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Mining & the mines, 1901

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Colliery Matters

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 5

The manager of the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery has submitted the terms which he will pay this year. The prices offered are:-- For filling all away together, bottoms 2s 11d…

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Newcastle. a Colliery Grievance

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 5

Trouble has arisen at the Stockton Colliery, and as a consequence the mine is likely to be laid idle for a few days at least. Some time ago the minors made a request that the prices for the…

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Mining

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 3

GUNDAGAI, Thursday.-Mining at Mount Adrah during the past year has been carried on with much greater success than previously. The number of parties prospecting in the vicinity have…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 9

Mount Charlotte G.M. Company, Kalgoorlie, 258oz. 5dwt 9[?]. Shoalhaven River Gold-dredging Company (week), 16oz. 16dwt…

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New Colliery Conditions Delay and Dissatisfaction

Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.-At many of the collieries in the district, the miners are satisfied with the arrangements for working under the new conditions for this year; and it is not…

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Miners Troubles. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 4

The miners, at several of the collieries have refused to work on the terms offered by the proprietors. The trouble has arisen in connection with the prices to be paid on the…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 9

Owing to the adjournment of the Sydney Stock Exchange for the holidays there are no transaction to report. KALGOORLIE, Wednesday…

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Mining News

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 8

The Secretary of the Shoalhaven River Gold Dredging Co., No Liability, reports that for the week ending December 29 th the dredger worked 139 hours, winning 16[?]z. l6dwt. gold…

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The Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 6

The output of gold for the year ended December 31 was 1,580,919oz., as against 1,643,877oz. for the previous year. The official value of the gold won last year was £6,007,608…

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South Bulli Colliery Rates. a Conference in Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 3

A deputation consisting of four miners from South Bulli colliery, accompanied by Mr. Ritchie (miners' general secretary), waited upon Mr. E. Vickery, at his office yesterday, with reference to…

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Western Australia. Export of Gold. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 6

The Omrah, homeward bound, took from Fremantle 30,000 sovereigns for Colombo and 160 tons of base bullion, valued at £28,275, for London. The consignment of bullion was the largest and the richest…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 3

I now propose to couduct readers of the " Herald " over the mining fields of the western part of New South Wales, commencing with the very large mining division of Bathurst, and continuing further…

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Victoria. Effect of the Holidays on the Coal Supply. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 6

Owing to the suspension of work through the holidays at the Newcastle, collieries, and the consequent heavy increase in the price of coal in Melbourne, various manufacturers and users of coal have…

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Presentation to the Governor-general. Gold Casket From the City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 7

Yesterday morning the members of the City Council called upon his Excellency the Governor-General to pay their first official call, and to present him with a casket and address which had been…

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General Cable News. The Mining Crisis. LONDON, January 2, 4.40 a.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 4

The creditors of the London and Globe Finance Corporation, Limited, which is hardly pressed by the crisis on the London Stock Exchange, and whose directors propose to…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1901 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Wednesday.--Work at the 700ft. level in the Perseverance is now confined to the eastern crosscut, and this is being pushed ahead as rapidly as possible, with the object of…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 9

The Shoa[?]haven River dredge worked 139 hours last week for 160z. 16dwt. gold, valued at £6413. As the total expenditure of the dredge for the week, including wages, fuel, oil, etc., was approximately. £293, the…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 7

Owing to the adjournment of the Sydney Stock Exchange for the holidays there are no transactions to report. Business was r[?]med yesterday on the principal interstate exchange…

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Newcastle. Colliery Troubles at Newcastle. Continued Interruption

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 7

The coal trade is recovering from its holiday spoil slowly and painfully. Labor troubles beset many of the colliery managers. and in other cases the natural reluctance of the men to turn…

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High Price of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 7

The high price of coal has led to a good deal of confusion among manufacturers. Several large factories where coal is an important item are working only part of their machinery, and…

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