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Mining & the mines, 1899

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Mining Managers' Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1899 · page 8

Menzies Lady Sherry Gold-mining Company, No Liability, W.A., April 3.—Have sampled the tailigs by borlug all over the heap with an auger 120 holes. The assay is 10dwt. per ton, and probably there are about 400 tots…

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A Mining Case

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 April 1899 · page 2

The Minister for Justice received a deputation of members of Parliament, representing the Newcastle district, at Parliament House, last night, with reference to a rather…

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Charters. From 1St April. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 19 April 1899 · page 3

Abbey Palmer, bq, Newcastle to San Francisco Addenda 4-m sch, Newcastle to Honolulu Alex McNeil, bq, Newcastle to San Francisco Andromeda, 4-m bq, Newcastle to West Coast…

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Late Mining. Coolgardie

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

The Dixie mine has crushed 83½ tons of stone for 71oz. 12dwt. gold. It was reported in town to-day that the King Solomon Company will shortly declare a 2s dividend. At a meeting…

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The Kiandra Miners' Fracas. Ryan Found Guilty of Murder. Recommended to Mercy

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 April 1899 · page 6

GOULBURN, Tuesday.--At the Circuit Court to-day, Thomas Ryan, an aged man, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having on March 10, at Duffer's Gully, near Kiandra, feloniously and…

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Mining in New South Wales. the South Coast Districts. the Pambula Group. (By Our Speciai, Mining Reporter.) No. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1899 · page 8

At a point on the south boundary of the Falkner mine a distinct crosscourse—an east and west dyke— occurs on the boundary of the Falkner and Pambula Mines, Limited. It does not seem to have…

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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 · Wednesday 19 April 1899 · page 2

Union Bank of Aust, Ltd. 225 bxs sots (£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

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 April 1899 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--The sinking of a shaft on the south block of Hannan's Oroya has discovered a very nice lode formation of sulphide ore. The lode was just met with at a depth of…

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West Australian Gold-fields

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Wednesday.--It is reported that some very interesting developments may be expected shortly in the Central group of mines, though mainly lying immediately north of…

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Mining Notice

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 5

The following notice was posted on 'Change this morning:-- Victory (Charters Towers).--Result: Thorough clean up from No. 3 shaft, 402 tons for…

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Colliery Strike in Belgium. London, April 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 7

Twenty-two thousand miners employed in the collieries of Charleroi and Mous, Belgium, have struck work for an advance of 20 per cent, in wages…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 7

The barque Coriolanus sailed to-day for Panama with 1320 tons Duckenfield coal. The barque Carrollton left for San Francisco with 2136 tons Wallsend coal; and the steamer Moresby was despatched…

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Amendment of Mining Laws. Deputation to the Minister for Mines. a New Bill Next Session

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 6

A deputation from tho New South Wales Chamber of Mines waited upon the Minister for Mines (Mr. Cook) at noon yesterday in reference to the suggested amendments of the mining laws of the…

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Late Mining. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 7

To-day's Exchange quotations were:—South Hercules, buyer 1s 9d, seller 2s 1d; Mount Black, buyer 6s 5d, seller 6s 8d, Mount Lyell, buyer £8 3s; Mount Lyell Blocks, buyer 11s 6d; Central Lyell…

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Amendment of the Mining Laws. Deputation to the Minister. a Proposed Conference Deprecated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 4

A deputation of members of the Chamber of Mines and a number of members of Parliament, whose constituencies are more or loss affected by the mining laws of the colony, was introduced to the…

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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 · Thursday 20 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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The Coal Mines Act. The Weighing Clause

The Australian Star · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 6

Mr. A. Griffith asked the Minister for Mines in the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon if it was his intention to enforce the weighing clauses, or if he was prepared to allow…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 9

There was no diminution in the volume of business in W.A. stocks on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday, but there was an all-round decline in values, excepting in Boulder Perseverance and Lake View Consols. In…

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Newcastle. the Coal-weighing Difficulty. Meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board. Negotiations to Still Proceed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of the Delegate Board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was hold at the Trades-hall, Newcastle, yesterday, Mr. John Estell, M.L.C., president of the Federation,…

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Early Gold Coins

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 4

Henry III. issued the first current coin in England in 1247. It was of pure gold, passed for 20 pence, and was culled a gold penny. The next current gold coin issued—…

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