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Mining & the mines, 1899

5,864 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Charters. FROM 1st January. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 3

Aldergrove, bq. Newcastle to Callao, option Payba Antofagasta Alexa, bq, Newcastle to Port Pirie Ardencraig, sh, Newcastle to San Francisco,…

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Late Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 7

The manager of the Bank of England mine positively declares that no change has occurred in the workings of the mine, and that the machinery is working smoothly…

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Lithgow Miners Accept Payment by the Hour

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 6

Mr. T. T. Wilton, general manager of the Lithgow Valley Colliery Co. Limited, informs us that the whole of the miners employed, at the company's Lithgow pit have notified him…

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East Greta Colliery Disaster. Resumption of the Inquiry. West Maitland

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 7

The East Greta Colliery accident inquiry was resumed this morning, before Mr. Martin. Newcastle District Coroner, this being the eleventh day of hearing…

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Foul Gas in a Mine. Two Men Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Two miners, Arthur Cole and Thomas Murley, were smothered tonight by foul gas in the mine workings at Stawell. Thomas Cole, a brother of one of the…

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Northern Collieries. Influential Intercession. A Strike Will be Averted. Magnanimous Offer by the Owners

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 5

The very conciliatory and praiseworthy attitude assumed by the representatives of the Northumberland coal miners in their conferences with the colliery proprietors has…

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Trade with the "Dark Continent." in Australian's Predictions Great Revival of Business. Mining in Rhodesia. the Gold of Ophir

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 7

What with colleges at Khartoum, and railways at Dulawayo, Stanley's "dark continent" bids fair seen to become only a memory. According to Mr. Robert Hudson, of the well-known family…

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Newcastle. Safety Lamp Question at Burwood. Meeting of Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 6

A meeting of Burwood miners was held at New Lambton yesterday afternoon, to deal with, among other matters, the question of the necessity for the use of safety lamps in the southern portion of…

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The Coal-weighing Difficulty. Tentative Schemes to Be Adopted

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 5

With a view to arriving at an amicable settlement if possible of the coal-weighting difficulty in connection with the southern mines, an experiment is to be made with two schemes for solving…

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The Coal Trade. The Weighing Difficulty at Newcastle. Results of the Conference. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 6

The Glebe (Newcastle Coal Co.) miners met last night to receive the report of the recent conference. The delegate, Mr. J. Lloyd, said the first…

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The Mining Industry. Review Op the Year 1898. the Hillgrove District. a Great Falling Off. Vii

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 7

Writing last year respecting the Hillgrove goldfield, I ventured the prediction that "It will be the unexpected which will happen if there be more than one dividend-paying mine this year" (1898)…

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Mining

Evening News · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 3
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WYALONG, Tuesday.—The True Blue Company is now crosscutting to cut the reefs at a depth of 360ft. From the 260ft stone is still in evidence, and there is a large quantity at grass…

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The Blue Jacket Mine

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 2

An application was made to Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson, in Equity yesterday, on behalf of the plaintiff in the suit of Charles Griffen Beale v. Thomas Hewitt Myring,…

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The Coal Export Tbade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 5

The steamor Bucephalus arrived to-day from Sydney to the agency of J. M. Hyde, and will load a cargo of coal from vanons collieries for Java. The barque Emiha Ciampa sailed to-day for Valparaiso…

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Bur Wood Colliery. the Use of Safety Lamps

Evening News · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—The question of safety lamps for use in the south portion of the Burwood Colliery formed the subject for a special meeting of the miners last evening. A letter on…

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Gold Standard in India

Evening News · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 6

LONDON, January 25.—Lord Curzon of Kedleston, the Viceroy of India, has informed the Bengal Chamber of Commerce that circumstances are favorable for the adoption…

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The Gold Standard in India

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 3

In an address given before the members of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce Lord Curzon, of Kedleston, the new Viceroy and Governor-General of India, expressed the…

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Late Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 5

The lode at the 300ft level of the Golden Zone yesterday heaved slightly to the east, which had the effect of pinching it in size considerably It is now making strong in the face again, and iacreased…

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The Blue Jacket Mine. Motion in Equity

Evening News · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 5

An application was made to Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson in Equity yesterday on behalf of the plaintiff in the suit of Charles Griffen Beale v. Thomas Hewitt Myring,…

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