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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1899

5,864 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 250

Mount Hope Copper Mining Company

Evening News · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 6

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the Mount Hope Copper Mining Company, Limited, was held at the officer, O'Connell-strear, Sydney, on Monday. The directors' report stated…

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Expiration of the Notice. Attitude of the Mines. Department

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 5

The four months' notice given to the colliery proprietors that the weighing clauses of the Coal Mines Act would be enforced expired last night. Except as regards one or two small cases, no…

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New Mount Hope Copper-mining Company. Limited

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 9

The thirty-fourth half-yearly meeting of shareholders was held on Monday, Mr. T. H. Kelly being in the chair. The report and balance-sheet were adopted, Mr. W. O. Willis was re-elected a director, and Messrs. W. Clark and…

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Late Mining. Mount Bischoff Company. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 7

At the meeting of the Mount Bischoff Company to-day the chairman, Mr. F. K. Fairthorne, stated that the directors had made a careful inspection of the mine, and its prospects were thoroughly…

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Coal Trade Disagreement. the Northern Situation. No Trouble Feared. Amicable Development

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 5

So far as the northern colliery proprietors are concerned, the anticipated difficulty with their employees, has been practically dissipated. The parleying of the past few weeks over the…

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New Guinea. Mining and Trade. Sir William Macgregor's Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 8

Mr. Alexander M. Campbell, Resident Magistrate and Warden of Goldfields of the South-eastern Division of New Guinea. arived here in the steamer Mores by yesterday, having been granted four months holiday Mr. Campbell,…

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Gold in West Australia. New Discovery Near Marble Bar. the Largest Nugget Yet Unearthed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 5

PERTH, Tuesday.--The Under-Secretary for Mines received a telegram from the mining registrar at Marble Bar to-day, stating that two brothers, Angus and William M'Phee, had brought…

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Cycling Chronicle. the League. All About the A.N.A. Matthews at Last. Walne Carries Off the Gold Stakes. The Champion Asked to Explain—How Sydney Riders Fared—Herman's Career—The Accident to O'Brien. The L.V.W. and Athletic Bodies

Referee · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 6

Esler, third in the A.N.A., is a Port Melbournite, 20 years of age. It is stated that 25,000 witnessed the A.N.A. racing in Melbourne on Thursday…

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Coal Mines Regulation Act

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 6

II. Billy Fairplay is a machine which accurately weighs aud automatically registers the quantity of small coal contained in each skip of large coal,…

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Coal-weighing Difficulty. an Offer to the Northern Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 6

The conference of representatives of the northern collieries resumed its deliberations at noon yesterday. Excellent progress was made with the matter in hand, and an agreement was come to on all points after a…

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The Coal Industry. Conference of Colliery Proprietors. A Speedy Agreement Anticipated

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 6

The conference of northern colliery proprietors, which was opened in Sydney yesterday,for the purpose of arriving at a uniform agreement, respecting the new condition of…

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The Burwood Colliery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 5

Another special meeting of miuors employed at the Barwood pit, owned by the Scottish-Australian Mining Company has been held to consider the question of the proposed introduction of safety…

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The Coal Industry. The Northern Miners. The Proprietors' Proposals. A Prominent Coalowner's View

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 5

Negotiations between the colliery proprietors in the northern districts and the miners have advanced a stage by the despatch of the proposals drafted at the coal- owners…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 9
Also in Evening News

Extensive business was done on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday in Like George and Broken-hill Proprietary. The former had exchange at from 7 to 8. The improved feeling was attributable to the emphatic…

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Late Mining. Imortant Gold Discoveries. an Immense Nugget. Marble Bar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 6

The week before last rumour was current that some prospectors had " struck it rich " on the Pilburra goldfleld, but beyond the exhibition of 75oz 16dwt. of gold that had been dollied from quartz no…

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A Mining Arbitration. Merewether's Trustees V. Scottish Australian Mining Co. How a Coal Seam Should Be Worked

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 9

In August last year a dispute between the trustees of the will of the late Edward Christopher Merewether and the Scottish Australian Mining Company, Limited was submitted to…

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Newcastle Mining Matters. a Lodge Accepts the Employers' Terms. The Burwood Mine Declared Safe. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 6

The vote at the Glebe and Newcastle Coal Co. Lodge has resulted in the acceptance of the company's terms. The vote was:—For the acceptance, 288; against, 157; and there…

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The Southern Miners. a Misapprehension Corrected

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 5

WOLONGONG, Wednesday.--With regard to the weighing question, it is stated that it is not the intention of the miners at any of the collieries to cease work owing to the owners not having…

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The Burwood Colliery. an Arbitration. Dispute As to Working a "Band," Re Merewether's Trustees and the Scottish Australian Mining Co

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 3

In August last reference to arbitration was made to determine a dispute between the abovenamed parties in regard to the working of a portion of the Borehole seam of the Burwood Coiliery, Newcastle,…

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