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Mining & the mines, 1899

5,864 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 250

Charters. From 1St March. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 8 March 1899 · page 3

Amiral Troude, bq, Newcastle to San Francisco Avonia, bq, Newcastle to Manila Braemar, bq, Newcastle to West Coast, South…

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Late Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1899 · page 7

The clean-up for the last fortnight of the North Boulder was as follow:—Stone treated, 467 tons, yielding 599oz, gold—an average of 1oz. 6dwt. 46gr. per ton…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1899 · page 7

The barque Dalrymple arrived from Mauritius today to load a cargo of Wallsend coal for the West Const; the barque Auldgirth arrived from Algoa Bay, via Sydney, to load a cargo of coal from the…

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The Coal-weighing Difficulty. Conference of the Northern Owners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1899 · page 7

Representativos of the Northern colliery proprietors met in conference yesterday at the office of the Wallsend Coal Company, Bridge-street. Mr. Thomas Croudace (Lambton Coal Company)…

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The Coal-weighing Difficulty. Conference of Proprietors. an Expected Settlement

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1899 · page 6

Yesterday the evergreen coal-weighing difficulty la connection with the working of the colony's mines was further discussed at a conference of northern proprietors in Sydney. Some time ago…

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Mining in New South Wales. the Manaro District. Beach Sands of the Snowy River. Promising Dredging Areas. Auriferous Deposits of Matong and Popong Ranges. (By Our Special Mining Reporter.) No. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1899 · page 5

During my travels in the Monaro district came across a great many river and creek beds which contain auriferous beach sands, and as considerable attention is being devotod to the suitability of rivers…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1899 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--The monthly clean up for February at the Golden Horseshoe resulted as follows:--2719 tons of ore treated by the battery, yielding 6189oz.; 146 tons treated by cyanide,…

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Miners' Accident Fund

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 March 1899 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday Mr. Cook said he was not prepared to say whether or not he would this session lay on the table the bill to provide for a miners'…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1899 · page 9

On the Sydney Stock Exchange sales were recorded in Stockton and Wallsend coal stocks. In copper stocks, Girilambone "A" were quoted, call paid, at an advance on the previous day's rates. Lake George were on the…

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Yields. Gold

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

Mitchell's Greek Freehold Gold Estate (fortnight), 35foz. 16dwt. 12grs…

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Mining Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1899 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--John Wallace met With a fatal accident to-day in the mine of the Birthday Company, Berringa, Ballarat. He was caught by the ascending cage, and crushed against…

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Mining Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1899 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--John Shepherd, a miner, was injured about the head and shoulders in the Central mine last evening. Some timber on which he was standing fell away, and…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 March 1899 · page 5

The ship Ardencraig sailed to-day for San Francisco with 3141 tons of coal from the Co-operative Colliery. The steamer Kendul Castle left for Manila with 4134 tons of Lambton coal; the four-masted…

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The Coal Lumpers' Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1899 · page 7

Matters in connection with the lumpers' strike proceeded quietly to-day. The Wollowra, Adelaide, and Franklin lay at the jetty, and discharged cargoes by means of non-union labor and…

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Charters. From 1St March. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 9 March 1899 · page 3

Amiral Troude, bq, Newcastle to San Francisco Avonia, bq, Newcastle to Manila Braemar, bq, Newcastle to West Coast, South,…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 March 1899 · page 7

KALGOORLIE, Wednesday.--The Great Boulder has cut the lode in the west crosscut at the 600ft. level. The crosscut is not through, nor has the exact value been determined. The ore…

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Mining

Evening News · Friday 10 March 1899 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph

LITHGOW, Thursday.—Word from Sofala states that the monthly gold escort left that field on Thursday last with a parcel of some 2300z of refined gold. The manager of the Mount David…

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Victorian Gold Returns

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 March 1899 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The total gold yield of the colony for February amounted to 59,317oz., as against 61,851oz. obtained in the corresponding month last year, The combined total for the past two months amounted…

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The Coal Export Trade

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

The barque Colasa arrived from Sydney to-day to load a cargo of coal from the Duckenfield Colliery for Honolulu; and the barque Helios cleared at the Newcastle Custom-house for Valparaiso with 1216…

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