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Mining & the mines, 1900

5,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 250

Mining

Evening News · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

MARULAN, Wednesday.—During the last few weeks mining operations throughout the district have been proceeding steadily. The old Marulan limekilns are turning out some splendid kilns,…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 9

Cargo (G. M. Company's trbaters, Molong, 45 tons, 21 oz…

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The Coal Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 8

The ship Ekashurst cleared at the Customs-house to-day for San Francisco with 2520 tons of Hetton coal, the steamer Hyson cleared for Durban, South Africa, with 2575 tons, and the steamer Moresby…

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Champion Gold Medal

The Australian Star · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 3

The second round in this competition will be played on the 24th instant…

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Champion Gold Medal Competition

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 8

The second round of this competition will be played on Saturday, the 24th inst…

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A Mining Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 8

In Equity Mr. Justice Walker delivered judgment in the matter of Grady v. Barron and others. This was a suit in connection with the sale of an interest in the Grassy Gully gold mine, situated at Yalwal,…

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A Coal-taden Vessel Waterlogged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 8

A report from Houolalu regarding the accident to the William Carson, barnumtine, from Newcastle to Honolulu, states:—A striking [?] once of the difficulty of sinking a wooden vessel is [?] by the case of the…

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Charters FROM 1st March. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 3

America, sh, Newcastle to West Coast Anaurus, sh, Newcastle to West Coast Angola, bq, Newcastle to Manila Celestial Empire, sh, Newcastle to West Coast…

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Late Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 8

The February return of the Associated Gold Mines, Limited, has been cabled to London, but will not he available for publication here till to-morrow. The tolal yield for the month is said to be a little…

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Newcastle. the Coal Trade. a Critical Position of Affairs

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 6

At a meeting of the Wallsend Council on Wednesday evening, Alderman Bower (the president of the Colliery Employees' Federation) moved the following motion:--"That representatives of the…

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Newcastle Coal Trade. Export of the Week. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 5

At a meeting of the Stockton miners last night a letter was received from the general secretary asking for information concerning the earnings of the men. Mr. Curley pointed…

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Mining in New South Wales. Copper, Gold, and Silver Deposits of Mouni Allen and Mount Dromedary. an Immense Belt of Metalliferous Country. [?] Chance for the Judioious Expenditure of Capital. (By Our Teciai, Mining Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 4

Leaving Gilgunnia and travelling still further south some 25 miles, Mount Allen is reached. There is little variation in the character of the country passed over between these two places, except that…

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Heavy Storm at Peak Hill (W.a.). Mines Flooded. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 7

Over 6in. of rain fell on Wednesday at Peak Hill. Hailstones half.an inch in diameter fell. Four horses were killed by lightning. The mines were flooded, and work was suspended…

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Newcastle. the Selling Price of Coal. a Conference Refused. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 8

The application recently mude by the district officers of the Colliery Employers' Federation to the combined colliery proprietors of the Northern districts for another conlerence to discuss the…

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Bloemfontein. Roberts's Dispatch. Delagoa Bay Rumors. Mines and Batteries to Be Dynamited Johnnesburg to Be Destroyed. News From Mafeking. the Peace Overtures [Copyright.] Delagoa Rumors. and Batteries to Be Dynamited. Johannesburg to Be Destroyed. the Boers in Natal. Strongly Entrenched. Elands Laagte Colliery

Evening News · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 5

LONDON, March 15, 3.38 p.m.—Persistent Statements are made at Delagoa Bay that great preparations have been made by the Boers to dynamite the mines and batteries, and destroy the…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 7

KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--The latest "bear" story circulated is the fantastic lie that copper, has been discovered in the ore from the deep levels in the Great Boulder mine. No trace of copper has even been found in any of…

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The World's Gold and Coal

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 March 1900 · page 24

The production of gold throughout the world during the last ten years was as follows: 1888, £22,039,200; 1889, £24,696,000; 1890, £23,769,740; 1891, £26,131,200; 1892, £29,330,300; 1893, £31,498,960;…

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Colliery Explosion

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 March 1900 · page 15

LONDON, March 7.—A terrible explosion has occurred in the Red Ash Colliery, Fayette County, West Virginia. One hundred miners were entombed. Of these…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued from page 26.) Victorian Gold Yield

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 March 1900 · page 16

According to the returns supplied to the Mines Department the yield of gold in Victoria during last month was 64,703oz, as compared with 59.317oz in February, 1899. The output for the…

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