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Mining & the mines, 1901

5,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

Late Mining. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 6

Exchange quotations to-day were:—Hercules, seller 7s, Mount Lyell, buyer £5 17s 6d, seller £6 15s, Royal Tha[?] buyer 1s 9d; ditto, paid, buyer 2s 6d; Mount Lyel Reserve, buyer 8d, seller 1s 2d;…

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Southern Coal Trade. Stoppage at Woonona

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 9

BULLI, Thursday,--South Bulli minors met last night to receive the report the deputation which waited upon Mr. Vickery during the day regarding the shift wages and pillar…

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Newcastle Coal Trade. Trouble Again Brewing

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Friday.-At a special meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island miners last night it was unanimously decided not to resume work till the manager gave his…

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Newcastle. Colliery Strikes. the Hewing Rate in Dispute. Newcastle

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

Four of the col[?]eries which should have resumed operations to-day remained closed owing to disputes between the management aud the mines in regard to the rate to be paid for hewing coal. The collieries…

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Threatened Coal Famine in Victoria. Newcastle

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

The scarcity of coal in the Victorian market, [?] which reference was made in the telegraphic news from Melbourne published in to-day's issue of the "Sydney Morning Herald" is due to the fact that…

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A Mining Dispute. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 3

The miners employed at the South Bulli and Woonona mines came out to-day owing to a refusal of the arrangment to give the [?] rate on pillar coal as agreed to by the joint conference. A meeting of…

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Mining Troubles. Work Suspended. A Serious Position. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 5

At Wallsend operations have been suspended pending satisfactory terms being obtained. The West Wallsend and Wickham and Bullock Island miners also still refuse to work…

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Newcastle. Colliery Troubles. the Miners Still Dissatisfied

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 11

There was no change yesterday in connection with the mining difficulties at Wickham and Bullock Island and Stockton collieries. Mr. Jas. Fletcher, the manager of both, informed the…

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Gold Mining in the Philippines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 13

As Manila is now providing a market for a considerable quantity of N.S.W. produce, interest in the Philippines is naturally increasing. As to the mining possibilities, a writer in the…

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Australian Coal

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 32

The value of the coal raised in New South Wales in 1899 was £1,325.799, Queensland £175,715. Victoria £113,522, Tasmania £17,008, West Australia £25,951,…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 13

The Mount Morgan Company last month treated 6228 tons for 4600oz. gold. This return allows a continued falling off, the preceding three months' results being:--September, 20,051 tons, for 19,942oz.; October, 21,480 tons,…

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Australian Gold

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 40

The total value of gold raised in Victoria since 1851, when the first discoveries were made in Australia, until the end of 1898, was £250,738,820, New South Wales £45,794,198, Queensland…

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Machine-Cut Coal

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 52

One of the most interesting features in the present expansion of coal mining in the UnitedStates is the large part played by the mechanical coal-cutter, the keen competiton and high price…

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The Coal Famine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 11

The coal famine here continues to have far-reaching effects. The Melbourne Glass Bottle Works Company have shut down two furnaces, and temporarily dispensed with 40 hands. They…

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The Broken Hill Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 64

During a fortnight's run, the British Mine's plant treated 4001 tons of crudes, producing 496 tons of concentrates, bulking 61½ per cent, leid, 27½oz silver, 8½ per cent, zinc; also 196 tons of…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 11

Owing to the adjournment of the Sydney Stock Exchange for the holidays there are no transactions to report. On Monday business will be resumed on the Sydney Stock Exchange…

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Gold Dredging Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 64

Nearly all the New South Wales and Victorian public and private gold dredges have ceased operations until the end of the holidays. The following yields were announced for the…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 13

The ship Philomane arrived to-day from Table Bay to load a cargo of coal for the west coast of South America, and the four-masted schooner Manila arrived from Port Pirie to load coal for…

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Intercolonial Mining News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 64

A Wattle Flat telegram states that the yield of 167oz retorted gold from 100 tons of stone gives the Great Oakey tributbors a dividend of about £10 per week per man for fourteen weeks…

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The Colliery Strikes. One Thousand Men Out. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 9

The strikes of miners at the Wallsend, Stockton, Dudley, and Wickham and Bullock Island collieries still continue, and present indications do not point to an early settlement of the difficulties. The total…

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