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Mining & the mines, 1900

5,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 250

West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 10

KALGOORLIE, Friday. -- The drive at the 400ft. level of the Ivanhoe South Extended is now close to the west boundary of the Ivanhoe, and in the lode which was cut close to the boundaries of…

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Yesterday's Mining News. London, Sydney, and Intercolonial. Mining Advice. Our Letter-box. to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 April 1900 · page 9

[Letters marked "Mining" must reach us no later than Thursday. No notice is taken of anonymous correspondence. The coupon printed in the "Free Information" column must be cut out…

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Complete Story of the Week's War. a Time of Suspense. Feyer Raging at Bloemfon-tein, And the Country Flooded-Roberts Censures Boiler and Others-Bush-men Leave Beira For Salisbury. The Boers and the Band Mines. Wepener Still Invested-American Ambulance Men Fighting For Kruger

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 April 1900 · page 8

At the week-end the news was scarce and unreliable, but it was believed that important engagements were proceeding. There had been a deluge of rain all over…

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A Colliery Picnic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 April 1900 · page 8

The annual picnic of eraployees of the Australian Aericultural Company took place at Toronto, Lake Macquarie, yesterday, and proved an unqualified success. Theminers of the Borehole and Septit Collieries…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1900 · page 9

The Sydney sharemarket was [?]void of excitement on Saturday. West Australian shan. s cased, and the trade in copper and silver was light. Queensland gold stocks were in improved demand, notably so in the cases of No…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Monday 23 April 1900 · page 5

LONDON, April 22.—Associated Gold Mines, £5 2s 6d; Chillagoe, 33s 9d; Lake View Consols, £14 12s 6d; Mount Lyell, £9 12s 6a; North Mount Lyell, £3 12s 6d; Ivanhoe, £14 5s; Great Boulder,…

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The Broken-hill South Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1900 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Contrary to expectations, two offers for Blocks 5 and 6, together with sections 87 and 8S, came before the directors of the Broken-hill South Company to-day, with the result that an agreement was…

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Champion Gold Medal Competition

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1900 · page 8

The third and fourth rounds of the champion gold medal competition were played on Waverley and Gladstone Park greens on Saturday. At Waverley, Hobson beat Davidson, Widers[?]cm beat Young,…

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Mining at Hillgrove

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1900 · page 9

HILLGROVE, Saturday.--The Baker's Creek battery, with the exception of Ester Monday, crushed full time and power. Good progress is being made with the crosscut at the No. 13 level to intersect Smith's Reef. The…

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A Barrier Mining Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1900 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--Giving evidence at the inquest on M'Grath, who was killed in the North mine oil Thursday, James Hebbard, Government Inspector of Mines, stated that he…

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Injured by a Fall of Coal

Evening News · Monday 23 April 1900 · page 6

WEST-MAITLAND, Saturday.—While John and Robert Gibson, lather and son, were engaged getting coal at Ralston's Colliery, South Greta, on Friday afternoon, a. large quantity broke away…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 April 1900 · page 8

The five-masted schooner Inca, sailed yesterday for Honolulu with 1625 tons of Waratah coal, and the four-masted schooner James Ralph saied for Mahukona with 950 tons of Pacilic Co-operative coal…

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The Rand Mines. Preparations for Destruction. Has the Plan Been Abandoned?

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--At the hearing of evidence against the men charged at the instance of the Transvaal Government with attempting to blow up the…

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Proposed Destruction of Rand Mines. Admissions by the State Engineer. London, April 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 April 1900 · page 7

The 14 men who were arrested at Johannesburg by Herr Epler and his police on a charge of conspiracy to destroy with dynamite the mines and machinery…

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The Goldfields Separation League's Telegram. Hostile Oriticism at Coolgardie. Coolgardie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 April 1900 · page 8

The telegram despatched by the Separation League to the Premiers' Conference regarding Sir John Forrest's smendinent of the Commonwealth Bill excited a considerable amount of hostile critic[?]m here…

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New Guinea Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1900 · page 7

COOKTOWN, Sunday.--The steamer Merrie England arrived to-day from Port Moresby, with seven passengers. The captain reports that over 100 men are at Kamu[?]a goldfields, where all are…

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Horne Island Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Monday.--All work has been stopped at Flora Island mine, pending the arrival of the chairman of director, who leaves on Saturday, accompanied by an expert, with a special knowledge of battery work…

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Fighting in Natal. a Colliery Shelled

Evening News · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 5

LONDON, April 23.—One thousand Boers on Saturday crossed Sundays River Bridge, about 18 miles north of Ladybrand, and shelled the Elandslaagte Colliery…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 9

The Sydney Stock Exchange did not meet yesterday owing to the day being a public holiday, consequently there ure no official sales to report. The following sales were, however, made in the vestibule,…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 3

The quantity of coal shipped at the Government hydraulic cranes at the Dyke for internal, intercolonial, and foreign consumption during the departmental week ended this morning was 50,908…

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