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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1898

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Champion Gold Medal Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 April 1898 · page 6

Flayed on the Balmain green: H. [?] (City), 31, beat B. Widderstrom (Red[?]) 27; R. [?] (City), 31, beat F. Thomas (Ashfield), 22; J. F. Martin (Waverley), 31, beat M. J. Conlon (Redfern),…

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Mining. Bushy Hill

Evening News · Tuesday 12 April 1898 · page 3

The district of Cooma, like so many other localities in New South Wales, is studded with auriferous veins. Copper and silver lodes are also numerous, and the reason that these deposits have not been…

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CHARTERS From 1st April, COAL

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 12 April 1898 · page 3

Aratapu, brgtne, Newcastle to Auckland Bargany, sb, Newcastle to the West Coast Brougkton, bq, Newcastle to the West Coast H. C. Richards, bq, Newcastle to the West…

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The Scottish Miners. London, April 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 April 1898 · page 5

The Scottish miners demand an advance of 1s a day in wages…

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West Australian Gold-fields. a Decrease of Business. the Alluvial Difficulty

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 April 1898 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Monday.--The Great Boulder Perseverance output for the past month was:-- Oxidised ore, treated for the Public Crushing Company, 770 tons, yielding 807oz. of smelted…

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The Colliery Strike in South Wales. London, April 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 April 1898 · page 5

The South "Wales colliory owners will meet the minors' delogates to-day. A manifesto has been issued by the coal ownors insisting upon adherence to…

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The Kalgoorlie Miners. Strong Public Feeling. PERTH

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 April 1898 · page 5

The action of Warden Hare, in releasing the four Ivanhoe Venture diggers, imprisoned for contempt, has given general satisfaction, the press and the public generally highly…

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Starting Miners

Evening News · Wednesday 13 April 1898 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—The miners who were employed at the Waratah Colliery before it was shut down are now in a corry plight, many of whom are en the verge of starvation. The men contend that…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 April 1898 · page 9

During March the Mount Morgan Company treated 11,324 tons of ore for 14,294oz. of gold. Our Melbourne correspondent reports that a miner named Sanger, while reefing at Fryerstown, near…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 April 1898 · page 9

Band of Hope, C.T., ass tons, 40702, Brilliant and St. George United. C.T., 864 tons, 1116oz. Great Eastern No. 2 South, Gympie, 417 tons, 578ooz. Hilder and party, Grenfell, 36 tons, 17oz. 18dwt…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 April 1898 · page 9

The Sydney Stock Exchange will reopen this morning after the Easter holidays. We extract from a late English paper the following report of the manager of Hannan's Paringa,…

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Mining Notice

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 April 1898 · page 4

The following notice was posted on Change this morning:--Central Plateau Ballarat:--Crushed 855 tons for 2930zr gold…

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CHARTERS From 1st April, COAL

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 13 April 1898 · page 3

Aratapu, brgtne, Newcastle to Auckland Bargany, sh, Newcastle to the West Coast Broughton, bq, Newcastle tot he West Coast Charles Racine, bq, Newcastle to the West…

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Coalminers' Fund. Position of the Colliery Owners. The Minister's Undue Enthusiasm

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 April 1898 · page 3

The declaration by the Minister for Mines that it is his intention to introduce a bill during the coming session to establish a permanent relief fund for disabled miners and…

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Newcastle. the Shipment of Coal. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 April 1898 · page 7

The quantity of coal shipped at the Government cranes and wharfs for home, intercolonial, and foreign consumption during the week ended this morning totalled 37,410 tons, as compiled with…

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Western Australian Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 April 1898 · page 7

The Lake View Consols crushing and oyamds treatment for March was 4935 tons of ore and tailings for 8044oz. gold, the total to date is 60,135 tons for 117,511oz. Hannan's. Reward March crushing…

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Tasmania. Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 April 1898 · page 8

LAUNCESTON, Tuesday.--The first ordinary meeting in 1898 of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers was held here to-day. There was a moderate attendance, a large number of…

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West Australian Goldfields. Kalgoorlie Returns

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 April 1898 · page 8

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--The return from a parcel of ore from Kalgurli, Limited, sent to and treated at the Broken-hill Proprietary works. Port Pirie, was as follows:--Stone treated, 245…

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West Australia. Home Rule on the Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 April 1898 · page 7

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--The "Kalgoorlie Miner" contains an important article that claims to give a solution of the difficulty attendant on the reform of milling regulations. The scheme is…

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General Cables. Trans-Siberian Railway. Coal Miners' Strike. LONDON, April 13

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 April 1898 · page 5

The conference promoted between the colliery proprietors in South Wales and the delegates from the miners on strike has proved abortive, owing to the proprietors requiring…

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