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Mining & the mines, 1899

5,864 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 250

Mt. Lyell Mining and Railway

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 February 1899 · page 6

Mr. Alfred Mellor wires from Melbourne today, as follows:—"Promising development No. 5 tunnel south drive. Hand sample 11[?] per cent. copper, 60oz, silver, and 1dwt. gold…

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Mining in New South Wales. the Parkes Field. (By Our Special Mining Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 February 1899 · page 7

Quite a refreshing mining change has come over the Parkes field since I last visited it. Then the mining industry was about at its lowest ebb. The season was against it, and many of the good old…

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A French Mining Syndicate. Again Before the Victorian Courts

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 February 1899 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Another stage in the apparently interminable dispute between members of the French Prospecting Syndicate, which has been a subject of litigation since 1895, was…

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The Coal-weighing Difficulty. Meeting of the Delegate Board. Rejection of the Proprietors' Offer

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 February 1899 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--A meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades-hall, Newcastle, to-day, for the purpose of dealing with the…

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Transvaal Tragedy. Murder or Suicide. Desperation of a Gold Expert. LONDON, February 8, 4.54 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 February 1899 · page 5

An official named Elliott, employed by the Consolidated Goldfields, Johannesburg, was recently found dead, and it was believed he had been, murdered by an underhand…

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The Colliery Troubles

The Australian Star · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 4

It had been hoped that colliery troubles would ere this have been things of the past Mine owners n fortnight ago came to the conclusion that better terms than they had…

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Mining

Evening News · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 5
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COROWA, Thusday.—At the Corowa Deep Lead Gold Mine No. 2 shaft has been sunk 16ft, a total depth of 146ft. Another length of pump has been put on the column. The ground passed through…

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The Coal-weighing Difficulty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 5

Matters in connection with the coal-weighing difficulty are still in a quiescent state. When seen yesterday and questioned as to the probable effects of the lesolutions passed at the meeting of the…

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Thl Question of Gaseous Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 6

No definite decision has so far been arrived at in connection with the proposal of the Chief Government Inspector of Mines, Mr. A. A. Atkinson, to the effect that safety lamps…

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Charters. From 1St February. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 2

Adolph Harboe, bq, Bremen to Port Pirie—Coke Benares, 4-m bq. Newcastle to San Francisco Coquette, bqtne, Newcastle to Napier…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 6

The barque Himalaya sailed to-day for Honolulu with 1445 tons of coal from the Duckenfield Colliery. The four-masted birque Pyrenees left for San Francisco will 3543 tons of Wallsend coal: the…

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Banquet to a Mining Man

Evening News · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 5

PARKES, Thursday.—Last night at Toohey's Hotel, a number of leading townsmen entertained Mr. Wm. Tanner at a banquet, as a mark of appreciation of his efforts in pushing forward…

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News by Cable. [Copyright.] Russian Coal Supply. Large Orders Placed in England

Evening News · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 4

LONDON, February 9, 4.20 p.m.—Owing to the high price of Donetz coal, the Russian Government is placing large orders in England for coal for use on the Russian…

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Anglo-russian Trade. Orders for English Coal. LONDON, February 9, 4.20 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 5

Owing to the high price of coal from the mines in the district of Donetz, the Russian Government is placing large orders in England for supplies for the Russian railways…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 5

KALGOORIE, Thursday.--Associated Mines return from a portion of a large parcel of telluride ore, smelted at Broken-Hill Smelting Works, Tons smelted, 815, yielding 2266oz. gold, an…

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Tesla Coal Mines, California

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 23

In "Mines and Minerals," Mr. F. J. Horsewill describes the Tesla coal mines, a large coal property in Alameda County, California, which has recently been developed. Two seams are worked…

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Breaches of Coal Mines Act

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 10

Before Mr. C. N. Payten. S.M., at Miami Court on Wednesday, Henry Ball was fined 10s and costs, on an information laid by Richard Thomas, manager of the Duckenfield and Back Creek…

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Mount David Gold-mining Company

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 8

The directors' annual report of the Mount David Gold mining Co. contains the following:--The balane sheet shows a profit of £13,097 11s 2d on the year's operations. Your…

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Mining

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 22

IT is understood, says the Queanbeyan Observer that as an outcome of the visit of the members of the Advisory Board of the Lake George Mines Co. at Captain's Flat the erection of a crushing and…

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