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Mining & the mines, 1901

5,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250

Mining

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 44
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The Portuguese, it is stater were the first to discover this vast continent of Australia a couple of centuries ago, and after them came the Dutch. It was the coast of what is now Western Australia that…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 17

Queensland Menzies G. M. Company, W.A., 346 tons, 307oz. Sulphide Corporation (week), 137oz. SILVER…

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Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 6

BULLI, Monday.—The difficulty at Mount Kelra Colliery over the pillar difficulty has been overcome for the present, the proprietor having posted the notice intimating that uniform rates would…

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The Coal Famine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 6

The coal famine is making itself still more seriously felt in Melbourne. The high price of coal is increasing the price of bricks, and in that way is materially interfering with the building trade…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 17

Owing to the adjournment of the Sydney Stock Exchange for the holidays there are no transactions to report…

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Coal and Coke Shipments

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 6

The coal and coke shipments for the week ended yesterday were coal 17,847 tons, coke 319 tons, against 36,718 tons of coal and 130 tons of coke for the corresponding period of last…

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The Mining Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 8

The discovery of gold in Australis gave a powerful incentive to the development of the country, and the mining industry has since been one of the principal factors in its permanent prosperity. When the first…

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Dispute at the South Bulli Mine. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 17

Some difficulty has arisen at the South Bulli Colliery in connection with the pillar rates, owing to a notice posted by the manager intimating that he will pay 1½d per ton lese for pillar coal over 5ft…

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Presentation to the Governorgeneral. Gold Casket From the City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 15

The Mayor (Dr. Graham, M.L.A.) will this morning present a gold and silver casket from the City Council to his Excellency the Governor-General, at Government House. The casket, which is…

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The Mining Crisis. Globe Finance Corporation. LONDON, December 31, 12.10 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 4

The London and Globe Finance Corporation (Limited), in consequence of the disastrous Stock Exchange crisis, in which the corporation was heavily involved, is holding a special…

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Second Edition the Mining Crisis on the London Exchange. the London and Globe Finance Corporation. London, Dec. 31, 12.10 p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 15

The directors of the London and Globe Finance Corporation, Limited, which is heavily concerned in Saturday's fall of Lake View Consols shares on the Stock…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Monday.—At the Ironsides North the only work now is sinking a winze on the lode met with some time ago. The eastern crosscut at the 300ft. level is now down about…

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Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1901 · page 7

TEMORA, Tuesday.-A very important mining case has been tried at Barmedman. Mr. J. Walker, on behalf of the White Cross G.M. Company, aplied for suspension of the labor…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1901 · page 5

Owing to the adjournment of the Sydney Stock Exchange for the holidays there are no transactions to report: ROCKLEY, Monday…

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Charters From 1St December. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 January 1901 · page 3

Alcestis, bq, 398 tons, Sydney to Kaipara Andora, sh, 1597 tons, Sydney to West Coast Aratapu, bgtne, 122 tons, N'castle to Gisborne Ariel, sch, 687 tons, Newcastle to Honolulu…

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Mining. J. Whear Roberts

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1901 · page 11

The discovery of gold in the early fifties transformed Australia from a wool-growers paradise into a nation which is now an infant Hercules in all-round industrial potentialities…

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Mining in New South Wales. Review of the Year 1900. (By Our Special Mining Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1901 · page 4

The year just closed has not been wholly favourable to the mining industry of this colony. During the earlier portion ot 1900 the season promised well, as it will be remembered a bounteous rainfall…

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A Suspicious Cargo. Guns and Rifles Labelled Coal. Destination Unknown

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1901 · page 18

LONDON, Monday Afternoon. -- The steamer Afghanistan is ashore on the Sicilian coast. According to the vessel's manifest she purported to be laden with coal for Jibuitil, a French port…

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The Mining Crisis on the London Exchange. the London and Globe Finance Corporation. London, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1901 · page 8

The directors of the London and Globe Finance Corporation, Limited, which is heavily concerned in Saturday's fall of Lake View Consols shares on the Stock…

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