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Mining & the mines, 1898

6,005 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 250

Stockton Colliery Disaster Cases

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 10

The cases of Curran v. Stockton Coal-mining Company and Bailoy v. Stockton Coal-mining Company, set down for hearing at the present sittings of the Newcastle District Court, were called on to-day…

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Newcastle Miners' Troubles

Evening News · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 5

WALLSEND, Saturday.-The aggregate meeting of the miners of the Newcastle district, advertised to take place in Downey's Paddock, Plattsburg, at 11.30 to-day, was postponed till a…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 11

Brilliant and St. George United, C. T., 1180 tons, 1754oz. Craven's Caledonia, N.L., C. T.. 200 tons, 260oz. Hannan's Brown Hill. Kalgoorlie, 994 tons, 18-10oz. Hannan's Reward, Kalgoorlie, 518 tons, 87oz…

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Export of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 10

Another slack week has been experienced in the coal export trade, the total quantity cleared for foreign and intercolonial ports having been only 36,183 tons. This was distributed as…

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Coal Companies' Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 12

Representatives of the Northern Southern, and Western coal companies met again at the Newcastle Wallsend Company's ofiice, Bridge-street, yesterday afternoon. A committee of three mine managers…

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A Colliery to Be Closed Down

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 10

Following upon the long spell of idleness which has attended the Waratah Colliery has now come an intimation from the manager that the pit is to be closed down altogether. In his letter to the…

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The Waratah Colliery Closed. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 9

On account of the continued slackness of trade it has been definitely decided to close down the Waratah Colliery, near Charlestown, and as a consequence over 200 hands will be thrown out of…

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West Australian Gold-fields. Work at Norseman

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 9

NORSEMAN, Friday.--Mount Benson have purchased the recoup claim of five acres, this giving them workings both sides of the Cumberland. The latter is crushing another ten next week at…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 11

Business in the Mining market yesterday was again very quiet, and without any material aleration in values, except that Lake View Consols were quoted higher…

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Silver of Gold?

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 13

RELIGION, love, and patriotism each exercise a potent influence upon human destiny, but nest to them undoubtedly comes the currency question. Every class in the community is…

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Mining Notices

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 6

The following notice was posted on 'Change this morning:— Brilliant and St. George United (Charters Towers),—Crushed 1130 tons for 1754oz. gold…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued from page 25.) Australian Gold Yields. New South Waxes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 16

Jacobi and party, Glen Park, Albury, 3 tons, 5oz 5dwt. New Bushhman's Hill, Parkes (including 61oz from oyanide), 685 tons, 383oz lldwt…

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Large and Small Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 9

During the discussion which took place at the deputation to the Minister for Minos yesterday regarding the method of weighing coal as…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 10

The quantity of coal experted to foreign and intercolonial ports during the week closing to-day totalled 36,183 tons, as compared with 34,856 tons last week—an increase of 1327 tons. The average…

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Gold Discoveries Near Cooma

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 7

An elaborate report on the recent gold diecoveries in the neighbourbood of Cooma, and the geological features of the locality, his been propared for the Mines Department by Mr. Geological-surveyor…

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Queensland Mining Returns

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 24

The gold yield of Queensland for the month of February totalled 69,236oz, an increase of 14,736oz on the yield in February last year. Charters Towers had an increase of 9000oz; Croydon a…

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Australasian Mining Patents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 25

The following complete specifications, have now been accepted in the various colonies undermentioned, and letters patent will, therefore, under ordinary circumstances, issue to the applicants…

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The Coal Trade. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 9

At Belmore Basin, Wollongong, yesterday, the steamer Kurrara loaded 300 tons coal, the schooner Prosperity 180 tons, and the Hally. Bayley 160 tons, and left for Sydney to-day. The only vessel that…

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Settling the Coal-weighing Question

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 9

The coalmine owners, who yesterday waited on Mr. Smith with a request that he should get rid of the clause of the Act which required that every skip of coal should be separately weighed, were…

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CHARTERS From 1st March COAL

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 12 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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