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Mining & the mines, 1899

5,864 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250

The Coal-weighing Difficulty. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1899 · page 7

Matters concerning the coal-weighing trouble still remain unsettled, the mines all working as usual, though at one or two district collieries there was a likelihood of some trouble occurring during the…

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Diamond Mining in Western Australia. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1899 · page 7

I[?] the north-west developments are attracting much attention, especially in connection with diamond mining. At Nullagine, where the Lady Forrest syndicate has just obtained a reward area of…

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Safety of the Steamer Swan. a Call at Lord Howe Island for Coal

The Australian Star · Monday 6 February 1899 · page 5

Considerable anxiety has been felt during the past week or two in regard to the safety of the small steamer Swan, which left Sydney about January 14 for Wellington. A feeling…

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Gold, Ores and Metals. Exported From New South Wales to Oversea Ports for Month Ended January 31. 1899. SHIPPERS

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 6 February 1899 · page 2

Bank of N S Wales, 30 bxs sovs—£150,000 Union Bank of Aust, Ltd, 20 bxs sovs— £100,000 Bank of Australasia, Ltd, 20 bxs sovs—…

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The Hetton Colliery. Mining Under the Pacific

Evening News · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The management of the Hetton Colliery, at Carrington, has just completed extensive improvements underground at an outlay of several thousand pounds, which will…

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Work at the Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 6

Ten days was full time for the fortnight, for which the miners of the district will draw pay on Friday next, and it is satisfactory to note that notwithstanding the increased price of coal,…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 7

A fair amount of business was done on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. West Australian stocks had fair turnover, but closing quotations showed a weakening tendency. in local gold Stocks, the only line in which…

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Lake George Mines

Evening News · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 3

CAPTAIN'S FLAT, Monday.—The Lake George Mines Company has accepted a tender for carting slag from the old slag dump, where the Kohinoor furnace formerly stood, to their new furnaces, on…

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The Mine Owners' Terms

Evening News · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—A special meeting of the miners' delegates has been summoned for Wednesday, to consider, among other things, the reply from the coat owners to the terms submitted by…

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Mining Matters

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 3

Since tin rose to over £100 per ton, there is a great demand for tin properties for flotation purposes. An area of 570 acres has been secured at Euriowie and Byjerkerno (Barrier…

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The Coal Weighing Difficulty

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 6

The delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation Will meet to -morrow to consider the amended terms offered the men in settlement of the coal weighing difficulty by the committee of…

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The Coal-weighing Difficulty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 7

A very hopeful feeling exists amongst gentlemen interested in the coal trade with reference to negotiations now proceeding with the miners. A report was received from one of the southern collieries…

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The Question of Gaseous Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 7

The miners' general secretary (Mr. James Curley) received to-day from the Department of Mines 50 copies of the report of the court of investigation appointed by the Government under the provisions of…

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The South Coast District. the Mount Kembla Coal Mine. Extensive Collie[?]y Operations. the Miners Want a "Billy Fairplay." the Port Kembla Harbour Scheme. (By Our Special Reporter.) No. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 3

Any reference to the condition and prospects of Wollongong would not be complete unless pointed attention was drawu to the Mount Kembla mine and the Port Kembla harbour works, the…

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The Mining Industry. Review of the Year 1898. the Cobar Field. Still a One-mine Area. Ix

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 6

To review the year's doings at Cobar is, for many reasons a most unsatisfactory task. First, there is the impossibility of getting complete information respecting the one mine of the field,…

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Late Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 8

The development in the Boulder No. 1 mine is improving as the lode is driven into, und the assays exceed in richness those obtained on Saturday. The find is considered a very important one…

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The Overflow Silver Mine. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 7

Sir,--Your correspondent's letter under the above heading fully explains the reason, in itself, for the warden having, granted exemption of labour conditions to the company. The very fact of the company having spent…

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The Northern Collieries. The Mineowners' Terms. Commissioner's Report on the Dudley Disaster. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 6

Mr. Curley, general secretary of the Collery Employees Federation, states that a meeting of the Delegate Board will be held or Wednesday to receive the letter…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 9

A fair amount of business was transacted on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. In copper stocks, Chillagoe changed hands at from 226 to 23. A line of Cobar Chesney (con.) was disposed of at 9. Girilambone were…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1899 · page 9

Burbank's Birthday Gift, Coolgardie (January) 1104oz. Bayley's Reward, Coolgardie (January), 932oz. 12dwt. Craven's Caledonia, C.T., 212 tons, 320oz. Great Boulder Perseverance, Kalgoorlie, 1350 tons, 932oz…

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