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Mining & the mines, 1900

5,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 250

A Coal-mining Trouble. Action of the Australian Labour Federation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 3

A special meeting of the provincial council of the Australasian Labour Federation was held yesterday evening to consider the dispute between the Gippsland (Victoria) district council and the colliery…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 9

Great Boulder Peseverance, Kalgoorlie (month), 4541oz. 3dwt. Great Boulder Main Reef, Kalgoor[?] (month), 1522oz. 18dwt. 12gr…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 9

About the same volume of business as on the previous day was reported in the Mining market yesterday. Wickham and Bullock Island sold at 11s, but closing quotations of all coal stocks remained…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 3

The four masted barque Clan Galbraith Failed to day for San Francisco with 3371 tons of Helton coal, and the barque Hayd[?] Brown sailed for Kahal[?] with 1080 tons of Duckenfield coal. The steamer…

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Charters FROM 1st January. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 12 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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Mining. a 250oz NUGGET

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 8

A Daylesford (Vic.) telegram to the Melbourne "Argus" says; The Corinella co-operative party at Eganstown, who have been engaged putting in a reef drive. to-day broke into wash, from which…

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Late Mining. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 6

Among mining companies to-day's sales were:— B.H. Block 10. £5 15s, £5 16s; B.H. Block 14, [?] 25s 3d; B.H. South, [?]id, 21s; North Ju[?]ction, [?] 10d, 7s 3d; North Broken, 14s 9d; Mount Lyell…

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From Johannesburg in a Coal Truck

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 7

I would not leave Johanneburg until British subjects were ordered out, and martial law was to be proclaimed (writes Mr. P. J. Tiddy, in the "Cornishman"). I had been running a very…

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Coal at Capetown. £5 a Ton

The Australian Star · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 5

There is apparently a demand for coal at Capetown Just now. A correspondent writing from there by the last mail remarked that coal was then worth £5 per ton, and not to be…

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British New Guinea. Development of the Mining Field. Samarai, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 3

The Government has decided against the jumpers on Woodlark Island Mining Company's leases The company now holds over 100 acros containing proved rich formation. Plant is in…

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Basin Creek Tin and Gold Mining Company, Dora Dora

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 22

Dora Dora is situated above Albury, on the Murray River, some 25 miles as the crow flies. The existence of tin in this part of the country has been known for many years past, but it has never…

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Coal Export

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 6

The export of coal to foreign and intercolonial ports for the week ended at noon to-day was 45,402 tons, as follows;--South Australia, 18.950; New Zealand, 6090; Chili, 5251; United…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 13

The Sydney sharemarket is still quiet. Copper stocks yesterday had a little more attention. Chillagoe sold at 276, the improved price of 48 was bid for Mount Garnet Freehold, whilst Lyell Tharsis sold at 17. In…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 13

Brilliant G. M. Company, C. T., 1205 tons, 1366oz. Brilliant and St. George United, C. T., 1348 tons, 1344oz. Brilliant Extended, C. T., 551 tons, 240oz. Kelly's Queen Block, C. T., 1020 tons, 1166oz…

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The Coal Conference

The People and the Collectivist · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 2

OUR article on the above is unfortunately crowded out, owing to lack of space. It will appear next week…

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The Grassy Gully Mine

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 78

A mine which is claimed to have the year's record for high-grade gold ore in this colony is the Grassy Gully mine near Nowra, where over 54 tons of ore were treated for a yield of nearly 17oz. of fine gold…

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The Broken Hill Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 56

The treatment of 1328 tons of crudes by the Block 10 Mine's plant resulted in the production of 238 tons of concentrates, bulking 67.26 per cent. lead, 33.41oz silver, 6.88 per cent. zinc. The week's…

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Queensland Gold Returns

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 23

The gold yield of Queensland for 1899, according to an official return, amounted to 947,626oz; being an increase of 27,578oz over the yield for 1898. The production during the month of December was…

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Mining Mems

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 13

Eight pounds of Mount Drysdale ore was crushed on Saturday for 9oz of gold. Harman's (Kalgoorlie) output for December was 386 tons of partially-treated ore for 87ozs 2dwt of…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 13

Business in the Mining market yesterday was somewhat less satisfactory than on the previous day. Coal stocks were without any transactions, and prices remained unaltered, with the exception of…

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