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Sir,--The discovery of gold on this continent is an event historically of the first class. The occurrence completely charged the state of affairs. It was a bloodless revolution. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The turnover on the Sydney Exchange yesterday was only of moderate proportions, the market showing less vitality than was the case towards the close of last week. Just as the serious condition, of her Majesty the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Business in the Mining markst yesterday was again quiet, and most lines showed a slight fall in prices. In coal Stocktons were better, and sold at successive advances. Wallsends were sold at £31, and at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The quantity of coal shipped at the Government hydraulic cranes at the Dyke for tha internal, intercolonial, and foreign consumption during the departmental week ended this morning was £59,834 tons as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, January 21.-While covering with grass a trap mine, worked with a lever near Zeerust, in the Western Transvaal, the weight pressed the lever too heavily, and the charge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A miner named E. A. Percy was killed in a shaft at the Gilgai this morning. Deceased was the owner of the [?]. ALBURY, Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No sales were reported on the Brisbane Exchange to-day. GYMPIE, Monday. The following sales were recorded on the local…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boers captured a train at East Balmoral, on the Delagoa Bay line. The train contained a quantity of mining material…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A telegram from Walhaha (Vic.) says:-A crisis has come in the affairs of the Long Tunnel Company, and all work at the mine has been suspended, with the exception of the contracts. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Monday.--While covering with grass a trap mine worked by means of a lever, near Zeerust, the weight of the cover pressed the lever too heavily, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last week the losses through want of trucks has been bigger than ever. Last Tuesday the Lithgow colliery lost an hour and a half, and the Hermitage an hour; while the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BULLI, Monday.--The shiftmen at Mount Pleasant Colliery have given notice, and threaten to strike at the end of this week unless their hours are made shorter and their wages higher. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An examination for certificates of competency was held at Sydney on the 16th, 17th, and 17th, January, 1901. The following candidates have been reported by the examiners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The half-yearly meeting of the Vale of Clwydd Coal Mining Company, Limited, was held yesterday. The balance-sheet showed net profits, including £309 from the previous half-year, to be £1956. A…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday--The millers at South Grota Colliery struck work. They wero oifcred by the proprietor, .Jas. Ralston, hiss a day, or 3s Sd a ton for screened coal, and 7s a day for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Sydney market continued very lint yesterday, and only n moderate business was carried through. Values for the most part ruled easier. Coal shares, however, were an execution, there being a good all-round inquiry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Day Dawn Gold Mines. 684 tons for 709oz. Tu[?]on No. 1 Dredge, 26oz. Turon No. 2 Dredge, 6oz. A[?]luen Proprietary Dredge, 28oz…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →CLIFTON, Tuesday.--A full cargo of best coal was loaded at the Coilcliff Colliery Company's jetty yesterday. South Clifton Colliery was thrown idle for four and a half hours to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An examination for certificates of competency was held at Sydney on January 16, 17, and 18. The following candidates have been reported by the examiners (Messrs. T. Parton. J.P., J. H…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The volume of business done on the Stock Exchange yesterday was about the same a[?] on the previous day. As a rule slight concessions were made all round, the only improvement in prices…
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