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Mining & the mines, 1899

5,864 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250

Newcastle. Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 5

The steamer Argus arrived from Sydney to-day to load a cargo of coal from the West Wallsend colliery for Manila. The barque Ravenscourt which is expected here shortly from the Cape, will load for…

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The Coal Lumpers' Strike. in West Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Maritime Labor Bureau here has sent 63 men to Fremantle to take the place of the lumpers on strike there. More men are being engaged. Mr. Hudson,…

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The Goulburn Show. Opened by the Minister for Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 2

GOULBURN, Thursday.--The Agricultural Society's show was held to-day, with a large attendance. The Minister for Mines opened the show, and Messrs. Ashton and Affleck were also present. Despite the unfavorable…

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Mining. the Zinc Problem. New Works at Broken Hill

Evening News · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 8

The solution of the problem of separating the zinc from the silver and lead contained in sulphides is a matter of great importance to Broken Hill and also to many other mines in Australia…

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MINING. Valuable Extracts from Coal. a Profitable Enterprise

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 656

Irrespective of future considerations, principally a greatly increased population, this should now be, and must eventually become, a great exporting country, not as at present confined to raw natural…

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The Coal Difficulty. Meeting of Wallsend Miners. Owners' Proposals Adopter

Evening News · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—The position of the coal trade, together with the colliery owners and comers' delegates' proposals, were under the consideration of the Walisend Miners" Lodge last…

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Stockton Miners' Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 10

The minors employed in the Stockton Colliery held a lodge meeting on Thursday evening, and, among other business, had under consideration the minutes of the Delegate Board meeting. held…

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Mining

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 20

The directors of the Prince LyelL Company, Tasmania, have conditionally accepted an oiler from London for the flotation of the property of a company with 300,000 shares of 1 each…

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The Hillgrove Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 24

At Baker's Creek G. M. Company Nb. 12 level has bean driven south 27ft; the reef in end is 5in wide, showing a lilttle gold; north end has been extended 16½ft, no reef showing. Wtnze from No…

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The Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 10

HELENSBURGH, Friday. -- The Metropolitan colliery continues to work full time, and orders come in in abundance. There is still, however, a great scarcity of water. With regard to the…

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The Minister for Mines

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 6

The Minster for Mines left Sydney to-day. with the object of opening the Agricultural Show at Penrith…

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The West Australian Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 14

The clean-up at the Hinemoa (late Day Dawn) Mine, in the Peninsula (Dundas Gold Field), for the past fortnight was 140 tons of stone for 91oz 10dwt gold. Driving has been started on the…

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The Lake George Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 24

The following is the smelting return of the Lake George Mines, Limited, for the month ended February 28: Crude ore furnaced during month; 5420.18 tons; producing matte 291.18 tons,…

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The West Australian Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 24

The February output of Hannan's Reward, Kalgoorlie, was 77 tons of stone, which yielded 119oz 10dwt gold. The monthly output af the Golden Horseshoe was as follows: Tons milled, 2719,…

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Queensland Gold Returns

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 23

The Queensland official gold returns for the ironth of February show that the yield was 61,4S3oz, being a decrease of 4753oz compared with the yield for February, 1898. Details of the yield…

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Victorian Gold Yield

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 24

According to the return. prepared by the Victorian Mines Department, the yield of gold in Victoria during last month was 69,317oz. This was 2534oz lesS than the yield in February of last,…

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Intercolonial Mining News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 24

An employee of the Proprietary Company, Broken Hill, named William Marjoram, was caught in the belting of the new Proprietary mill on March 3, and had his right thigh broken, and his…

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Australasian Mining Patents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 23

The following complete specifications have lately been accepted in the various colonies undermentioned, and letters patent will, therefore, issue to the applicants in due course. This report…

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Important Mining Case

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 14

PAMBULA, Monday— The appeal of the Falkner Gold Mining Company against the warden's verdict, awarding M'Kinniary one-fourth interest in the company's gold leases, came on on Saturday…

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Charters. From 1St March. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 2

Alsterthal, sh, Newcastle to the West Coast Amiral Troude, bq, Newcastle to San Francisco Avonia, bq, Newcastle to Manila…

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