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Mining & the mines, 1900

5,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

The Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Monday--Major H. O. Maccabe, for 14 years manager of Mount Keira Colliery, has relinquished that position, and leaves the district for West Australia. On Saturday…

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Late Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 5

Drives north and south have been extended on the lode at the 500ft. and 600ft. levels of the South Kalgurli, 26ft. in each direction. The average value of the ore being broken from the faces is about…

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A Good Gold Prospect. Lithgow

The Australian Star · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 4

Prospects at the new goldfield at Clear Creek are exceedingly good. The prospectors (Pearce's) claim is returning half an ounce per day for two men by dishing. Kennedy's…

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Mining. Falkner's G.m. Co's Meeting

Evening News · Tuesday 30 January 1900 · page 7

The half-yearly meeting (the seventeenth) or the Falkner's Gold Mining Company, Limited, was held at the registered office of the company, 40A Sydney Arcade, on Monday afternoon. Mr. George…

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The Coal-mining Industry

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.—Major H. O. Mac-Cabe, who has been intimately connected with the Southern coal trade for a number of years, and who has just vacated the position of…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 11

Consequent upon bad news to hand from the of war, and a further weakening of London prices, the West Australian mining market here yesterday suffered a general relapse. Associated sold back to £6, and…

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The Coal Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 8

The ship Kensington salled to-day for San Francisco with 2680 tons of Duckenfield coal; the steamer Perth left for Melbourne with 2500 tons; the steamer Moonta sailed for Adelaide with 3350 tons; and the steamer Cloncurry…

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Late Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 8

A stope is being opened up 200ft. along:the west side of the 660ft. level of the Cobar Chesney Copper and Gold Mining Company, N.I. The concentrating mill working six shifts has treated 196 tons…

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The Southern Collieries. Proposed Increased Hewing Rate. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 10

The Illawarra collieries here mentioned worked as following last week, five days for each being the possible under union conditions:—Helousburg, 5 days; Bulli, 5; Woonona, 5; South Bulli. 4½;…

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Gold Find Near Gundagai

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 2

GUNDAGAI, Tuesday.—A new find of alluvial gold has been made at O'Brien's Gully, two miles north-east of Muttama, by two old miners, "Yankee" 'Williams and Jno. Johnstone, who have been…

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Another Gold Discovery. Gundagai

The Australian Star · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 6

At O'Brien's Gully, two miles north-east of Maitland, two old miners, known as Yankee Williams and Jno. Johnson, have made a new find. It is alluvial, and situated on Crown…

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The Southern Coal Trade. the Hewing Rate

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 9

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--The reply from the coalowners to the suggested compromise of the representatives of miners at the late conference is to the effect that the second advance of 1d per…

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Mining. New Mount Hope Copper Company

Evening News · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 2

The thirty-sixth half-yearly general meeting of the New Mount Hope Copper Mining Co., Limited, was held at the company's office, Imperial Chambers, 16 O'Connell-street, Sydney, on…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1900 · page 9

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--Mr. Grayson, metallurgist of the Associated Mines, has been offered an appointment as manager of Block 10 during Captain Warren's visit to Europe…

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All Nations Gold-mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1900 · page 8

The half-yearly report of the board of directors of the West Wyalong All Nations Gold mining Company, Limited, was issued to the shareholders today, The report states that "the mine had been…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1900 · page 7

Yesterday, on the Sydney Stock Exchange was a slack day in mining shares. Sales were few and the movements in prices altogether trifling. There was a little business transacted in West Australian mines at steady…

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The Coal Indusary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1900 · page 8

The barque Firth of Clyde arrived from Sydney today to load a cargo of coal for Valparaise; the steamer Moorabool sailed for Adelaide with 3950 tons of coal and 350 tons of coke, the steamer Easby…

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Coal and Shale Returns

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1900 · page 4

The returns supplied to the Department of Mines by the colliery owners show that our collieries produced during last year 4,596,903 tons, valued at £1,325,773. This is a decrease of 109,348 tons,…

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Charters FROM 1st January. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 1 February 1900 · page 3

Adele, bq, (Rechartered) Newcastle to Natal Afghanistan, 4-m bq, Newcastle to S Frisco Agenor, sh, Newcastle to Honolulu Barmbek, 4-m bq, Newcastle to West Coast…

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Late Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1900 · page 7

The early exhaustion of the oxidised are supplies of the Great Boulder Propriaty is apparent. It is estimated, however, that suffieient free milling inaterial is left on the property to maintain the…

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