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Mining & the mines, 1898

6,005 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 250

Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 7

There was no improvement in the market on the Sydney Stock 'Exchange yesterday, Bales being very few, and quotations showing no disposition for business. The only notable change was the advance of Block 10 to 64. Lake…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 7

Bank of England, Kalgoorlie, 77 tone, 385oz, 11dwt, Birthday G. M. and Q. C. Company, Parkes, 340 tons, 77oz, Odwt, 18gr. Bolte's Lucknow mine,W[?]along, [?]0 tons, 157oz…

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Shipment of Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 6

The quantity of cool shipped at the Government, cranes and wharfs for home, intercolonial, and foreign consumption during the week ended this morning totalled 46,443 tons as compared with…

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The Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 6

Work at the various collieries in the Newcastle district was interfered with to some extent during the fortnight just ended by the boisterous weather which prevailed at the beginning…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 7

The Mining market yesterday was very quiet. Prices of coal companies were practically unchanged Amongst silver stocks B.H. Block 10 sold at an improvement. Business in Qneensland gold shares was…

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Western Australia. Mining Accident, Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 5

At the Lake View Consols mine a mining accident has occurreed in No. 3 shaft north. Two men were at work timbering in continuation of the shaft below the 100ft. level. The…

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New Guinea Gold Fields. a Fortunate Miner's Opinion?

Evening News · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 5

BRISBANE Tuesday.-A telegram from Cooktown states that an experienced miner, one of the fortunates, named Hudson, who has just returned from New Guinea, has expressed his opinion on the gold fields to…

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New South Wales Coal for Year Ended December 31St, 1879. Total Yield 3,958,682 Tons

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 3

The Mines Department supply the following interesting details of the quantity of coal raised by the various collieries during the year 1897:—…

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The Alleged Swindle. Movements of the Suspects. a Fellow Passenger's Story. " They Owned a Mine in Klondike." "But Wintered in Sydney."

Evening News · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 5

Farther interesting particular are appended regarding the doings of two men and their wives who are at present supposed to be crossing the Pacific Ocean on the Vancouver…

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The New Guinea Goldfields. Experiences of a Miner. Cooktown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 5

Hudson, an experienced miner, has just returned from the mainland of New Guinea, with a quantity of gold. On being interviewed to-day he said he had just come from a gully named after…

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The New Guinea Goldfields Interview with a Successful Miner

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 5

COOKTOWN, Monday.--Hudson, one of the experienced and fortunate miners, has just returned from New Guinea with a quantity of gold. When interviewed, he stated that he had just…

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The Kalgoorlie Mining Cases. Miners Determined to Continue Working

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 February 1898 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--The men on the Ivanhoe Venture lease are working determinedly, despite the injunctions and summonses. The cases for disobeying injunctions have been fixed…

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The Threatened Colliery Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1898 · page 7

Matters in connection with the impending strike at the Co-operative Colliery, Plattsburg, are reaching a climax, and it is probable that within the course of a few days the men will hand in their notices. It is…

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West Australian Gold-fields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 February 1898 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--At Brown-hill Extended mine the shaft is down 370ft., and the sinking is being continued. The shaft is making about 70,000 gallons water per day, but the machinery…

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Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 23 February 1898 · page 7

LITHGOW,Monday.-work at the Duddawarra gols,silver,and lead deposits in the Kanimbla Vally (below Mount Victoria), begins to-day under the management of Mr.J.Commens, who…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1898 · page 9

Great Western, Yalgogrin, 11½ tons, 11oz. 6dwt. 6gr. South Glanmire and Monkland, Gympie, 605 tons (amalgam), 1000oz. Victory, Charters Towers, 118 tons, 495oz…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1898 · page 9

The Mining market yesterday was again very quiet, and there were no changes of any note, except that Associated Gold Mines, Limited, and Great Boulder Main Reef amongst Western Australian…

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The Mining Industry. Figures for 1897. Increase in Production. a Record Output of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 February 1898 · page 3

Returns have been prepared by the Department of Mines with regard to mining operations during the past year. The figures, as compared with other years, are satisfactory…

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Mining in New South Wales. Increase in Production. Recovery of the Foreign Coal Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1898 · page 10

A return recently compiled by the Department of Mines shows that the mining industry of the colony has been prosecuted with more than usual energy during the past year, and that the total mineral…

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The Crown Lyell Mining Co

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 February 1898 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A meeting of shareholders in the Crown Lyell Mining Co. to-day passed resolutions empowering the directors to sell the property to a British syndicate. The chairman stated that £75,000, in…

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