Late Mining. Victorian Dividends Declared
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Dividends have been declared as detailed below in the following Victorian-owned and managed mining companies.--Broken-hill Proprietary, 16; Broken-hill South, 6; Iroubark, 6; Johnson's Reef,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle News. a Serious Mining Offence
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 5
At the Lambton Police Court on Friday last, before Mr. James Mair, S.M., Edward Lonsdale and John Kenny, miners, employed in the Burwood colliery, were charged, at the instance of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Mining Market. London, April 2
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 9
Broken Hill Proprietary shares, 44s. British Broken Hill, 10s 6d. Mount Lyoll, £13 7s 6d. Mount Lyoll South, 13s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →West Australian Mining Laws. the New Regulations
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 5
PERTH, Sunday.--The Executive Council sat at noon on Saturday, and approved of the decision arrived at by the Cabinet on the previous day, relating to the withdrawing of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Monaro Gold. Important Discoveries. Report by Chief Inspector Slee
The Australian Star · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 3
Mr. W. H. J.Slee, F.G.S.,&c., Chief Inspector of Mines, has sent a report to the Under-Secretary of Mines and Agriculture on important discoveries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russians Purchasing Welsh Coal. Fortifying Possiet Bay. London, April 2
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 7
The Russian authorities are purchasing Welsh coal for Talionwan. the rate paid for fr[?]ight being 30s per ton. Russia has decided to erect a fortress…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gas Without Coal. a New Illuminant. One Thousand Feet for a Shilling
Evening News · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 3
After recent events in Sydney the public are likely to look askance at inventions claiming to develop a high standard of illumination at a very moderate cost (says Friday's Melbourne "Age")…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle. Colliery Operations. Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 5
A temporary revival in the coal trade has been experienced during the past few weeks, and the prospects for this month are encouraging. No less than nine collieries were kept in constant operation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 7
The features of the day on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday were the lack of business and an all-round decline in the quotations of West Australian stocks. There were no transactions in coal or copper stocks, and silver…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yields. Gold
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 6
Excelsior mine, Nundle, 143 tons, 579oz. SILVER. B.H.Proprietary Block 14,21,130oz…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Coal Irade
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 5
The quantity of coal shipped at the Government cranes and wharfs for home, intercolonial, and foreign consumption during the week ended this morning totalled 57,071 tons, as compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Intelligence
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 6
Business in the Mining market yesterday waa very quiot. Coal and copper shares wero neglected, whilst exchange in silver scrip was only of nominal extent. In local gold stocks Mount David sold at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Managers' Reports
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 6
Broken Hill Proprietary Block 14 Company, Limited — Port Adelaide smelting returns for week ended March 31: —Ore treated. Carbonate, 205 tons; sulphide,[?]S tons; producing 412 tons bullion, containing 21,130oz.silver…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Extensive Miners' Strike. London, April 3
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 5
Fifty thousand miners in South Wales have struck work for an incrense in wages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle News. Work at the Mines
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 5
At most of tho collieries in the district tho fortnight which ended on Saturday last was a busy one, nine of the pits having worked full time, while three others only lost one day, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining. the Monaro District
Evening News · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 3
The Chief Inspector of Mines, Mr. W. J. Slee, reports to the Minister as follows on his inspection of the important discoveries of gold, silver, and deposits in the southern parts a the Monaro…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Labor Troubles. the South Wales Miners' Strike. 80,000 Men Out
Evening News · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 6
The strike of coal miners in South Wales for an advance of wages is extending. Eighty thousand men are now out…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold, Ores and Metals. Exported From New South Wales to Oversea Ports for Nine Months Ended 31St March, 1898. SHIPPERS
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 3
Union Bank of Aust, Ltd, 185 bxs sovereigns (.£925,000) Bank of Australasia, 191 bxs sovereigns- (.£950,000) London Bank of Auat, Ltd, 100 bxs sovereigns (£500,000 ; E S and A Bank, Ltd, 108 bxs sovereigns (£540,000) French Bank, 35 bxs sovereigns (£154,890), 8 bxs gold bars (£31,054), 1 bx gold coin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Australian Goldfields. Boulder Main Reef Crushing. Norseman Returns for March
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 5
KALGOORLIE, Saturday.--The crushing from the Boulder Main Reef gave 11,000oz. from 830 tons, or 10oz. 10dwt. 11gr. to the ton; the eyanide returns are not included. The sulphide lode…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Rambles. Over Western Areas. the Forest Reefs District. the Lucknow Mines. a Deserted Brayney Mine
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 April 1898 · page 5
Last week I spent some days in peregrinations over mining areas in the Orange, Blayney, and Bathurst districts, and was successful in striking some fair "copy" ore. The first locality which…
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