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Mining & the mines, 1898

6,005 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 250

CHARTERS From 1st March COAL

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 9 March 1898 · page 7

Barcore, sh, Newcastle to the West Coast Baroda, bq, Newcastle to the West Coast Bundaleer, bq, Newcastle to San Francisco Edinburgh, bq, Newcastle to the West Coast…

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Late Mining. Elsmore Valley Tin-mining Company. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1898 · page 8

A meeting of the directors of the Elsmore Valley Tin-mining Company was held yesterday, Mr. J. W. Moore presiding. The mining manager's report stated that the eastern drive had reached 890ft. from…

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Amendment of the Mining Laws

Evening News · Wednesday 9 March 1898 · page 6

The New South Wales Chamber of Mines is in receipt of the following information from the Incorporated London Chamber of Mines, under date February 2: A meeting of representatives of…

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The West Australian Mining Laws. Charge of Contempt of Court

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1898 · page 7

KALGOORLIE, Monday.--Patrick Hughes and William Bray were charged with contempt of Court to-day, and sentenced to imprisonment in Fremantle Gaol until they petitioned for…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 9 March 1898 · page 3

Union Bank of Aust, Ltd, 165 bxs sovereigns (£825,000) Bank of Australasia, Ltd, 181 bxs sovereigns (£900,000)…

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The Yukon Goldfields. America and the White Pass Route

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1898 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--A denial is now given to the report that United States troops had been ordered to lower the Canadian flag which was recently hoisted at the…

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America and Canada. Route to the Yukon. Anger in the Dominion. Another Goldfields Route Probable

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1898 · page 7

LONDON, Monday Night.--The United States Congress has passed a bill making bonding privileges on the Stickeen River conditional upon the concession by Canada…

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Mining

Evening News · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

STEWART'S BROOK, Wednesday.-The weather has been very hot and close during the last few days, and theatening rain. The Stewart's Brook Company has commenced crushing the…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 7

Brilliant Extended, C.T., [?]00 tons, [?]5oz. 19dwt. Long Tunnel, Wal[?]al[?]a, 1240 tons, [?]22oz. 10dwt. Mitchell's Creek Freehold Gold Estate (fortnight), [?]80oz. 14dwt. 9gr…

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W.a. Miners' Trouble

Evening News · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 8

PERTH (W.A.), Thursday.-The two miners. Hughes aud Bray, sentenced in connection with the alluvial dispute at the Ivanhoe Venture Mice, arrived here in custody of the police yesterday. They were…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 7

In addition to yesterday being "call day" the news of the depression on the London Stock Exchange and the weakness of the Southern markets tended to deaden business. The numbers of stocks…

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The Coal-weighing Question

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 5

Although the recent decision of the Supreme Court in the appeal of the Mount Kembla Company respecting the interpretation of cla[?]se 38 of the Coal Mines Regulation Act has…

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Forfeited Mining Leaser

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 5

The Minister for Mines has received a copy of the report issued by the Select Committee in Victoria in regard to the date of gazetting forfeited raining leases. A notice appeared in the…

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Our Mining Laws

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 4

The New South Wales Chamber of Mines is in receipt of the following, advices from the Incorporated London Chamber of Mines under dato February 2, 1898:--"Dear sir,--I beg to advise…

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CHARTERS From 1st March COAL

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 7

Barcore, sh, Newcastle to the West Coast Baroda, bq, Newcastle to the West Coast Birma, bq, Newcastle to the West Coast Bundaleer, bq, Newcastle to San Francisco…

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Fire at the Great Morwell Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A large bush are is raging in the vicinity of the Great Morwell coal mine to-day, and the coal has ignited in many places. The buildings and plant caught…

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An Interesting Mining Transaction

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 5

Details of an interesting mining venture, which like many others did not mature in the way the promoters anticipated were disclosed in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday. The bankrupt,…

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Late Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 5

The main shaft of the Adelaide, [?]ne of the Associated Gold Mines, Limited leases, is 242ft. deep, and now encountering arsenical pyrites, which give a fair assay. The manager intends to…

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Eastern Coal Trade. China and Japan

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 3

The rise in the price of coal is one of the most notable features in recent economic changes in Japan (says the "Times"). Japan coal, at 5dol, a ton, practically held the…

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