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Mining & the mines, 1900

5,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250

Coal for the Railways. An Increase in Price

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 6

The Railway Commissioners have opened tenders for the supply of coal for railway purposes during the ensuing year. The railway contracts, covering as they do over…

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New South Wales Coal for the Navy. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 9

Sir, -- Under the above beading, this morning, you mention "that the London representative of the firm of J. and A. Brown has approached the home authorities with a view to inducing the…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 8

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday. -- The Central Boulder is starting to sink a winze from the 200ft. to the 300ft., with a view of following down the rich ore worked at the higher level. In this mine, as in…

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Late Mining. the Argo Gold-mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 April 1900 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--At a special meeting of the Argo Gold-mining Company this afternoon, called to consider the present position of the claim, which is situated on Sandy Creek, between Wodonga and…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 April 1900 · page 9
Also in Evening News

There was a somewhat larger extent of business in the Sydney sharemarket yesterday, when Gympie and Charters Towers stocks had good inquiry. Coal shares continue to harden owing to the improved demand for coal for…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 April 1900 · page 8

The steamer Bucephalus arrived from Sydney to-day to load a cargo of coal from various collieries for Java, and the German barque Werra arrived from Natal to load Wallsend coal for Valparaiso. The barque Oregon sailed…

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The Lake View Consols Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 April 1900 · page 9

In an interview with a "West Australian journalist, Mr. H. C. Callahan made the following statement:--"Now as to shipments of sulphide ores-- when the result of the treatment of the first shipment of sulphide ore, made, I…

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Charters From 1St March Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 5 April 1900 · page 3

Criooieth Castle, sh, Newcastle to Caleta Buena Dunkeld, bq, Newcastle to West Coast—Coal thence to U K or Continent…

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South Bulli Colliery Dispute. Strike Pay to Be Distributed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 April 1900 · page 5

BULLI, Wednesday.--At a meeting of the South Bulli miners this morning, Mr. W. Lindsay, secretary, read a report of an interview held with Mr. T. Vickery. He stated that he told Mr…

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Late Mining. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 April 1900 · page 7

The Lady Shenton Company crushed during March 1232 tons of stone for 1230oz. of gold…

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Southern Coal Trade. the Bulli Dispute

Evening News · Thursday 5 April 1900 · page 6

WOLLGNGONG, Wednesday.—There is little of importance to chronicle with respect to the difficulty existing at South Bulli Colliery between the proprietary and the miners, whereby the…

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The Coal Trade Problem. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 April 1900 · page 3

Sir,--I only ask for a few further lines of space to make a brief rejoinder to my friend, Mr. Hogue. In his later letter I am mildly accused of writing from the standpoint of the minor only,…

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Agricultural Shows. Cooma P. AND A. Show. Opened by the Minister for Mines. Cooma

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 April 1900 · page 4

Mr. Fegan, the Minister for Mines, and party arrived from Kiandra this morning, and were shortly afterwards driven to the showground. A[?] noon Mr. Litchfield, the president of the Agricultural…

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The Share Market. Yesterday's Quotations Rise in Coal Values. £274,000 in N.s.w. Dredging

Evening News · Thursday 5 April 1900 · page 6

At the commencement of hostilities in South Africa, when it was privately cabled to Sydney that the Natal coal mines had been shut down, a surmise was made in the columns of the…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 April 1900 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Wednesday.--Hannan's Oroya March crushing treated on the mine 2210 tons, yielding 660oz., an average of 6dwts. to the ton. The total output of the mine to date is 51,788…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 9
Also in Evening News

Prices improved in the Sydney sharemarket yesterday. In coal, Wickham and Bullock Island sold at 123 and 12.No transactions were reported in copper ventures,…

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The Coal Export Tbade

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

The ship Star of Italy sailed to-day for Honoloin with 2376 tons of Greta coal; the four-masted schooner Robert Searles sailed for Kahului with 1027 tons of Duckenfield coal; and the steamer…

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Charters From 1St March. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 6 April 1900 · page 3

Cu[?]oieth Castle, sb, Newcastle to Caleta Buena Dunkeld, bq, Newcastle to West C[?] thence to U K or Continent…

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