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Mining & the mines, 1901

5,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 7
Also in Evening News

The Sydney mining market was rather quiet yesterday until towards the dose, when a disposition was shown to do badness, and a fair number of transactions transpired, though in most of the lines which had inquiry…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 9

Hannan's Brown Hill, Kalgoorlie (month), 6854oz. 8dwt. 12gr. Little River Dredging (week), 6oz. 7dwt. Peak Bill Proprietary G. M. Co. (286 tons), 98oz. 5dwt…

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Gold Shipments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 8

Shipments of gold from Melbourne to-day by the Rome amounted to £305,000, of which £300,000 is for India. The bu[?]ter shipments by the Rome amount to 245…

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Colliery Troubles. Work Resumed. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 5

After a stoppage of several weeks the miners at Burwood, having received satisfactory terms, were to have resumed work yesterday, but a demand for an advance made…

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Export of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 5

The R.M.S. Rome to-day took an extensive shipment of gold for Indian ports. The Bank of Australasia shipped £150,000, and the Commercial Bank of New South Wales and Bank of…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 9

More activity was apparent in the Mining market yesterday. Elsmore Valley, tin, had a sale at 1s 6d. In the coal division Hetton and Waratah improved in values, whilst Wickham and Bullock Island…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 8

The steamer Romulus arrived to-day from Melbourne to load a cargo of cool from the Pacific Cooperative Colliery for Mauritius. The barque Somons sailed to-day for Honolulu with 1550 tons of…

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The Lithgow Miners. Lithgow

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 5

A largely-attended aggregate meeting of minors instructed the secretary to respectfully ask the proprietors to meet in conference, with the object of discussing prices…

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Shale Miners Strike. Lithgow

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 5

No satisfactory reply having been received to their request, the men employed in No. 2 tunnel, Hartley Vale, have stopped work. Up to the present nothing has taken place…

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Strike at a Shale Mine. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 10

The trouble at Harlley Vale in regsrd to howing and shift work resulted in the shale miners employed at No. 2 tunnel bringing out ther tools yesterday morning. This leaves 16 miners, two wheelers, and…

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Miners and the Truck Act. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 10

A largely attended public meeting of workers was held last night at the Town Hall to consider the Truck Act as applied to the workers' scheme, by which means the hospital has been largely contributed…

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Gundagai District Mining. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 10

The total amount of revenue received at the local C.P.S. office during 1900 was £31,177 16s 9d, made up as follows:—Land department, £30, 015 2s 11d; C.P.S., £951 17s., Warden's office, £210 16s 10d. The…

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Mining Fatality. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 10

Mr. Hall, coroner, held an inquest this atternoon regarding the deaths of William Gherke and John Fahey, who were killed yesterday at Baxter and Saddler's open-out on the Proprietary. A verdict of…

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Newcastle Coal Trade. Tee Wickham and Bullock Island Dispute

Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday Afternoon.-The Wickham and Bullock Island miners met at the Islington Hotel to-day, when, among other matters dealt with, was the present difficulty at the…

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Coal Trucks Wanted. Great Losses of Mineowners. LITHGOW

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 6

The truck difficulty has again reached an acute stage, orders having to be refused wholesale in consequence. Out of the last three working days, the Lithgow, Hermitage,…

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The Western Coal Trade. Advance of Wages Proposed. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 10

The miners' aggregate meeting was held last night, and was largely attended. The question of approaching the masters for an advance of rates was discussed. The matter was fully discussed, and the…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--Paddington Consols crushed 2809 tons for 1853oz.; Long Reef, 1683 tons for 1386oz; Sons of Gwalia, 6940 tons for 5005oz.; and East Murchison United, 1650 tons for 2287oz…

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Newcastle. the Colliery Disputes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1901 · page 5

After being idle for several weeks, the miners at Burwood colliery succeeded in obtaining satisfactory prices for their work. During the holidays advantage was taken of the opportunity…

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Mining

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1901 · page 2

MOLONG, Thursday.-Very little work is being done at the Reedy Creek Copper Mine just now, and only four men are engaged thereon. This partial suspension of operations is mainly'…

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