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Mining & the mines, 1898

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 7

Barring a flutter in Gympie stocks there was no animation in the mining sharemarket yesterday. The Gympie stocks were trailed in pretty extensively, with halfpenny fluctuations. West Australian stocks generally…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 7

Orient Tribute, Gympie, 173 tons 156oz. Victory, Forest Reefs, Orange, 100 leads, 54oz. 14dwt. TIN. Australian Tin Mine, Tasmania, 25[?] ton[?] for 3½ tons…

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A Coal Contract

Evening News · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 5

An application was made to the Full Court yesterday afternoon on behalf of the defendants in the case of Edward Joseph Peter Kelly against the Caledonian Coal Company. Limited, to make…

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The Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 5

The yield of gold of Victoria last month was 13,750oz., showing an increase of 16,084oz. as compared with January of last year. Lord and Lady Brassey paid a visit to-day to…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 7

A fair extent of business was recorded in the Mining market yesterday. Coal stocks were without exchange, but Wallsend shares were stronger. Transactions in silver were restricted to one New…

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A Coal Contract. Kelly V. the Caledonian Coal Company

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 3

In the Full Court, Mr. Scholes and Mr. Pickburn (instructed by Mr. C. Bull) appeared to move absolute the rule nisi for a new trial in the suit Kelly v. the Caledonian Coal Company, granted during the last term…

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Wreck on the Alaskan Coast. Klondike Miners Lost

Evening News · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 6

LONDON, February 16.-The steamer Cla­ra Nevada, bound for Seattle, has foundered off the Alaskan coast. The passengers were mostly miners…

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A Coal Contract. Motion for a New Trial

The Australian Star · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 8

In the Full Court yesterday an application was made by Mr. Scholes on behalf of the defendant in the ease of Edward J. P. Kelly against the Caledonian Coal Co, Ltd., to…

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Western Australia. Terrible Mining Fatality. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 5

A terrible mining fatality has occurred at the Kalgoorlie mine, resulting in the death of a miner named Widdop. The shift going off last night, after firing, reported "all right." Two men…

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Foundering of a Steamer. Bound Por Alaska. Miners Lost. London, Feb. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 5

The steamer Clare, of Novada, bound for Seattle, in Alaska, has foundered off the Alaskan coast. The passengers were mostly miners on route to the Yukon…

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Another Russian Cruiser for China. Purchase of Coal by Russia. London, Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 5

Russia is negotiating with the Porte for leave to take through the Bosphorus from the Black Sea a cruiser destined for China. Odessa reports that Russia has…

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Wreck Off the Alaskan Coast. Sixty-six Persons Supposed to Be Drowned. Many Klondyke Miners Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--News has been received that the steamer Clara, bound from Nevada to Seattle, which was convoying a large number of miners bound for the…

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The Eastern Situation. H.m.s. Victorious Ashore. Discharging Her Coal and Artillery. Assistance Kent From Malta

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.—Reuter's correspondent reports that H.M.S. Victorious, which went ashore at Port Said, is badly aground…

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Canada and the United States. the Relations Strained. the Yukon Goldfield Oustoms. London, Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 5

Mr. Smalley, the New York correspondent of the London "Times," states that the relations between Canada and the United States are strained owing to the…

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Coal Miners' Troubles

Evening News · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.-The trouble at the Co-operative Colliery is again before the miners' lodges, this time in the shape of a ballot for or against the miners at that colliery giving…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 7

The market on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday was without animation. West Australian stocks seem to have gone quite out of favor. Queensland Menzies had a fall yesterday from 109 to 149, and all other West…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 9

Great Boulder Preprietary, 1428 tons, 3293oz. Queensland Menzies, W.A., 120 tons, 363oz. Schell and party, Wyalong, 12 tons, 7oz. 10dwt. 21gr. Smithfield No. 1 North, Gympie, 468 tons, 956oz…

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Gold Discovery

The Australian Star · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 5

If you strike Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes you are in luck. They are the Society Smoke…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 9

Business in the Mining market yesterday was of a quiet character. Wallsend shares improved in value, but there were no dealings in coal. Copper-mining stocks also were without exchange. Lake…

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Newcastle News. Hetton Miners' Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 5

The members of the Hetton Miners' Lodge held a meeting on Wednesday evening, 150 being present, and Mr. E. B. Downey presiding. After some discussion the Delegate Board minute…

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