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Mining & the mines, 1898

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MINING Broken Hill. March 10

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 620

The B. H. Junction mill last week treated 950 tons erodes, returning 215 tons first concentrates, assaying 22oz. silver, 62 per cent lead, 9½ per cent, due ; also '20 tons second slimes of good silver and…

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Mining in the Queanbeyan District

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

The Chief Inspector of Mines (Mr. W. H. J. Slee) has forwarded to the Minster for Mines a report on the mining industry and its future prospects in the Queanbeyan district. The report says that for many…

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Mining in Victoria. London, March 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 9

Mr. Lidgey, of the Victorian Department of Mines, who is at present installed in the office of the Agent-General, is being extensively interviewed with regard to…

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Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 14

The report of the Peak Hill Proprietary Gold Mining Company for the half-year ended January 31 states that the main shaft has been sunk to a depth of 587ft, the intention being to sink to 600ft…

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The Coal Weighing Question. to the Editor of the Herald

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

Sir,—In the report of the coal-owners' deputation to the Minister far Mines over the weighing trouble Mr. Wilton, of the Hermitage Colliery, Lithgow, in reported to have said that the western miners were…

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Victorian Mining. Representative in London. LONDON, March 17

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 6

Mr. Lidgey, of the Victorian Department of Mines, has arrived in London, and is for the present installed at the offices of the Victorian Agent-General…

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Yesterday's Mining News. Sydney and Intercolonial. Mining Advice. Our Letter-box. to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 March 1898 · page 9

[Letters marked "Mining" must reach us not later than Thursday. No notice is taken of anonymous correspondence. The coupon printed in the "Free Information" column must be cut out…

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Quarter of a Ton of Gold. a Swede Returns from Klondyke with a Nice Little fortune

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 March 1898 · page 7

A London Daily News despatch (February 5) from Victoria, B.C., says:—"Not less than one million dollars in gold dust and nuggets, nineteen…

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The Wallsend Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 5

At a meeting of the Wallsend Miners' Lodge held on Friday night the following resolution was carried:—"That in the opinion of this meeting influence ought to be brought to bear upon the…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 7

There was no business in any class of local stocks on the Sydney Stock Exchange on Saturday. There was a better demand for West Australian stocks, although the number of actual…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 7

Jubilee mine, Wyalong, 29 tons mullock, 5oz. 10dwt. New Ellen H[?]rkins, Gympie, 31 tons, 72oz. Sunlight G. M. Company, Hillgrove (including [?]z. in 2 tons concentrates), 340 tons, 108oz…

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Illawarra Coal Trade

Evening News · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Monday.—For the fortnightly pay distributed on Saturday an improvement is manifest, which should act as a temporary stimulant to general business throughout the district…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 7

There was only limited business in the Mining market on Saturday; but at the close a generally improved tone was manifested in Western Australian gold stocks…

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Newcastle Colliery Disaster. Official Messages. Ministerial Action

Evening News · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 5

The following official telegrams were received at the Mines Department from Newcastle Coal Fields Office this morning: "Dudley Colliery manager reports an explosion…

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Newcastle News. the Wallsend Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 5

A meeting of the Wallsend Miners' Lodge was held on Friday evening, Mr. J. Bower presiding. It was reported that a deputation had waited upon the manager with reference to the price…

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Awful Colliery Fourteen Men Entombed. At Dudley Colliery. No Hope Expressed. Rescuers Kept Back by Gases. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 5

Considerable excitement was occasioned in the city this morning by the receipt of meagre news to the effect that a terrible disaster had occurred at the Dudley Colliery. The…

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CHARTERS From 1st March COAL

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 7

Barcore, sh, Newcastle to the West Coast Baroda, bq, Newcastle to the West Coast Bass Bock, bq, Newcastle to the West Coast; Ben Cruachan, sh, Newcastle to Valparaiso,…

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Mining. Bushy Hill Field

Evening News · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 3

Mr. W. H. Slee, the Chief Inspector of Mines, has reported as follows to the Minister: "During my present inspection of several parts of the Monaro district I have several times visited and…

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Coal Weighing Difficulty. Position in the South

Evening News · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, Monday.—Although to outward appearance the relations between mine owners and the men do not appear to be strained, yet , that a certain serious tension exists cannot be…

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Disaster in Spain. Seventy Miners Killed. LONDON, March 20

The Australian Star · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 5

A fearful explosion occurred this morning in the Isabella mine near Cordova, Spain, resulting in the loss of 70 lives of the men working in the mine…

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