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Mining & the mines, 1900

5,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

Charters From 1St January. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 19 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 Mining Company's Balancesheet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 7

In view of the winding-up of Chalk's No. 1 Company, which was effected yesterday, a perusal of the balance-sheet of the company shows that it disbursed to date £17.250 in dividends, as against…

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Newcastle. the Miners' Delegate Board. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 8

The annual meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board was held with closed doors at the Trades' Hall this afternoon. Mr. William Bower, the newly elected president of the Colliery Employees' Federation,…

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The Miners' Hewing Rate. Agitation for an Advance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 8

The miners' delegate board, the executive authority of the Colliery Employees Federation of the Northern District, decided at the annual meeting held to-day to commence another agitstion for an…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 7

KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--The trial run of one month with ten head of stumpers at the Like View Consols, for the purpose of testing on a commercial scale Dr. Dichl's process of extracting gold from sulpho-telluride ore…

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Latest Mining Jnews. (Conitinued from page 25.) Victoria Gold Mines. the Chiltern-rutherglen Deep Lead

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 56

Under date ot October 5, 1895, descriptive letterpress and surface plan of the mines situated on this and tributary leads appeared in these columns, and on May 9, 1896, a similar report of…

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Mining. Spring Creek Gold Dredging and Sluicing Syndicate (Young)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 23

SIR,—The gold dredging and sluicing industry of N. S. Wales.—1st, Will it pay? 2nd, How much gold to the cartload does it take to pay?. 3rd, What will be the amount of expenditure on suitable…

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Coal Conference

The People and the Collectivist · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 5

YET another Conference has taken place between the miners of Newcastle and the "owners," and the result is far from…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 13

An improved extent of business took place in the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Copper shares hardened, Chillagoe selling up to 33, and for Mount Lyell £9 was offered. Silver shares were quiet, the…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 13

Baker's Creek G.M. Company, Hillgrove, 561 tons, 543oz. 5dwt. Star of the East, Ballarat, 305oz…

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Abyssinian Gold

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 7

Signor Ferdinando Martini, Governor of Erythrea, confirmed the trustworthy character of the engineers who have reported on the existence of gold. He warned the Italian…

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Export of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 11

The quantity of coal cleared for export to the other colonies and foreign markets was again comparatively small for the week ended yesterday, the total of the cargoes being only 42,517 tons. Of this West Australia…

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The Great Southern Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 56

This mine is about 2½ miles easterly from the town of Rutherglen. Mr. T. E. Thomas is the manager. It has a shaft 445ft deep, the depth to the wash being 370ft. The water in this mine…

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The Kimberley Diamond Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 25

The Kimberley diamond mines, which are located in British territory, just outside the boundaries of the Orange Free State, and about 600 miles from Capetown, now supply about 98 per…

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Mining Mems

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 23

The gold despatched from Adelong last year was 14,889oz 8dwt 23gr. The Mount Morgan Co. treated 18,501 tons last month for 15,657oz of gold…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 13

There was a very active mining market yesterday in striking contrast to the business for some weeks past London prices as cabled at the close of Thursday were harder, due preaumably to the better…

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Mining. the Wyalong Goldfield. Yield for 1899

Evening News · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 3

The chief difficulty that presents itself in arriving at the correct figures for the year's work arises from the fact that the yield from cyanide can only be approximately gauged. The plants…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 10

The quantity of coal exported to foreign and intercolonial ports during the week ended this afternoon was 42,817 tons, as compared with 53,732 tons last week, a decrease of 10,915 tons. The distribution…

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Coal Ashes and Manure

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 27

The value of coal as a manue depends upon the minorals contained in the coal. A large quantity of insoluble iron will detract from its value as a manure. The nature of the soil must also be…

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Gold Yield of Victoria

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 56

The Official return of the gold production of Victoria for the year 1899 gives the yield as 854,560oz; or 17,242oz more than was won in the year 1898.1 The yield for 1899 was the highest for…

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