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Mining & the mines, 1898

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Southern Coal Trade

Evening News · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Monday.-At the usual fortnightly pay made op Saturday the miners only drew for average time. Corrimal again came out with best results, drawing for nine days. During…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 7

Business in the Mining market on Saturday comprised dealings in only four stocks. Girilambone, copper, sold lower. In the closing quotations, Associated Gold Mines and Kalgurli Gold Mines…

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Heavy Shipment of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 6

MELBOURNE. Sunday.--The R.M.S. Rome took a large consignment of treasure for England on Saturday afternoon. The shipment comprised 60.000 sovereigns, forwarded by the Bank…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Evening News · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 5

HOBART (TAS.), Saturday.-A telegram from Zeehan states that the Sylvester Mine was the scene of a fatal accident yesterday. It appears that five men were caught by a run of slurry in…

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The Yukon Goldfields. Canadian Supplies for Miners. to Pass Alaska Free of Duty

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night -- The United States authorities have decided to allow Canadian goods and supplies intended for the Yukon goldfields to pass the Alaskan…

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Western Australian Gold Production. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 7

The following statistical returns have been compiled locally of the gold produced in Western Australia for the past year, and also since the beginning of gold production in the year 1886. For the past…

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London Mining Market. London, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 7

Broken Hill Proprietary shares, 40s. Mount Lyell, £14 2s 6d. Mount Lyell South, 22s 6d. North Mount Lyell, £3 12s…

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Labor Matters in England. the Engineers' Strike. Assistance From the Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--The Miners' Federation of Great Britain has agreed to contribute £300 weekly to assist the Amalgamated Society of Engineers in continuing the…

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Mining Accidents at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 5

Yesterday's accidents on the mines resulted in two deaths, while a third man lies in the hospital in a somewhat precarious condition James Sinclair, who was engaged on the Juuction North mine in…

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The Yukon Goldfields. London, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 5

The United States authorities have decided to allow Canadian goods and supplies intended for the Yukon goldfields to pass the Alaskan frontier without…

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West Australian Goldfields. Kalgoorlie Crushing Returns. Developments at the Australia East. Discovery in Hannan's Reward

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Saturday.--The 10-head battery of the Boulder main reef has been cleaned up after 10 days, the return being--stone treated, 526 tons, yeilding 899¼oz. of smelted gold; average…

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Falkner's Gold-mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 6

The sccrolnr) of the Falkner's Gold-mining Company. Limited, Pambula, has received the following report under date January 7 re the prospects of the mine and battery, and the forecast is that the former…

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Colliery Operations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 5

Thero Los been an encouraging revival in the coal trado during the post few weeks, no less thau 10 of tile principal collieries having been kept continuously crnployod The following are the number of days…

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Mining. Victorian Gold Yield. Highest Return for 15 Years

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 3

The yield of gold for the year in Victoria, as ascertained by returns from the Mint and the banks, is 822,632oz, or an increase over the yield of 1896 of 10,546oz (says the Melbourne "Argus")…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 7

On the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday there was an improved demand for West Australian Blocks, and business was done in Brown-hill Junction, Horseshoe, Boulder Main Reef, Kalgoorlie Proprietary, and Kalgurli. There…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 6

Great Boulder Main Reef (December), C63 toas [?] 5dwt. Great Boulder rorsevoranco (December), 1022 tons, 1417oZ…

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Shipment of Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 5

Tho quantity of coal shipped at the Government annes aud wharfs for home, intercolonial, and fpreign consumption during the week ended this morning totalled 53,636 tons, as compared with…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 6

Business in the Mining market yostorday was without animation, tho Southern markets also being dull Coal-mining shares wore without any striking changes in valuo, nnd both copper and silver Uckod…

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Stealing a Gold Bracelet

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 3

At yesterday's Newtown Court, Mr. F. S. Isaacs presiding, Eliza Wilson (21), described as a servant, who appeared with an infant in her arms, was charged with stealing a gold bracelet, valued at £3, the property of…

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Western Australian Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 5

The Lake View Consols yield for December was 4990 tons for 7650oz. 19dwt, 615oz. from the mill and 26350X. from the cyanide. The old 20-bead mill worked nina dava, and the 40-head 26 days…

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