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Mining & the mines, 1899

5,864 stories in Sydney's papers · page 86 of 250

Great Boulder Gold-mining Co

The Australian Star · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 3

A further issue of 150,000 shares in the Great Boulder Gold-mining Co. has been placed on the market. This represents the unissued balance of the registered capital of 1,750,000…

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Great Boulder Proprietary Gold Mines. London, April 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 5

The Great Boulder Proprietary Gold Mines, Limited, carrying on operations at Kalgoorlie, has made a further issue of 150,000 shares…

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Excitement at a Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 5

CAPTAIN'S FLAT, Saturday.--Quite a sensation was caused here yesterday evening, when it became known that the dump at the Lake eorge furnace was going to be blown up on account…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 5

The four-masted barque Royal Forth sailed yesterday for Acapuleo with the exceptionally large quantity of 4600 tons of coal. The barque Glanee left for the West Coust with 1305 tons of Wallsend…

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West Australian Gold Fields

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Sunday.--At Lake View Consols a start was made during last week with the sulphide plant, but so far not much ore has been put through. Last week's work, which was…

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Charters. From 1St April. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 2

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

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Coal-weighing Difficulty. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 5

In connection with the coal-weighing difficulty matters are still unsettled at the Bulli colliery. The miners wish the provisions of the Coal Mines Act enfereed at once. Bulli, Woonona, and South…

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Mining in New South Wales. the Wolumla Field.—an Important Locality. High-grade Gold and Silver Ore and Large Deposits. No. Ii. (By Our Special. Mining Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 7

I shall make my starting point at the south end of the field, close to the junction of the basaltic hill with that of a granitic one, a small rivulet dividing the two. The first property which I examined is…

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Mining. Caloola Creek and District

Evening News · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 7

NEWBRIDGE, Saturday.—On Caloola Creek mining operations have at length got a fair start again after twelve months of comparative idleness: The late rainfall there amounted to about…

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The Burwood Colliery

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 7

It is understood that the recent examination of the Burwood mines by the Government officials and mining managers, will result in any difficulty as to the working of…

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New Castle Colliery Troubles

Evening News · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—A number of local disputes are causing a good deal of annoyance at various collieries throughout the district. The strike at the Wallarah Colliery, Catherine Bay,…

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Coal-weighing

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 4

The weighing clause of the Coal Mines Regulation Act has for some time been a burning question. Applications have been made to the Minister for an extension of time for enforcing the…

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Sudden Death in a Colliery

Evening News · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Monday. — A remarkably sudden death occurred at the Mount Pleasant Colliery, Wollongong, this morning. A miner named D. Fraser, employed at the mine, was…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 7
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There was a very strong market in W.A, stocks on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday, there being extensive, turnovers in several lines. Except in one or two lines, there were big advances in. values. Associated were…

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Effect of Coal Strikes

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 5

It was announced, at a recent meeting at the Commercial Exchange at West Hartlepool, that, as the direct outcome of the late disputes and stoppages in the coal industry…

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The Coal-weighing Question

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 7

The Minister for Mines says that in the southern and western districts the mine-owners are making efforts to comply with the weighing clauses of the Coal Mines Act, but…

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Newcastle. the Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 6

As definite evidence of the fact that last week the coal-shipping trade of the port received a considerable revival, may be quoted the figures concerning the work of the cranes on the dyke…

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Charters. From 1St April. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 3

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

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The Northern Collieries. The Burwood Dispute. An Amicable Settlement. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 5

The Burwood colliery dispute has at last been amicably settled. The trouble was in regard to the yardage rales, which had been induced from 6s 6d per yard to 4s 4d. The…

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