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Mining & the mines, 1900

5,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Action of Hetton Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The miners and other employees at the Hetton Colliery have resolved to contribute to the patriotic fund until the conclusion of the war at the rate of 6d per man and…

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Late Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 6

At the Mount Lyell Blocks Copper Corporation, Tasmania, the 907ft. crosscut from the main tunnel is in ore-bearing schists assaying up to 5 per cent. coppor. The ore in the 977ft. crosscut winze assays…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 9

There were but few sales in the mining market yesterday, but the tone was on the whole more buoyant, particularly in Western Australian gold stocks. Coal-mining shares were without business and also…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 6

LONDON, January 14.—Mount Lyell, £8 10s; Mount Lyell North, £2 17s 6d; Associated Gold Mines, £5 17s 6d; Lake View Consols, £11 12s 6d; Ivanhoe, £13 7s 6d; Great Boulder, 35s; Chillagoe,…

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Mining at Tingha

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 9

TINGHA, Saturday.--At the Associated Tin and Diamond Mining Company's property at Emu Flat, they have been working a boring machine. One bore they put down 84ft., when they touched bottom, but with no wash to…

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Mining Disputes at Yalwal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 9

NOWRA, Monday.--The warden's court was held today before the acting warden, Mr. Nisbett. Mr. A. Hay and others applied for the suspension of the labor conditions on the Pioneer Amalgamated leases at Yolwal. Mr. P…

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The Miners' Hewing Rate. Propsed Demand for an Advance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 6

The Minmi Mining Lodge, consisting, of the miners employed at Messrs. J. and A. Brown's Duckenfield and Back Creek collieries, has earned the follownig resolution for submission to the district for…

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The Patriotic Fund. Generous Resolve by Hetton Miners. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 5

Of all the patriotic actions displayed in the district the decision of the men employed at the Hetton colliery stands foremost. At this mine there are at the present time employed…

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Presentation to Zola. of a Huge Gold Medal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--M. Zola; the famous French novelist, has been presented with a gold medal, weighing 5¼lb., for his strong advocacy of justice for Dreyfus…

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The Question of Coal Freights Unfair Competition. LITHGOW

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 2

Much dissatisfaction has been expressed among the coal owners here at the advantage given the colliery proprietors on the northern and southern lines over those of the…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 7

KALGOORLIE, Sunday.--The Associated Mines output for December was as follows:--Sulphide ore treated on the mine, 1800 tons, yielding 953 oz. smelted gold; oxidised ore milled, 2150 tons,…

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Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 2
Also in The Daily Telegraph

MARULAN, Tuesday.—Mining operations throughout this district are proceeding steadily and satisfactorily. The Carrington Iron Mines are sending away a fair quantity of ironstone of…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 9

Victoria and Caledonia Block, C.T., 269 tons, 410oz. Victoria G.M. Association, C.T., 220 tons, 28[?]oz…

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The Coal Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 10

The barque Ida sailed for Panama to-day with 956 tons of Duckenfield coal; the barque Palmyra [?]ailed for Honolulu with 1854 tons of Wallsend coal; and the ship Nederland called far Valparaiso…

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The Scarcity of Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 6

For some years past there have been recurring complaints concerning the scarcity of competent miners, and this want of a full supply of mine operatives has given rise to…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 9

The Mining market yesterday was more tnan usually dull. Coal companies were unaltered in value, but copper shares were weaker, Chillagoe Ballway and Mines losing a portion of Monday's…

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Export of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 9

The steamer Arcadia took £5000 in sovereigns on account of the P. and O. Company, and £238 for the Mint in coin to London, also £25,000 to Bombay on account of the…

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Charters From 1St January. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 3

Adele, bq, Newcastle to West Coast Agenor, sh, Newcastle to Honolulu Barmbek, 4-m bq, Newcastle to West Coast Carondelet, bq, Newcastle to Honolulu…

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A New Gold Recovery Process

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 11

The permanganate process for the extraction of gold from complex or refractory ores is, says the "Mining and Engineering Journal of New York," as yet little known in this country, but is attracting some attention…

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