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Mining & the mines, 1900

5,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 73 of 250

The Mount Shorter Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 42

This property is owned by Lane, Gifford, and party, and is operated by Messrs." Bwar and Connolly. The area of the lease is 10 acres, and it has been worked by open cut, but a shaft is now…

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The Victory Alluvial. Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 41

This property is, perhaps, half a mile or more distant from the Austral Mine. It has an area of about 25 acres, with Mr.Thomas.Maroney as mine manager. The wash varies from 2ft to 6ft in…

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A Mine-owner Captured

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 13

LONDON, April 16.—Mr. Frank Smith, a South African, diamond mine owner, has been captured by the Boers at Barkly West, Griqualand…

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The Broken Hill Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 55

Block 10 mill during a week's run treated 2945 tons crudes, producing 447 tons of concentrates; assaying 33.58oz silver, 66.86 per cent, lead, 6.76 per cent. zinc. The productive stopes in both…

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Turon Gold Dredge

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 55

The first annual general meeting of the Turon River G.D. Co. was held on Tuesday in the Longroom, Mercantile Mutual Chambers, Mr. R. G. D. Fitzgerald, M.L.A., presiding. The directors'…

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The Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 11

WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- The coal trade of the district has continued brisk during the week, all the collieries, with the exception of South Bulli, having been well employed. Loading operations at this port were well…

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Australasian Mining Patents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 55

The following complete specifications have lately been accepted in the various colonies undermentioned, and letters patent will, therefore, isBue to the applicants in due course. This report…

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Charters From 1St April. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 3

Aigburth, an, Newcastle to West Coast Anterotic, bq, Newcastle to West Coast— Coal; thence to U.K. or Continent Australia, sh, Newcastle to West Coast—…

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Northern Coal Trade. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 6

It is reported that prosecutions will be begun against certain mine managers for failure to comply with the intention of the Act. The small coal question has long been a cause of…

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The Coal-weighing Appeal Case

Evening News · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 6

LAMBTON, Friday.—Another postponement for two weeks has been granted in the coal-weighing case, Humble v. Humphreys. The case is the one in which Mr. Payten, S.M., fined the…

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The Coal Trade. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 5

Sir, -- Absence from the city has interfered with my replying to Mr. Cook's letter of the 12th inst. The reference to Mr. Binney, Mr. Hegne, and…

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The Sand Mines. Tee Plot to Dynamite

Evening News · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 4

LONDON, April 20, 3.53 p.m.—At the examination of the Then who were arrested while making preparation to blow up' the Rand mines with dynamite, M. Munnik the State mining engineer,…

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The Forest Reefs Gold Field. II

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 41

In a previous article I have said that several of the shallower of the old river beds have been worked for gold in the past at Forest Reefs. These wore the Lumpy, the Great Extended, the Grand…

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Newcastle. the Coal-weighing Provisions. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 10

At the Lambton Police Court to-day, before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., the recent case of Humble v. Humphreys was again mentioned. Mr. Sparke, of Messrs. Sparke and Millard, appeared for William…

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MINING. Broken Hill. April 11

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 956

B.H. Block 10 mill during the past week treated 2945 tons crudes, producing 447 tons of concentrates, assaying 33 58oz. silver, 66-86 per cent. lead, 6 76 per cent. zinc. The estimated quantity of…

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Coal Wade. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 11

Sir,—Absence from the city has interfered with my replying to Mr. Cook's letter of the 12th instant. The reference to Mr. Binney, Mr. Hogue, and myself as Mossrs. Bioney, Cowlishaw, and Co, is…

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Mining Accidents at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 7

Frank S. B. Harris, while working with a mate between the 300ft, and 400ft, levels of Block 12 Proprietary timbering at an open chute, fell a distance of between 70ft, and 80ft. He did not, however,…

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The Johannesburg Mines. Sensational Statements. LONDON, April 20, 3.53 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 4

Herr Munnick, State Mining Engineer for the Transvaal, whose authority over the Johannesburg mines was recently cancelled, has admitted, under cross-examination, that…

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Late Mining. B. H. SOUTH S.M. Company. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 9

The board of directors of the B. H. South S.M. Company to-day was called upon to deal with two offers for the company's blocks 5, 6, and 87 and 88 at Broken Hill. One offer was of 100,000…

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The Goldfields Separation League's Message. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 9

At the instance of the Reform League executive, a wire was sent to-day to the Premiers' Conference repudiating the message suggesting a compromise on Western Australia duties. The following telegram…

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