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Mining & the mines, 1900

5,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

The Broken Hill Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 56

Block 10 mill treated 2529 tons of crude ore, producing 427 tons of concentrates, bulking 34.94oz of silver, 34.59 per cent, lead, 7.5 per cent. zinc. The various working stopes In both Campbell's…

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Gold and Platinum

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 26

Referring to the separation of. gold and platinum, a writer in a: Continental mining paper says that gold scrap containing platinum Is.kept apart for separate treatment in minting because…

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Shortage of Coal Trucks

Evening News · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 6

LITHGOW, Friday.—The local colliery managers are loudly complaining of the deficiency in the number of railway trucks supplied for the use of the trade this week. The service is…

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Gold Yield for January

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 8

The usual monthly return of the gold yield within the colony prepared by the Department of Mines shows that during last month the production was 42,176oz., or 3166oz., in excess of the…

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Australasian Mining Patents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 25

The following complete specifications have lately been accepted in the varions colonies undermentioned, and letters patent will, therefore, Issue to the applicants in due course. This report is…

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A Mining Speculator's Death

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 11

A man named Frank J. Board, mining speculator, aged betwen 35 and 40, was found dead last evening in his bedroom at the Crescent Coffee Palace, George-street, with a bullet wound in…

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Late Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 10

The east lode of the Ivanhoe Gold Corporation has been intersected in the eastern crosscut at the 500 ft. level. The average assay value of the ore stripped from the lode at this point will probably be…

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The Coal Famine. Heavy Foreign Contracts

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 9

LONDON, Friday. -- "The Times" expects that famine prices will rule for Welsh steam coal until the middle of March, owing to foreign Powers contracting largely for supplies…

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The Coal Trade. NEWCASTLE, Jan. 25

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 296

The schooner Mauja cleared at the Customs to-day for Bangkok with 800 tons of Pacific Co-operative coal, and the barque Fortuna cleared for Honolulu with 1990 tons of Waratah coal. In the…

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Grievance of Wood and Coal Merchants

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 9

A deputation, representing wood and coal merchants, waited upon the Railway Commissioners yesterday morning. They contended that the removal of the wood and coal business from Darling…

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MINING. Broken Hill. Jan. 24

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 296

B.H. Block 10 will last week treated 2529 tons of crude ore, producing 427 tons of concentrates, bulking 34'94oz. of silver, 34-59 per cent, lead, 75 per cent. zinc. The estimated quantity of concentrates…

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Lithgow Coal Trade. More Trucks Wanted. LITHGOW

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 6

Great delay is being caused in the local coal trade this week by the small number of trucks supplied by the Railway Department. Men suffer a good deal of broken time in…

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Intercolonial Mining News. Now South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 26

News from Gundagai reports that Robinson and Rice are. raising extremely rich stone from their mine at Kimo. On the same line of lode Frewin and party, are reckoned to have ore in sight worth…

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Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 56

The Sunlight Company, Hillgrove, during a fortnight's run crushed 475 tons of stone for a return of 150oz smelted gold. In the mine the progress measurements for the fortnight are—Main shaft…

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Supply of Welsh Coal. Foreign Powers Largely Contracting. London, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 9

Foreign Powers have entered into large contracts for the supply of Welsh steam coal. Owing to the fulfilling of these contracts the "Times" anticipates that…

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Welsh Steam Coal. Famine Prices Anticipated. Due to Foreign Government Contracts

Evening News · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 4

LONDON, February 2.—Owing to foreign Powers contracting largely for Welsh steam coal, the "Times" expects that famine prices will prevail until the middle of March…

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Foreign Coal Contracts. An Embargo Urged. LONDON, February 2, 4.55 a.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 5

The "Times," in an article discussing the fact that Foreign Powers are contracting largely for the supply of Weish coal for steaming purposes, says famine prices in that…

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New Guinea Gold. a Warning to Investors. What' the Lieut-Governor Has to Say

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 5

Captain John Strachun, whose name has been for so many years associated with the exploration of New Guinea, has handed to us for publication the following letter,…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 10

KALGOORLIE, Friday. -- It was rumored last Friday that a development had taken place at the 600 level in Chaffer's, but there was no foundation for the rumor. Preparations are being…

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Yesterday's Mining News. London, Sydney, and Intercolonial, Advice. to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 February 1900 · page 9

[Letters marked "Mining" must reach us not later than Thursday. No notice is taken of anonymous correspondence. The coupon printed in the " Free Information " column must be cut…

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