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Mining & the mines, 1900

5,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 250

Gold at Wilgena

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 6

Private reports have been received of a rich gold discovery in the neighborhood of Wilgena which is north-west of Port Augusta. Soma rich specimens are being forwarded to the…

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Late Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 6

Yesterday the directors of the Woodlark Island Proprietary G.M. Company received a telegram from Mr. Griffiths, a director of the company, at Cooktown stating that Mr. Green had returned from…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 6

The quantity of coal shipped at the Government hydraulic crimes at the Dyke for internal, intercolonial, and foreign consumption during the departmental week ended this morning totalled 58,346…

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Charters From 1St April. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 3

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

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Toe Briseis Tin Mine. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 6

The directars of the Brisels tia mine are pleased with the rapid progress made in development. Recent borings on the hitherto explored portion at the ground, named the Cascada lead, have proved…

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Threatened Retaliation. British Prisoners and the Mines. LONDON, April 9, 3.49 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 4

Ex-President Steyn declares that the imprisonment of General Cronje, Colonel Schiel, and 1000 other Boers on the island of St. Helena justifies the Boers in placing British…

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Gold, Ores and Metals. Exported From New South Wales to Oversea Ports for Month Ended March 31, 1990. SHIPPERS

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 4

Bank of N Z, Ltd, 4 bara bullion (£5000) P and O Co, 1 bx sovs (£5000) Royal Mint, 18 bxs silver bullion (£2450) Bank North Queensland, 1 bx gold coin (£500)…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Monday. -- The Lakeview Consols' March output was: -- Stone treated, 158[?] tons, yielding 12005oz. 7dwt. The details were: Tailings cyanided. 219 tons for 178oz, 12dwt.; slimes cyanided, 2716 tons, yielding 1011oz…

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Closing of Cullen Bullen Colliery

Evening News · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 2

LITHGOW, Tuesday .- The fate of the Cullen Bullen Colliery is now, unfortunately, sealed. This mine is situated among the mountains, being connected with the Mudgee line by a…

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The Johannesburg Mines

Evening News · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 5

LONDON, April 10.—The Transvaal Government has held a "bogus" trial in Johannesburg with a view of demonstrating that the threats of the Secretary of State (Mr. F. W. Reltz) to destroy…

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Railway Coal Contracts

Evening News · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The Railway Commissioners have, it is understood, accepted the tender of the Lithgow collieries for a large portion of the coal supply for the railways at 6s 1d per ton, and of the…

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The Coal Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 8

The ship Victoria Regina sailed to-day for Auto-fagasta with 2980 tons of Duckenfield coal, and the ship Maxwell sailed for Iquique with 2632 tons of Wallsend coal The harque Carondelet cleared at the…

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The Price of Coal

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 4

Mr. J. B. Nicholson, M.L.A., writes on the problem of raising the price of coal, and in if strain which does not accord at all with the correspondence of the mine owners. The fact…

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Charters FROM 1st April. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 2

Cri[?]ieth Castle, sh, Newcastle to Caleta Buena Dunkeld, bq, Newcastle to West Coast—Coal thence to U K or Continent…

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Late Mining. Kalgooblie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 8

The Brown Hill output for March was as follows: —Treated at mine, 5300 tons of ore, ylelding 6016oz. 13dwt. gold; shipped to the smelters, 200 tons, for 988oz. 2dwt. 5gr. Total output for the month,…

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Mining Adviser in London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 8

Mr. James Stirling, who goes to England represent the Victorian Mines Department, intends to establish a more centrally situated office than at present, where information regarding…

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Coal Supply for the Imperial Transports

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 4

The coal required by the Imperial Government for the four Transports, amounting to from 8000 to 10,000 tons, is to be supplied by the Southern Goal Owners' Agency…

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Railway Coal. Heavy Increase in Prices

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 7

The Railway Commissioners have accepted the tender of the Lithgow collieries for a large part of the coal required for the railways during the ensuing 12 months at 6s 1d…

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The Exiled Boers. Threatened Retaliation. British to Be Placed in Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 7

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Ex-President Steyn declares that the imprisonment of General Crouje, Colonel Schiel, and 1000 other. Boers on the island of St. Helena,…

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