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Mining & the mines, 1898

6,005 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 250

The Weighing of Coal. Inspection of the Southern Mines. Interview with Mr. D. Ritchie. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 5

Mr. Mathieson, of Newcastle, and Mr. Blackwell, of Lithgow, are at present in the district engaged with Mr. Maccabe, of the Osborne (Wallsend) Colliery, in making an inspection of the various…

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Miners' Troubles. the Waratah Difficulty

Evening News · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—A meeting of the miners from the Waratah Colliery, which has been shut down, was held at the Sydney Bridge yesterday. Mr. Curley, the miners' general secretary,…

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Newcastle News. the Waratah Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 6

The mass meeting of miners affected by the closing of the Waratah pit convened for yesterday morning at Raspberry Gully was largely attended, and Mr. W. Quinn presided. Mr. James…

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Mining Managers' Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 6

North Broken Hill Silver-mining Company, No Liability, Broken Hill, March 12.—700ft. level: West crosscut drives 8ft., total 365 ft. Ground same character. [?] level: Drive north of winze advanced [?] total 92ft. [?]…

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A Mining Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A miner named Walter Taylor (37) met with a dreadful death at the Victory mine, Warrandyte, this morning. He and his mates placed several charges and…

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CHARTERS From 1st March COAL

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 7

Barcore, sh, Newcastle to the West Coast Baroda, bq, Newcastle toe the West Coast Bass Rock, bq, Newcastle to the West coast Ben Cruachan,, sh, Newcastle to Valparaiso,…

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Mining at Bushy-hill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 7

Mr. Slee, the Chief-Inspector of Mines, has submitted the following report in mining at Bushy-hill, near Cooma:--" In September last, soon after the gold discoveries were made in quartz veins at Middle Flat, I drew…

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Mining at Bushy Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 7

The Chief Inspector of Mines, Mr. W. H. J. Slee, has forwarded to the Minister for Mines a report on the [?]uriferous deposits and mining at Bushy Hill. Mr. Slee says that in September last soon after the…

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The Welsh Coal Trade. London, March 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 5

The Welsh colliers urge that a limited output should be made a condition for the renewal of the sliding scale…

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The Welsh Coal Trade. a Limited Output Urged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The Welsh colliers urge that a limited output should he made a condition for the renewal of the sliding scale…

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Mining in Victoria. Mr. Lidgey in London

Evening News · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 5

LONDON, March 17, 3.40 p.m.—Mr. Lidgey, of the Victorian Department of Mines, who is at present installed in the office of the Agent-General, is being extensively…

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The Coal-weighing Trouble. a Tour of Inspection. WOLLONGONG

The Australian Star · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 5

In accordance with the decision arrived at at the mines proprietors' meeting in Sydney, Messrs. Matheson, Blackwell and Maccabe are engaged in an inspection of the various…

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New South Wales Gold-mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 11

The wandering correspondent of the "Financial Time's," who hides his identity under the initials "R.R.," contributes this week an interesting column on the "unostentatious but…

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The Hargraves Gold Field. the Eureka Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 25

This property is situated a short distance northerly from Big Nugget Hill, apd has been worked for many years for very good results. It has changed hands several times, and each owner…

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Associated Gold Mines. Very Rich Development. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 11

At the 200ft, level of the Australia lease, one of the Associated Gold Mines Limited, the winze that is being sent down 100ft, north of Felley's shaft has reached 12ft, on a lode 12ft, wide. It has cut…

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West Australian Gold-fields

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 10

NORSEMAN, Friday.--The Cumberland Crushing war, 25cwt. for a yield of 427oz. 17dwt. smelted gold. The Little Wonder syndicate has declared a dividend of £10 per share, making £30 in all…

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Weighing Coal

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 581

Another difficulty has arisen in coal mining, but there is nothing very remarkable in such an occurrence, for the industry never seems to be absolutely free from…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 12

Business on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday was principally in Queensland and West Australian stocks, but there was not that liveliness in the latter which previous day's reports…

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African Gold

Evening News · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 9

We hear of nothing but Klondike gold, yet, according to Captain Younghusband, whose new book on South Africa Messrs. Macmillan publish, there is some still in the Transvaal. "It is known…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 11

Baker's Creek G. M. Company, Hillgrove, 511 tons, 326oz. Her Dream, Gilsunnia, 86 tons, 92oz, 6dwt, 3[?] Osmetti and De Morell, Four Mile, Gilgunnis, 10 [?]…

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