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Mining & the mines, 1900

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Our Canadian Letter. Terrible Explosions in Coal Mines. a Gambler's End. the PACIFlC CABLE

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 10

VANCOUVER (British Columbia), December 15. The Warrimoo, which carries this letter, tabes home to Australia several members of the Australasian delegation to the recent Trades…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 9

Business in the mining market yesterday was of about the same volume tis on Monday. There were no dealings in coal stocks, prices remaining unaltered with the exception of Vale of Clwydd, which…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 10

The four-masted barque Rowena arrived from Sydney to-day to load a cargo of Duckenfield coal for Valparaiso, and the barque Fernbank arrived from Sydney to load a cargo of Duckenfield coal for…

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Charters From 1St January. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 3

Adele, bq, Newcastle to West Coast Agenor, sh, Newcastle to Honolulu Barmbek, 4-m bq, Newcastle to West Coast Carondelet, bq, Newcastle to Honolulu…

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Victorian Gold Yield. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 9

According to a return from the Minos Deportment, the gold yield of Victoria daring 1899 was 854,500oz. or 17,242oz. more than was won in the previous 12 months. The yield for the last year was…

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Late Mining. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 8

To-day's Exchange quotations were:—Colebrook, seller, 2s 4d; Comet, seller, Oil, Hercules, buyer 10s; South Hercules, seller 6d; Mount Black, buyer 2s, seller 2s 3d; Mount Lyell, baler £8 10s,…

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Mining. a 1950Z Nugget

Evening News · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 2

A Ballarat (Vic.) telegram in the Melbourne "Argus" says: A telegram received from the mining manager of the Hanlon Consols Company, Rokewood, on Saturday afternoon announced that…

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Position on the Gold Fields. Supplies Running Short

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 9

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--The railway strike is paralysing business in all directions, and promises to bring the colony to a standstill. The express from Perth was the only train which…

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Australasian Wealth. Gold Won Last Year. Remarkable Increase of Production

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 5

Returns of the gold output for the colonics of the Australasian group for the past year disclose some interesting figures had show how the wealth of the colonies in actual…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 9

The Sydney Stock Exchange was dull yesterday, and business of small extent. In copper stocks. Great Cobar were wanted at 80, and Chillagoe at 26. In silver, 433 was offered for Broken-hill Proprietary, and Block 10 sold…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 9

Golden Horseshoe, Kalgoorlie (month), 6903oz. 10dwt, Mitchell's Creek Freehold Gold Estate (fortnight), 241oz. 16dwt…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 9

Yesterday being call-day all the business in the Mining market was transacted on a call-paid basis. Slightly fewer sales were recorded than on the preceding day. Wallsend and Wichham and Bullock…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 5

The ship City of Madras sailed to-day for Valparaiso with 2340 tons of Wickham and Bullock Island coal, and the harque Helen Denny sailed for Honolulu with 1000 tons of Co-operative coal. The…

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Charters From 1St January. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 3

Adele, bq, Newcastle to West Coast Agenor, sh, Newcastle to Honolulu Barmbek, 4-m bq, Newcastle to West Coast Carondelet, bq, Newcastle to Honolulu…

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The Boers Dread of the Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 8

A message from the Ma[?]eking correspondent of the London "Times" of date November 22 and 23, describes a Boer attack on the advabce [?] trenches on the west side of the town on the 22nd. The enemy…

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Late Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 7

The December output of Hannan's Brown Hill was as follows:—Milled, 4915 tons of ore, yielding 6563oz. 10dwt. 12dwt. of gold. Smelted 200 tons for 1315oz. 8dwt. 10gr. Total yield, 7878oz, 18dwt…

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The Missing Gold Cups. Goulburn

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 6

The Tirranna Bong Bong Gold Cups, supposed to have been stolen from Mr. D. J. Watts buggy, near Mudgee, have turned up all right. The robbers took away a…

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Jennings Gold-sluicing Company. Adelong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 9

At the Jennings Gold-sluicing Company's mine on the Adelong Creek the barge carrying the massive machinery for working the mine was floated to-day, and towed into the place where the plant is to start…

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To-day's Mining. Stock Exchange

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 January 1900 · page 5

The following sales were recorded on Change this morning:-- Hannan's Oroya, 49s; Great Boulder, 34s 3d; North Central, 1s…

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The Southern Coal Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--The conference between the mineowners of this district and representatives of the miners from different collieries, to consider the application made by the miners…

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