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Mining & the mines, 1900

5,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250

Mining Fatality. a Fall of 130 Feet

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1900 · page 5

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--A minor named Thomas O'Shaughnessy met with a dreadfully sudden death at Smith's open out, Proprietary mine, tills morning. Deceased and two males…

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The Selling Price of Coal. a Municipal Conference. the Premier to Be Approached

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1900 · page 6

A conference of representativeS of municipalities and progress committees in the Newcastle district convened by the Wallsend Borough Council, was held in the Wallsend Council-chambers to-night,…

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Southern Collieries. the South Bulli Trouble. Alternative Proposals From the Miners. Advanced Rates at the Bulli Mine. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 10

For the week ended March 24 the undermentioned mines worked the following time:—Helensburgh, 4 days; South Clifton, 3[?] days; Bulli, 3½ days; Woonons, 5 days; Corrimal, 4 days; Mount…

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South Bulli Colliery Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 7

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday. -- Up to the present there appears to be no sign of a settlement of the difficulty at South Bulli Colliery. At an interview between a deputation from the miners and…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 11

The sharemarket is still in a depressed stale, and business of limited extent. Yesterday the only reported transaction in coal was in Wickham and Bullock Island at 12. and no copper shares changed hands. Silver stocks…

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Railway Coal Contracts

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 6

The Railway Commissioners have received nine tenders for the supply of coal to the department for the year commencing July 1 next. At the present time the chief supplies are drawn from…

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The Collie Colliery Strike. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 7

The labor dispute in progress at the Collie coal fields came under the attention of the Minister for Mines to-day. It was represented to him by a deputation that a number of men were…

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The Gold Returns

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 3

The yield of gold for the colony during the past, month was 25,377oz., valued at £87,977. For the quarter the production reached 35,258oz., valued at £297,945. The figures for…

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The Railway Coal Contracts

Evening News · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 3

The Commissioners opened tenders yesterday for the annual supply of coal, which amounts to some 300,000 tons. Nine tenders were received. The prices have not yet been fully analysed…

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The Price of Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 7

The recent sharp, rise in the price of coal is causing some concern to the Railway Department. In December last the department let its annual contracts for the supply of nearly 300,000…

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Last Quarter's Gold Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 6

The usual return showing the yield of gold for the month of March and for the first quarter of this year has been complied by the Department of Mines. During the month of March 25,377oz…

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Charters From 1St March. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 3

James Nesmith, bq, Newcastle to Honolulu option San Francisco Naroissus, sh, Newcastle to West Coast South America…

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Cobar Miners' Stmike. a Settlement Effected

Evening News · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 3

COBAR, Tuesday.— The strike at the Chesney Mine, which threatened sericus consequences, has been amiably settled. Last night the representatives of the miners again waited…

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N.s.w. Gold Yield

Evening News · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 3

During the month of March, the gold yield for the colony was 25,S77oz, valued it £87,977. For , the quarter ending March, the yield was S5,283cz, valued at £297,945. This chows a Cecrease for the…

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Slump in Gold Dredging Shares

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 8

There was a considerable slump to-day in the value of Otago gold dredging shares. Hartley and Riley's, which sold last week at £24 10s, were disposed of for £10, and the Electric declined from…

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Late Mining. Gympie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 8

Mr. Thomas Smith reports the following [?]los:— Columpia and smithfield, is 11d: No.1 Gympie South Gold Mines, 4s 4d; Great Eastern, 3d, No. 1 South O'Donohue and New Zealand, 6½d: North…

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Mining. Forest Beefs Field

Evening News · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 3

Forest Reefs Gold Field is situated five . iles westerly from Miithorpe, on the western line, and about thirteen miles south-east from. Orange. Gold was discovered here some thirty years ago,…

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The Coal Trade Problem. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 9

Sir, -- Mr. Cook in his letter in your Friday's issue, commends Mr. Hogue for his fair and temperate letter; it would have been as well if Mr. Cook had followed the example. I enclose copy…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 8

The barque Loch Breden sailed to-day for Valparaiso with 1390 tons of Wallsend coal; the four-masted schooner Robert Searles cleared at the Customs for Kabului with 1027 tons of Duckenfield coal; and…

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Minister for Mines at Yarrangobilly. Yarrangobilly Caves

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 9

The Minister for Mines and party arrived at Yarrangobilly Caves last evening after a w[?]t tri[?] from Kiandra. They visited the caves in the evening, and this morning inspected various sites for…

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