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Mining & the mines, 1899

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 9
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A fairly large number of transactions were recorded in mining shares on the Sydney Stock Exchange on Saturdays. Quotations displayed no marked alterations, West Australian lines, which monopolised attention,…

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The Coal Trouble

Evening News · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 6

BULLI, Monday.-No fresh developments have taken place in colliery matters. The Bull Mine blew for work as usual this morning, and the men are proceeding to work, though the conditions…

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The Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 7

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.--The export of coal from the district last month amounted to 63,524 tons, 50,871 being from the jetties, and 12,653 from this port. During the same period…

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The Coal Trouble

Evening News · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday.-There does not appear to be any chance of an early settlement of the strike at Wallarah. Catherine Hill Bay, where some 60 miners have ceased work. Mr. J…

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Newcastle. Wallarah Colliery Strike. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 8

There are no new developments to record in connection with the miners', strike at Wallarah Colliery, Catherioe Hill Bay, and a prolonged conflict is anticipated. The men, numbering about 150, have…

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For Miners or Students

Evening News · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 3

Evening classes in geology and mineralogy, open to the public and to both sexes, will resume work at the Sydney School of Arts on Friday next, April 14. Mr. Geo. W. Card, A.R.S.M.,…

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Mining Notices

The Australian Star · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 5

The following notices were posted on Change this morning:-- Kelly's Queen Block, C.T.--Crushed 520 tons for 966oz. gold…

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Dredging for Gold

Evening News · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 3

The Victorian Minister for Mines (Mr. Foster) is being strongly pressed to issue leases to dredge for gold in a number of the principal Victorian rivers, the suggestion contained in our leading…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 8

The steamer Moana left yesterday for San Francisco, via Sydney, with 2100 tons of coal. The ship Orontes cleared for Valparaiso with 1836 tons of coal from the A.A. Company's collieries, and the…

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The Miners' Representative. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 8

Mr. John Estell, president of the Nerthern District Colliery Employees' Federation, is a native of the mining township of Minmi. He was born in 1862, and is consequently 37 years of age. After completing…

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West Australian Gold Fields

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 7

KALGOORLIE, Sunday.--The works on Australia-hill in connection with the sulphide plants of the Associated and Kalgoorlie mines are quite altering tho character of the landscape. The…

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Charters. FROM 1st April. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 3

Abbey Palmer, bq, Newcastle to San Francisco Andromeda, 4.m bq, Newcastle to west Coast Bretagne, bq, Newcastle to San Francisco Elginshire, 4. m bq, Newcastle to Wast Coast…

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Another Colliery Trouble. At Mount Kembla. The Weighing Question. WOLLONGONG

The Australian Star · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 6

At a meeting of the Mount Kembla miners, held last evening, it was decided that the men should cease work and take their tools out of the colliery to-day…

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To-day's Mining. Stock Exchange

The Australian Star · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 5

The following sales were recorded on Change this morning:--Mount Black Proprietary, 6s 6d; Brilliant Central, 15s; Lake View Consols, £14 11s, £14 12s; Kalgoorlie…

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Mount Kembla Colliery. The Reported Difficulty. Trouble May Be Averted. WOLLONGONG

The Australian Star · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 5

A number of meetings have recently been held with the view of arriving at some settlement with regard to the hewing rate under the new weighing regulations…

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White Book Silver Mine Report by the Government Geologist

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 6

Mr. Pittman, the Government Geologist, has reported to the Minister for Mines on "a matter of considerable geological interest, in regard to the formation of the White Rock silver mine,…

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Rhodesian Railways. Mining Companies Provide Funds

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--The Rhodesian gold mining companies have agreed to supply the funds for the construction of a railway skirting the Matoppo-hills, from Bulawayo,…

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Mining As a Profession What Sydney Is Doing

Evening News · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 3

Mr. G. E. Blanch, M.A., headmaster of the C. of England Grammer School, who assumed that position at the beginning of the year, has had eight years' experience in charge of the mathematical…

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Mining in New South Wales. the South Coast Districts. the Pambula Group. (By Our Special Mining Reporter.) No. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 4

In regard to this field many people, both local and metropolite[?], had great expectations. Piles of sorip from time to time ohanged hands, and it is safe to say the losses in connection therewith far…

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