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Mining & the mines, 1899

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Colliery Difficulties. Affairs at Newcastle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 18

NEWCASTLE, Saturday—The safety lamp dif ficulty is still standing in the way of a settlement of affairs at the Dudley Colliery. The miners were handed strike pay to-day, as also were the…

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The Coal Export

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 10

Although the week has been a broken one, the export of coal from Newcastle during its continuance has been of greater volume than the average. Up to Thursday evening 50,765 tons had been…

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The West Australian Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 13

Confirmatory intelligence has been received of a new alluvial discovery at Mount Monger. There are now 300 men on the field, an ample number to tost the district. It is reported that sinus up to 22oz…

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Dredging for Gold

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 23
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

As much attention is being given at present in New South Wales to river dredging for gold, it may not be uninteresting to give some returns by the Nil Desperandum dredge on the Molyneux…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 6

LONDON, March 31. —The following are the latest quotations on the Stock Exchange for mining shares: Broken Hill Proprietary, 43s 9d; Mount Lyell, £8; Mount Lyell North, £3 2s 6d; Mount…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 11

Yesterday being Good Friday the Mining Exchanges were closed…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 9

The quantity of coal exported to foreign and intercolonial ports during the week ended to-day was 50,765 tons as compared with 37,139 tons last week, an increase of 13,626 tons. The distribution was as…

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The Australasian Gold Trust

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- The sharesolved upon voluntarily liquidating the affairs of the company. The Australasian Gold Trust was formed in…

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Gold in New Guinea

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 23

News has reached Cooktown (Q.) from Gira, New Guinea, confirming the recent report that miners there are doing well. Some parties are making as high as 20oz of gold per day. The…

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Mining Appeal Case

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 24

The Full Court, Brisbane, last week decided an appeal case, the Brilliant Gold Mining Company, Charters Towers, versus Richard Craven. The question in dispute was whether Mr. Craven, who…

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Australasian Mining Patents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 23

The following complete specifications have late ly been accepted in the various colonies mention ed, and letters patent will, therefore, in due course issue to the applicants. This report is…

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Mining. Tasmanian Fields

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 13

QUEENSTOWN (TAS), Friday. -- A good body consisting of [?]yrites and bornite has been struck in the north drive from the Crown Lyell Company's 96ft level of the main shaft. The Lyell Tharsis has delivered 200 tons…

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Intercolonial Mining News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 24

At Springdale (says a Temora wire) a small parcel of stone has been crushed at Hensler's bat tery for a return of 9dwt per ton. The stone was taken from the Kangaroo Dick lead…

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Charters. FROM 1st March. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 3

Aldebaran, bq, Sydney to Mauritius Alsterthal, sh, Newcastle to the West Coast Amiral Troude, bq, Newcastle to San Franoisco…

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Sale of a Peale Hill Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 23

By order of the directors of the company, Mes srs. Batt, Rodd, and Furves, Limited, sold by auction on March 21 the gold miring leases, about. 24 acres, known as the Crown of Peak Hill Gold…

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The Business of Mining

The Catholic Press · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 23

That Victoria is beginning to recognise that Now South Wales is not quite so slow as generally believed may bo gathered from the following from the "Argus":—-"Can I…

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The Coal Trade. NEWCASTLE, March 23

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 768

The barque Lamberga sailed to-day for Manila with 2070 tons of coal from the Duckenfield Colliery, and the ship Whitlteburn cleared at the Newcastle Customs-house this afternoon for Tal Tal with…

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Coal Weighing in N.S.W.

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 23

The further period of grace allowed to mineowners for complying with the provisions of the weighing clause of the Coal Mines Regulation Act will shortly expire. This act has been in force…

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