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Mining & the mines, 1899

5,864 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250

West Australian Gold-fields

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Wednesday. -- The Mount Charlotte has crushed 390 tons, yielding 157oz. The second fortnightly clean up of the Great Boulder is as follows: -- Treated at the mine battery, 1956 tons for a yield of…

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Mining

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

Only a moderate amount of business was transacted on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. In West Australian stocks Oroya had the usual fluctuating market, sales being made between 26 and 274½ Associated and…

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The New Bushman's Hill Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 9

The New Bushman's-hill mine and plant, Parkes, were submitted to public auction yesterday by Messrs. Hardle and Gorman. by order of the mortgatees. Bidding started at £800. and ended at £1625 (Mr. James…

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Charters. From 1St March. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 3

Amiral Troude, bq, Newcastle to San Francisco Avonia, bq, Newcastle to Manila Havfruen, bq, Newcastle to Anckland…

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The Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 7

The four-masted barque Omega sailed to-day for Tocapilla with 3720 tons of Duckenfield coal, and the schooner George C. Perkins left for Honolulu with 610 tons of coal from the Pacific Co-operative…

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Rich Strike of Gold. Adelong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 9

Stone from the new find in the Caledonian mine, broken down to-day, was a glittering mass of gold. The stone has been lodged in the Bank of New South Wales for safety. The reef is the richest…

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Victorian Gold Fields. a Consolidated Company

Evening News · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 6

LONDON, March 1, 3.30 p.m.—The Consolidated Gold Fields Company of Victoria is being formed, with a capital of £275,000. Of this £85,000 will be issued to the public, the…

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Mining in the Raleigh Electorate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 9

Mr. Will Hammond, honorary secretary of the Upper Bucca Bucca Progress Association, writes to direct attention to the importance of the district as a centre of the mining industry. An account of the…

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German Interests. Railways and Mining

Evening News · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 6

LONDON, March 1.—Addressing the Budget Committee of the Reichstag yesterday, Count , von Bulow, the German Minister for Foreign Affairs, stated that owing to the anti-foreign…

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Mining in New South Wales. the Monaro District. Diatomacoeous Deposits Op Cooma. (By Ouh Sphoial Mining Bepobter.) No. 4

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

Apart from what might strictly be termed mimng, as understood by most mining mem, Mr. E. P. Margoschis is mining tripolite, or diatomaceous arth. about five miles north of Cooma and about one and…

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News From New Guinea. the Island Goldfields. Cooktown

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 5

The schooner Tom Fisher, which has arrived from Samarai, New Guinea, reports that the schooner Ivanhoe arrived at Samurai on the 29th February with news from the Gira diggings to…

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A Victorian Gold-mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1899 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. -- The Consolidated Goldfields Company of Victoria has been floated. The capital of the company is £275,000 in 275,000…

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A Gold-mining Company. London, March 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1899 · page 5

The Consolidated Goldfields Company of Victoria is being formed with a capital of £275,000, of which 85,000 shares will be offered for public subscription. The…

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The Seaham Colliery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1899 · page 6

The work of reopening that portion of the Seaham Colliery which was the scene of the fire in 1895, and which has been sealed off for some years, is now being rapidly proceeded with, and coal-mining…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1899 · page 9

On the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday there warn good demand for Lake George, which sold up to 108. Girilambone were sold at 8 and 83, and "A" shares at 36. In local gold stocks, Mount David changed hands…

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Extra Special. "Evening News" Office. 3.30 P.m. Southern Collieries. Owners' Proposals Rejected. Attitude of the Miners

Evening News · Friday 3 March 1899 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Friday.—The difficulty in connection with the southern hewing rate continues, and at present a solution of the trouble seems as far off as ever. Recently certain…

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The Coal-weighing Difficulty. the Southern Miners' Association. the Proprietors' Ultimatum Rejected. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1899 · page 5

A special meeting of members of the district council of the Southern Miners' Association was held at Wollongong this evening for the purpose of considering the ultimatum isaued by the proprietors…

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The Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1899 · page 8

BULLI, Thursday. -- The South Bulli colliery has worked six and three-quarter days for the pay up to Friday. This is below the average. The shipments of coal at the Port of Bellambi…

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The Coal Trouble

Evening News · Friday 3 March 1899 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—Mr. Jas. Curley, miners' general secretary, speaking in connection with the visit of the Victorian Minister for Mines, referred to the weighing of coal, and said that at…

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