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Mining & the mines, 1900

5,253 stories in Sydney's papers · page 81 of 250

Southern Coal Trade

Evening News · Thursday 3 May 1900 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.—The steamer Indrapura, from New Caledonia, en route to Glasgow, with an extensive cargo of nickel ore, left Port Kembla for her destination yesterday, after…

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Gold at Tarcoola

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 May 1900 · page 6

Encouraging reports have been received concerning the gold find at Tarcoola. Three well-defined reefs have been discovered, and where tested the quartz has been found to contain a lot of gold…

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The Gold Yield

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 May 1900 · page 3

The gold yield for the colony during the mouth of April reached 38,625oz., as compared with 31,977oz. for April, 1899. The yield for the four months of this year amounted to…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 May 1900 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Wednesday.--At the Brown-hill Junction the plat at the 400ft. level has been completed, and is now driving north, on the course of the lode, which is about 10ft. wide and…

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Accident at the Cobar Gold Mine. Two Miners Injured. Cobar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 3

Two men named Fred Critcher and William Itowe, engaged at the Cobar gold mine, met with a serious accident at l1 a.m. to-day while working in a stope at the back of the 116ft. level…

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Inspection of Collieries a New Arrangement

Evening News · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 5

NEWCASTLE. Friday Afternoon.—According to Mr. Watkins. M.L.A., the Minister for Mines is arranging for dividing the coal mining areas of the colony into districts and sub-districts, to be under the control of…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 9
Also in Evening News

The sharemarket in, Sydney was very dull yesterday. Copper stocks were depressed. Chillagoc sold at 277½, 276: Girilambone at 16; and Dottswood Freehold were, offered at 59. Silver shares continue in demand…

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Gold Returns

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 10

The monthly cold return compiled by the Department of Minos, shows that during the past month the quantity of gold won in the colony was 38,626 oz., as compared with 31,979…

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The Coal Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 6

The barque Golden Fleece arrived to-day from Sydney to load a cargo of coal from the New Lambton Colliery for Mauritius: the barque Lucknow arrived from Fremantle to load Wallsend co[?] for…

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Mining at Blayney

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 9

BLAYNEY, Wednesday.--Work at Blayney copper mine is proceeding satisfactorily. Horse whims and other old landmarks are being pulled down, and will be replaced by modem appliances. Twenty-five tons of…

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Proposed Mining Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 6

It is understood that Mr. Hal Shepherd to-day telegraphed an offer to the Broken-hill South board, assembled in Adelaide, the terms of which include provision of an initial working capital of…

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Firing of a Coal Cargo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 6

From Honolulu it is reported that the Norwegian banque Fortuna arrived at that port on the 6th ultimo after a passage of 67 days from Newcastle, being laden with 1990 tons of coal. On the 10th ultimo the cargo was found to…

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Charters FROM 1st May. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 2

Adolphe, bq, Newcastle to West Cast Beacon Rock, sh, Tyne to Port Pirie—Coke Bowman B. Law, bq, Sydney to San Francisco Buckingham, s, Newcastle to an Eastern port…

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Mining Boom at Inverell

Evening News · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 3

INVERELL, Thursday.—Gilgai ana Ponds, seven miles from town, are turning out splendid tin, and there are over 50 men at work. About a dozen claims are all producing payable wash,…

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Late Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 6

The April returns of Hannan's Oroya were:— 2400 tons of ore crushed, yielding 688 oz. gold, an average of 5dwt. 17gr. per ton. The official starting of the rock-drilling plant on this property has been…

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Queensland. Use of Explosives in Mines. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 May 1900 · page 5

Last year Mr. Henderson, Government Analyst, was appointed inspector of explosives, the new office having refermes to the use of explosives in mines. At the present time the Government…

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MINING. Chamber of Mines. Lecture on Gold-dredging

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 1074

At the hall of the Equitable-building, George-street, last week, an extraordinary meeting of the members of the New South Wales Chamber of Mines was held for the purpose of amending section…

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The Coal Mines Regulation Act

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 38

At the Greta Police Court on April 25, M.C. Cowlishaw, owner, and Joshua Jeffries, manager, of the Greta Colliery, were proceeded against by T. L. Bates, inspector of collieries, for…

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Late Mining. the Lake View Consols. Associated Gold Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 9

The action of the Lake View Consols authorities in restricting the mine output to 8000z. for the present, us advised to shaneholders by circular issued in Loudon yesterday, has…

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