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Mining & the mines, 1898

6,005 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 250

Mount Allen Gold-mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 9

The first annual general meeting of shareholders in the Mount Allen Gold-mining Company, No Liability, was held yesterday at 70 Pitt-street. The directors' report stated that since February 22 last…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 7

The market on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday was duller than ever, even Gympic stocks being without business. The only flutter was in Mount David, which sold at between 18 and 19 12. Several West Australian…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 9

Jacobi and party, Glen Park, Albury, 3 tons, 5oz. 5dwt. New Bushman's Hill, Parkes (including 64oz. from cyanide), 685 tons, 388oz. 11dwt. Queen Cross Reef, C.T., 270 tons, 478oz…

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A Coal Contract

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 3

In the application to make absolute a rule nisi for a new trial in the case Kelly v. the New Caledonian Coal Co.,, the court made absolute the rule for a non-suit, with costs,…

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Coal-weighing Question

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 6

The colliery proprietors of the district have now by the decision giver, by the Supreme Court on Monday in the Mount Kembla weighing case, been brought face to face with a trouble which…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 9

The Mining market was quiet yesterday, although more business transpired than on Monday. Girilambone, copper, sold lower; Overflow, silver, improved; and B.H. Block 10 had stronger buyers…

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A Coal Contract. Kelly V. the Caledonian Coal Company

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 10

Argument was concluded before the Full Court on the motion on behalf of the defendant to make absolute the rule nisi for a nonsuit or a new trial in the suit Kelly v. the Caledonian Coal Company, granted last term…

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The Coal Weighing Bungle

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 4

Whether we are to consider that the present Government have taken the labour members under protection or the labour members have taken the Government, one…

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A Coal-mining Trouble. The Weighing Question. Disastrous Effect of the Supreme Court Ruling

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 6

The judgment of the Supreme Court yesterday upon an appeal against a magisterial decision which necessitated the weighing of each separate skip of coal brought up from…

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Gold, Ores and Metals

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 3

EXPORTED FROM NEW SOUTH WALES TO OVERSEA PORTS FOR MONTH ENDED 28TH FEBRUARY, 1898. SHIPPERS…

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The Yukon Gold Fields

Evening News · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 6

LONDON, March 1.-The Canadian-Pacific Railway Company proposes to reduce the rates for the carriage of flour and bacon intended for the Yukon gold fields, with the…

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The Mining Regulations

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 5

PERTH, Monday.--The determination to ignore the regulation limiting the depth of alluvial workings on leases to 10ft. Is stronger than ever, and the Ivanhoe venture is covered with the shafts…

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New Mining Regulation

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 4

The following regulation has been framed to prevent accidents occurring to any person in case Of a fire In any mine other than real or shale mines:--"Should a fire occur in or in connection…

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CHARTERS From 1st March COAL

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 3

Bundaleer, bq, Newcastle to San Francisco Rio, bqtne, Newcastle to Auckland Waterloo, 4-m bq, Newcastle to San Francisco GENERAL…

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The Weighing of Coal Question

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 8

The decision of the Supreme Court in the appeal of the Mount Kembla Coal-mining Company formed the sole topic of conversation in mining circles to-day. The proprietors and managers of the different…

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Overflow Silver-mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 9

Mr. R. N. Kirk, legal manager of the Overflow Silver-mining Company, N.L., writes as follows:- "As some misapprehension appears to exist with regard to the report of this company's meeting, as…

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Late Mining. Norseman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 8

The developments at the Cumberland Company seem to be most encouraging. The rich chute has increased in width from 6in. to 18in., and is full of specimen gold. The chute is continued for 26ft.,…

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West Australia. Trial of Collie Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 5

PERTH, Tuesday.--A trial of coal from the Collie coalfields was made to-day on a steamer which cruised for about four hours on the Swan River. During this time one and a half tons of…

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A Coal Contract. a New Trial Motion

Evening News · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 2

The hearing of argument on an application on behalf of the defendants in the case of Kelly against the Caledonian Coal Company, to make absolute a rule nisi for a new trial, was continued yesterday…

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Great Cobar Copper Mining Company

Evening News · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 7

The forty-fourth half-yearly meeting of the above company was held at the company's office, 131 Pitt-street, on Tuesday, for the purpose of receiving the balance-sheet for the half-year…

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