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Mining & the mines, 1901

5,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

West Australian Gold Fields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 8

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--Ivanhoe Paterson's shaft is now down over 600ft., and still sinking, with the object of opening out at 500ft. and 700ft. on the middle lode. At the 500ft. level…

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The Rand Mines. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 7

The owners of the Rand mines are paying £30,000 a month to 1200 guards at the mines. The damage done to the mines during the war is estimated at £300,000…

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The Country. Rate Collecting at a Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 5

WYALONG, Tuesday.--At the police court this morning F. Neeld, sen., was charged with assaulting C. H. Roberts, municipal bailiff. The court was crowded. The evidence went to show…

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Country News. Eating a Mine. Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 4

In the police court to-day the case of Roberts v. Neeld was heard. Roberts is the Wyalong municipal bailiff, and under a Mayor's warrant entered on the well-known mining property of Messrs Neeld…

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The Rand Mines. January 29, 6 a.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 5

The Rand mine owners are employing 1200 guards, at a cost of £30,000 per month, to protect the mines. It is estimted that the damage done to the…

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Southern Coal Trade. Strike at Coke Works Collapsed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 6

BULLI, Tuesday.--The Built coke workers, who went on strike seven days ago for an advance of wages returned to work this morning, on the old forms. They demanded 6d a day…

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The Rand Mines. a Total of £300,000 Damage

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday Morning.--The Rand mine owners are employing 1200 guards, at a cost of £30,000 per month, to protect the mines…

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London Mining Market. London, Jan. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 9

Mount Lyell are quoted at £5 12s 6d, Mount Lyall North at £2 15s, Chillagoe at 31s 3d, and Lake View at £6 7s 6d. Jan. 27…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 9

The North Mine mill, working 12 houre abort of fall time last week, dealt with 846 tons of crude surphides, yielding 153 tons of concentrates, including 23 tons from tables and buddies, bulking 60 per cent…

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A Colliery Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 8

A young man named Thomas Clark, 24 years of age, lately residing at Tighei's Hill, was killed this afternoon at the H[?]tton Col[?]ery, where he was employed in the capacity of a wheeler. It appears that…

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Killed in a Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 6

At half-past 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon Thomas Clark (24), a wheeler employed in Holton colliery, was killed by a fall of stone while at work riding in a skip. Deceased was driving…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 7
Also in Evening News

As far as the volume of business is concerned there was a decided improvement in the Sydney Exchange yesterday. Sales in many lines, however, were made at declining rates. The market for silver stocks fell back…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 9

Brilliant Central, 675 tons for 835oz, Victoria G. M. Company, 160 tons for 190oz. No. 4 Ph[?]nix, 68 tons for [?]oz, gold…

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Stockton Coal Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 9

The thirty-fifth half-yearly general meeting of the Stockton Coal Company was held yesterday, Mr. W. M. M. Arnold, chairman of the company, presiding. The account, showed that the net profit, added to the…

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Colliery Strike in Tasmania. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 8

The strike at the Cornwall and Mt. Nicholls colli[?]ries continnes. Each company intends to adhere to the decision not to grant the concession, asked. The men ask that a check weighman should…

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Colliery Disputes. Perth (W.a.)

The Australian Star · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 5

All the Collie coal mines have been closed down, owing to a difficulty regarding the hewing rate, which it has been proposed to reduce 6d per ton. The managers state that…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 9

Better business was dons in mining ventures on the Stock Exchange yesterday, and the values of the preceding day were pretty well maintained, Great Boulder Perseverance sold at £6, and there were…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 8

The ship Gipsy arrived to day from Sydney to load a cargo of coal from the H[?]t[?]on Colliery for the West Coast of South America, and the schooner J. C. Plluger also arrived from Sydney to load Sea[?]am…

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Coal Trade to South Africa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 8

An English correspondent writes:—"Why all the hurry to fix ships so far ahead from Cardiff to the Cape? A few days agp (December 20) one of the 'Counties' was reported fixed at 22s 6d May-June loading, and now the Crompton…

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