zinc. The week's despatches totalled 410 tons concentrates…

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Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 24

The manager of the New Bushman's Hill Company, Parkes, reports having cleaned up 408 tons for 224oz 18dwt retorted gold, the cyanide plant returning 103¼oz smelted gold…

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West Australia. the New Mining Regulation

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 9

PERTH, Friday.--The question of the amendment of regulation 103 is still the absorbing topic of conversation. A mass meeting at the Perth Town-hall last night condemned the Minister's…

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Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 42

The Broken Hill Proprietary.—The output of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Limited, for the four weeks ended February 3 was as follows: Ore treated, 24,571 tons for the following refinery…

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The Hill End Gold Field. Ii.—hawkins Hill

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 24

In a preceding paper I have given some few instances of the rich yields on Hawkins' Hill, and, before proceeding with a description of some of the principal mines thereon, it may be…

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