The Coal-weighing Difficulty. Lithgow
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 April 1899 · page 5
At Oakey Park colliery the new weighing machine is now erected and has proved satisfactory under the test. The manager has offered 1s 3d per ton for filling altogether; the miners' proposal is 1s 4d, so that…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 April 1899 · page 5
LITHGOW, Saturday.--So far the arrival of the now weighing appliances has been notified only at the Vale of Clwydd and Onkey pits. At the latter the machine has been erected and tested,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Intelligence
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1899 · page 7
The Sydney Stock Exchange remained closed yesterday for the holidays. BOWRAL, Saturday. Great activity prevails at the mines at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coal-lumpers' Strike
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 April 1899 · page 5
As the result of negotiations on the part of a committee appointed by the citizens' meeting on Thursday, a conference between representatives of the shipowners and lumpers on strike…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle. Work at the Mines
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 April 1899 · page 4
Owing to the holidays, nine and 10 days were full time for the collieries during the last fortnight, some having blown the whistle for a continuance of operations on Saturday, while…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late Mining. Kalgoorlie
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1899 · page 4
The March output for Hannan's Oroya was [?] follows:—Tons milled 1847, yielding 617oz., or an average of 6dwt. 16gr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining. New South Wales Fields
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 April 1899 · page 7
BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--The Junction mine last week dispatched for Port Pirie for shipment to Illawarra 330 tons of first grade bagged concentrates. The mill treated 1350 tons of crude sulphides, worth in the bulk…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining. Tin Field Near Deep Water
Evening News · Tuesday 4 April 1899 · page 7
Mr. Slee, the Chief Inspector of Mines, has reported as follows to the Minister: "Having for the present completed my official duties at the Nine Mile, in the Deepwater district, I have to inform you that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident at the Cobar Mine. a Water Jacket Bursts. Three Men Fearfully Burned
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 April 1899 · page 4
COBAR, Monday.--An accident of a serious nature occurred at the Great Cobar Copper Syndicate's mine, about 10:30 o'clock this morning. No. 1 water jacket exploded, injuring three men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Accident at Cobar. Three Men Seriously Injured. COBAR
The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 April 1899 · page 3
About half-past 10 o'clock yesterday morning No. 1 water jacket at the Great Cobar Copper Syndicate's mine exploded. The walls of the crucible were blown, out, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Boxing. the Korrumburra Coal-miners' Championship
Referee · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 7
Meredith Outs Wrench in Double Quick Time—Miller and Williams. Wright and M'Carthy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Southern Coal Trade
Evening News · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 3
WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.—With the advent of the first of April, the day on which the extension of time allowed by the Minister for Mines in connection with the substitution of modern weighing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Intelligence
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 9
The Sydney Stock Exchange remained closed yesterday for the holidays. The Sydney and Adelaide exchanges will reopen to-day, but Melbourne will not resume business until to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Charters. From 1St April. Coal
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 5 April 1899 · page 3
Glenbank, bq, Newcastle to West Coast Treasurer. sh, Newcastle to Manila GENERAL. Beeck Holm, bq, an Australian port to U K or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Mines
Evening News · Thursday 6 April 1899 · page 3
Those interested in mining generally, and in the North Queensland mines in particular, should inspect Mr. J. T. Cole's specimens of auriferous ores and quartz from the principal mines at…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 April 1899 · page 9
The renewal of business on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday was signalised by the sharp advance in quotations for West Australian stocks. Business was restricted to those lines, and all showed good advance. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Gold Yield
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 April 1899 · page 6
A return has been prepared by the Department of Mines showing the quantity and value of the gold won in the colony during last March, and also for the first quarter of 1899. The yield…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Late Mining. Kalgoorlie
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1899 · page 5
The mam shaft of the Boulder Half-mile South has reached a depth of 330ft. The country is very hard, but fair progress is being made. The cleaning up of the North Boulder for the past…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Artillery and Submarine Miners at the Heads
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1899 · page 3
The various camps at Middle, South, and George's Heads, and at Chowder Bay, presented a dismal appearance yesterday, the result of the experience of the previous day. The force of the wind was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Central School of Mines. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1899 · page 7
Sir.—The marked feature of a recent meeting of a Royal Commission on gold-mining was the strong affirmation of a principle that has been for some time past strongly contended for—namely, the paramount…
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