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Mining & the mines, 1899

5,864 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 5

The birgue Teresa arrived from Table Bay yesterday, and will load a cargo of Wallsend coal for Tal Tal.The shipJoseph B.Thomas sailed to-day for Honolulu with 2348 tons of Greta coal.In…

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Stockton Coal Co., Limited

The Australian Star · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 6

The thirty-first half-yearly general meeting of shareholders of the Stockton Coal Co., Limited, was held in the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Mr. Thomas Cowlishaw…

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Charters. From 1St January. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 3

Aicyone, 4-m bq, Newcastle to West Coast Aldergrove, bq, Newcastle to Callao, option Payba Antofagasta Alexa, bq, Newcastle to Port Pirie…

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Friction at Newcastle. Burwood Miners Dissatisfied

Evening News · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—Already friction is reported in the coal trade over the small coal question, which may possibly cause an interruption in the apparent good feeling which has…

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East Greta Colliery Disaster. the Jury Unable to Agree

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 7

WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.--The jury in the East Greta colliery disaster inquiry, after being locked up for the night, were unable to agree, and were discharged by the coroner. The…

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Neutral Bay Coal Stack Another Outbreak

Evening News · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 2

The North Sydney Fire Brigade, at 12.2 a.m. yesterday, received another call from Neutral Bay, to the effect that a further outbreak had occurred at the coal stack on Warburton's Wharf. On…

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The Coal-weighing Difficulty. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 5

The proposals submitted for the consideration of the various lodges comprising the Southern Minere' Association, with a view to bringing about an amicable settlement of the coal-weighing difficulty,…

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The Coal-weighing Question. Conference with Southern Employers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 7

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.--As the outcome of the recent conference between the southern coal owners and miners' delegates, the approval of the miners at various collieries is asked upon different…

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The Coal Trouble. in the Event of a Strike Charter Parties From Australasian Ports

Evening News · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 4

The sailing Shipowners' Cool Charter Committee (practically representing the whole of toe foreign going sailing ship tonnage of the United Kingdom) has submitted the following clauses for insertion in…

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South Coast District. Amongst the Bulli Coalminers. the Coal-weighing Difficulty. the Two Sides to the Question. (Byour Special Reporter.) No. II

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 8

It needs but a glance to convince the visitor that, although Bulli is a widely-scattered township, the people are in a prosperous condition. The houses are substantial and surrounded by well-kept…

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Lachlan Goldfields, Limited. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 6

Sir,—Your special mining reporter's account (January 27) of the property of the Lachlan Goldfields, Limited, at Forbes, and the work being carried on there, is on the whole a fair and accurate statement. There are, however,…

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The Witt Watersrand Goldfield

The Australian Star · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 8

Mr. S. J. Truscott has given to the world in this book a technical, detailed, account of "Blanket and mining practice" throughout the goldfields of South Africa. It is a book…

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The West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Friday.--The Boulder Main Reef cleaned up the cyanide vats, when 1611 tons yielded 1096oz. The immense reserve of ore at the Associated Mine has been further augmented…

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Miners' Meetings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 6

At a meeting of the Hetton mining lodge held on Saturday night the proposals submitted by the delegate board to the owners for the settlement of the weighing difficulty were unanimously endorsed. The…

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Southern Collieries. Owners Granted Extension of Time

Evening News · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Monday Afternoon.—The Minister for Mines has granted the southern coal-owners an extension of time to April 1 wherein to substitute the new weighing appliance. At…

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Hetton Miners' Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 5

A special meeting of the Hetton miners has been held to deal with the report of the conference on the weighing difficulty and other matters, and the lodge expressed the opinion that the terms…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 7
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Only a limited amount of business was transacted on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. There was no material change in quotations for any class of stocks…

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Mine Licenses and Grocers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 7

A great deal of feeling has been evinced locally over the refusal of the Parramatta Bench recently to grant wine licenses to some grocers of the town. The applicants elated that they had no desre or intention of…

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Tasmanian Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 7

ZEEHAN, Monday.--The Colonel North Company cut the lode in the east crosscut to-day at 200ft. from the shaft. It is composed of quartz und schist, carrying iron pyrites, and a little galena…

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