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Mining & the mines, 1898

6,005 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 250

The Suggested Submarine Mine. Denial by the Spanish Government. Anxiety in Madrid

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night.--The Spanish Government deny that the harbor at Havana was mined at the time of the Maine catastrophe…

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The Mining Disaster at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 7

The adjourned inquest on the bodies of Coff, Curtin, and Cunliffe, the victims of the British Mine catastrophe yesterday, was concluded this afternoon. The evidence went to confirm the intelligence…

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The Yukon Goldfields. London, March 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 7

The Canadian-Pacific Railway Company proposes to reduce the rates on the carriage of flour and bacon intended for the Yukon goldfields, with the view of…

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The Yukon Goldfields. American or Canadian Millers. Facilities for Competition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--The Canadian-Pacific Railway Company proposes to reduce the rates for the carriage of flour and bacon intended for the Yukon River goldfields, in…

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A Coal-mining Difficulty. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 5

The recent decision of the Supreme Court as to the construction of the 38th section of the Coal Mines Regulation Act has formed one of the principal topics of conversation during the last few davs…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 7

Great Boulder Proprietary, Kalgoorlie (fortnight), 1413 tons, 3220oz. Junction Mine, Wyalong, 20 tons, 14oz. 1dwt. 12gr. True Blue, Wyalong, 240 tons, 90oz…

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The Coal-mining Trouble. More About the Weighing Question. No Escape Possible

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 6

Nothing else is talked about among coal-mining people than the decision of the Supreme Court on the weighing question, and the position brought about by the…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 7

About the same volume of business as on the previous day transpired yesterday in the Mining market; bul all the sales were recorded at the morning and noon meetings. Girilambone copper…

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The Coal-weighing Difficulty

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 4

The decision of the Full Court in regard to the weighing of coal under the provisions of the new Coal Mines Regulation Bill is obviously the correct one. That Act,…

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CHARTERS From 1st March COAL

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 3

Bundaleer, bq, Newcastle to San Francisco Kio, bqtne, Newcastle to Auckland Sarah and Mary, brgtne, Newcastle to Invercargill…

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Feeling Amongst the Miners. Wollongong

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 6

Great interest has been evinced by the Illawarra miners in connection with the decision of the Full Court regarding the weighing clause under the new Mining Act. Many of…

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Miners' Troubles. the Co-operative Difficulty

Evening News · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.-The difficulty at the Co-operative Colliery has again been under the consideration of the Colliery Employees Federation. The result of the ballot for the Co-operative…

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Late Mining. Coolgardie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 6

The fallowing crushings have been reported:— Hill End, 431 tons of stone, yielding 65loz. 18wt. gold; Richmond Gem, 152 tons for 215oz. 18dwt. 17gr.; Norseman Gold Mines 699 tons, 515oz…

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W. and S. Board Gold Medals

Evening News · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 7

At a meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board yesterday a recommendation that the gold medals presented by the board for sanitary engineering and advanced plumbing ba forwarded to the Technical…

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Late Mining. Charters Towers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 5

To-day's Stook Exchange sales were:—Brilliant Central, 6s 5d Brilliant Entended, coutributing, 7s 3d; Craven's Caledonia N.L, 2s 9d; Lady Florence, 3s 6d. 3s 7d; Marshall's Queen, 2s 6d; Millican's…

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Gold, Ores and Metals. Exported From New South Wales to Oversea Ports for Month Ended 28Th February, 1898. SHIPPERS

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 3

Union Bank of Aust, Ltd, 20 bxs sovereigns (£100,000) E S and A Bank, Ltd, 20 bxs sovereigns (£100,000)…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 7

The market on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday showed a slight improvement. There were several transactions in Gympie stocks at declining rates. West Australian stocks were very quiet, buyers and sellers'…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 7

Hell Fire Jack, Wyalong, 16 tons, 11oz. 4dwt. Pride of the Goulburn G. M. Company, 105 tons, 106oz. Victoria G. M. Association, C.T. (cyanide bullion, value £300 obtained), 320 tons, 461oz…

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To Load Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 5

The ship Mitredale, now on her way from the Cape, and the barque Baroda, expected at Sydney, will load coal at Newcastle for the West Coast. The ship Vincent and the barque…

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Croydon Gold Returns

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 7

CROYDON, Thursday.--The mill returns for February gave 2804 tons treated, for 4773oz. of gold. The wet bus seriously interfered with crushing operations. The cyanide returns are:--950 tons for 1178oz…

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