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Mining & the mines, 1899

5,864 stories in Sydney's papers · page 82 of 250

A Flooded Mine. Miraculous Escape of a Collier. LONDON, April 16, 3.15 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 17 April 1899 · page 5

A collier named Tranter, employed at one the Leyley coal-mines in Salop, has been rescued, after being imprisoned without food in a flooded mine for 11 days…

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Gold, Ores and Metals. Exported From New South Wales to Oversea Ports for the Nine Months Ended March 31, 1899. SHIPPERS

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 17 April 1899 · page 2

Union Bank of Aust, Ltd. 225 bxs sovs (£1,125,000) Com Bkg Co of S, Ltd, 80 bxs sovs (£400,000), 309,115 ingots copper…

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West Australian Goldfields. Copper Discovered at Kalgoorlie

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 April 1899 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Sunday.--Copper is now attracting a good deal of attention in this district. An application has been made to the warden for a reward claim. The exact locality of the discovery…

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Work at the Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 5

Ten days was full time at the coal pits during the fortnight ended on Saturday last, Easter Monday having been responsible for the day which was generally lost. The heavy weather…

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West Australian Gold-fields

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 5

PERTH, Monday.--At the Kalgoorlie Lake View Consols, the air separators have been received, and are now in position. One furnace is being charged with telluride ore. All parts…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 7

There was quite an exciting market in W.A. stocks on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday, and further heavy advances took place in all leading lines, the improvements being:--Associated, 116; Boulder Main Reef, 5;…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 6

Bucea Syndicate Disputed Claim, Corumba, 5 tons, 15oz. Menzies Lady Sherry, W.A., 16 tons, 40oz…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 6

The recent activity in the Mining market was accentuated yesterday, when numbers of stocks, nearly exclusively Western Australian gold, were dealt in, most of them at very strong advances on…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 5

The quantity of coal shipped at the Government hudraulie cranes at the Dyke during the week ended this morning totalled 41,670 tons, as compared with 39,789 tons during the corresponding week of last…

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Newcastle. the Coal-weighing Question

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 5

A new system of weighing the coal was commenced at the Co-operative Colliery, Plattsburg, yesterday, and as a result, the miners expect their earnings to be considerably enhanced. A…

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The Coal-weighing Difficulty. Greata

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 5

The manager of Greta Colliery has suggested to the miners that a mutual agreement should be made for presentation to the Minister for Mines to continue the present system of weighing coal. He…

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The Coal Trade, Affairs at Newcastle

Evening News · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—The coal mines of the district worked fairly well for the fortnight ended on Saturday, for which the miners will be paid on Friday. The following are the number…

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A Flooded Mine. Entombed for Eleven Days. London, April 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 5

A miner named Tranter, engaged in a colliery at I[?]wley, in Shropshire, was rescued after having been without food for 11 days, owing to the mine being flooded…

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Bendigo Deep Mining. Rich Stone at 2700 Feet

Evening News · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 7

To-day (Friday) the pleasing announcement was made that the Great Extended Hustler's, Bendigo (Vic.), had come on some very rich gold bearing stone in the rise above 2840ft, 140ft over…

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Gold, Ores and Metals. Exported From New South Wales to Oversea Ports for the Nine Months Ended March 31, 1899. SHIPPERS

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 18 April 1899 · page 3

Union Bank of Aust, Ltd, 225 bxs sovs (£1,125,000) Com Bkg Co of S, Ltd, 80 bxs sovs (£400,000), 309,115 ingots copper…

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The Health Conditions of Coal Mining

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 April 1899 · page 5

As to whether there are any diseases peculiar to the miner's calling, there is evidence that (writes James Barrowman, in "Cassler's Magazine,") with one, or perhaps two,…

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Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 19 April 1899 · page 7
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SINGLETON, Wednesday.—News from the Manilla district indicate a revival in mining in the auriferous belt there. The party sent from Singleton is working the "Outside" reef, and is…

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Bulli Coal-mining Company. the Statute of Limitations Could Not Be Set Up

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 April 1899 · page 7

On Saturday last, Lord James of Hereford delivered the Judgment of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the appeal of the Bulli Coal-mining Company (in liquidation) from a…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1899 · page 7

The barque Firth of Stronsa arrived from Sydney to-day to load a cargo of Wallsend coal for the West Coast, and the barque Ravenscourt cleared at the Customs for Panama with 2324 tons of Waratah…

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