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Mining & the mines, 1900

5,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 250

Balmain Colliery Disaster. to the Editor of "Truth."

Truth · Sunday 25 March 1900 · page 2

SIR,—Knowing the sincere interest takes by TRUTH in the welfare of the worker, and having lived in a name get which 20 years and been brought into profit can act with…

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Yesterday's Mining News. London, Sydney, and Intercolonial. Mining Advice. Our Letter-box. to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 March 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 out…

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Patriotism at Wickham. Speech by the Minister for Mines Newcastle, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 March 1900 · page 2

A sports meeting in aid of the Patriotic Fund was held on the Wickham Oval this afternoon. The attendance numbered about 3000. Included among the spectators were: Hon. J. L. Fegan…

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The South Bulli Colliery. Miners Decide to Strike. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 9

A meeting of the members of the South Bulli Colliery, numbering 150, was held in Mucabe's paddock to-day, to receive the report of the miners' secretary (Mr. W. Lindsay) re the appointment of a…

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The Colliery Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 9

The City Coroner (Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P.) conducted an inquest at Smith's Albion Hotel, Teralba, yesterday, on the body of a miner named Thomas Ashton, who died in Wallsend Hospital on Friday…

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Bulli Colliery Disaster Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 2

The quarterly meeting of the Bulli Colliery Disaster Fund was held on Friday last at the office of the secretary (Mr. James Robertson), 173 Pitt-street. The chairman (Mr. John…

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The Southern Collieries. South Bulli Lockout

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 6

BULLI, Saturday.--At a moss meeting of the South Bulli miners, held this morning, a communication from the provincial council was read. It stated that they had decided that the miners…

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Balmain Mine Disaster

The Australian Star · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 6

The officials of the Department of Mines have not yet decided whether or not a further inqulry[?]is necessary concerning the Balmain colliery disaster. The investigation…

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The Coal Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 9

The 4-masted barque, Sir Hobart Fernie, arrived from Melbourne early yesterday morning to load a cargo of coal from the Co-operative Colliery for San Francisco, and the ship Vincent cleared…

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Mining Shares

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.--Today's quotations for Australian mining shares were as follow, with a comparison of the week's movements:--Great Boulder, £1 12s 9d (a rise of 1s)…

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Charters FROM 1st March. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 3

Admiral Nelson, s, Newcastle to Java America, sh, Newcastle to West Coast Anaurus. sh, Newcastle to West Coast Angola, bq, Newcastle to Manila…

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Late Mining. Mount Lyell Field

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 7

QUEENSTOWN (TAS.), Sunday.--The Great Mt. Lyell (formerly and still better known as the Great Lyell South) is at present looking unusually well. The face of the south drive from No. 1 tunnel on section 155…

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The Dispute in the Coal Trade Newcastle

The Australian Star · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 6

Several of the municipal councils of the district have decided to send representatives to the conference, convened by the Wallsend council, for the purpose of discussing the…

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Bowls. Champion Gold Medal Competition. Result of Second Round

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 4

The principal event in bowling circles on Saturday was the playing of the second round of the Champion Gold Medal Competition by individual mem bers of the several clubs, with a result that there…

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West Australian Goldfields. Treatment of Sulpho-telluride Ores

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Friday.--Smith and Fish put through the Queen Margaret battery a parcel of six tons of stone from their claim, 18 miles south of Bulong, The return was 277oz. 15dwt, of smelted gold. The residues contain 40oz…

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Bulli Colliery Disaster Fund

The Australian Star · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of the Bulli Colliery Disaster Fund was held on Friday last, at the office of the secretary (Mr. James Robertson), 173 Pitt-street. The chairman, Mr…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 9
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Business was again slack in mining shares yesterday, and the principal feature was the demand for the Broken-hill companies. Proprietary shares rose as much as 2, and British, Junction, and South were also…

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The Coal Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 6

The quantity of coal shipped at the Government hydraulie cranes at the Dyke for internal, intercolonial, and foreign consumption during the departmental week ended this morning, totalled 57, 321…

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Bowls. Champion Gold Medal Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 6

On Saturday J. Hobson (St. Leonards) beat L. H. Whittle (city), 21 to 15. The players led alternately by one or two points up to the 16th head, when Whittle (15) was one in advance, and did not score. After that…

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