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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1900

5,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250

Late Mining. Coolgardie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 6

At Bayley's Great Oversight the erection of new poppet-legs has been completed. The whole of the winding plant has been delivered at the mine, and the foundstions for the winding engine, a 10…

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Tasmanian Mining. Important Developments

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 7

QUEENSTOWN (TAS.), Thursday.--A change in the Prince Lyell low-level tunnel is reported. The face consists of almost solid bands of quartz, alternating with quartzite and schist in smaller bands, carrying rich…

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Newcastle. the Coal Industry. Newcasixe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 6

Five vessels arrived in port to-day to load cargoes of coal for foreign destinations, and three coal-laden vessels sailed for foreign ports. The ship Brenhilda arrived from Melbourne to load Wallsend coal for the…

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The Coal Question. Proposed Royal Commission

Evening News · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 4

A deputation representing the coal miners of the colony waited on the Premier on Wednesday afternoon, and urged the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the condition of the…

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Balmain Colliery Disaster. To the Editor of the "Evening News."

Evening News · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 7

Sir,—It is greatly to be desired that the press should lend its powerful aid in requesting that a full, impartial and thorough inquiry be held into the causes which led to the Balmain Colliery disaster. It is…

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Wood and Coal Yards. and the Early Closing Act

Evening News · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 4

The desirability of extending the operations of the Early Closing Act to the wood a[?] coal yards was brought under the notice of the Minister for Labor and Industry by a deputation…

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The Early Closing Act. the Wood and Coal Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 7

Mr. W. M. Hughes, M.L.A., yesterday introduced to the Minister for Labour a deputation consisting of Messrs. T. R. Bayin, E. Warburton, A. Pring, E. M. Fogarty, P. Lonergan, and E. M'Dounell, who,…

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The Balmain Colliery Disaster. (Some of the following Items Appeared in our Late Editions of Yesterday.) Resumption of the Inquest. Yesterday's Proceedings

Evening News · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 5

The contractor, Mr. Cater, was still in the witness box when our first edition went to press. He .went on to say that he preferred to go down without a light, and had told the "banksman" so…

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The Balmain Mining Disaster. Conclusion of the Inquest. Verdict of Acoidental Death. the Management Eulogised

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 7

At the courthouse, Chancery-square, yesterday, the inquest as to the cause of death of the five men who were killed in the Sydney Harbeur Collie[?]es Company's shaft on Suturday afternoon was…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 March 1900 · page 7

KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--Cable advices have been received that arrangements have been made by the directors of the Lake View and the London and Hamburg companies for the installation of Dr. Dichl's process…

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Consolidated Gold Mines of West Australia

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 15

LONDON, March 19.—The Consolidated Gold Mines of West Australia is being floated with a capital of £150,000. Forty thousand shares will be issued at par, £30,000 of the amount being for…

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The Harbour Collieries Disaster

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 4

The Coroner and the coroner's Jury exonerated all concerned in the management of the works whereat the late ghastly accident occurred with a completeness that left…

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Balmain Colliery Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 8

The officials of the Sydney Harbor Colliery Company have already put into force the suggestions made by the Coroner's jury in the investigation of the recent disaster at the company's…

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A Colliery Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 13

A miner named Thomas Ashton, lately residing at Toronto, Lake Macquarie, died in the Wa[?]send Mining District Hospital to-night from the effects of injuries received yesterday at the Pacific…

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Seaham Miners

The People and the Collectivist · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 2

Monthly meeting held in Parke's Hall, March 14, Mr. Hodge presiding. The following officers were elected: Chairman…

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Coal Extorts

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 10

During the week ended yesterday 50,555 tons of coat were exported from Newcastle to various foreign and intercolonial markets in the following proportions: -- Victoria 25,900 tons, Chili 7400 tons, West Australia 4950…

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Latest Mining News. Continued from page 26.) The Broken Hill Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 56

The shipments to Port Pirie for a fortnight by the Proprietary Company amounted to 8164 tons, comprising 4833 tons oxidised ores and 3331 tons of mill products. The Junction mill treated…

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Mining

Evening News · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 7

HILLGROVE, Wednesday.—The Baker's Creek G.M. Company cleaned up on the 16th instant for 1 a result of 315oz 6dwt of smelted gold from 567 tons of ore crushed. The battery ran for 13½…

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The Johannesburg Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 13

LONDON, March 16.—In reply to questions in the House of Commons, last night, with regard to the rumors current at Delagoa Bay that the Boers intended to dynamite the mines and batteries,…

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The Coal Trade

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1900 · page 716

The Minister for Mines and Agriculture, Mr. J. L. Fegan, M.L.A., and Mr. Duncan M'Lachlan, the Under-Secretary, have been engaged in inspecting suitable sites for the proposed erection of a…

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