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Mining & the mines, 1901

5,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250

Association Gold Medal Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 3

At the Waverley bowling green yesterday afternoon Mr. Fors[?]berg, of the City Club, met Mr. Donaldson (Waverley) in the Association Gold Medal competition. The game was evenly contested. Both…

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King Conrad Silver and Lead Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 7

The directors have returned from the King Conrad mine, Bora Creek (N S. W.), where they found the whole of the machinery at the main shaft and other surface works erected and in first-class order. They…

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Western Australian Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 7

The January return from Brown Hill shows sands retroated for a yield of 913oz. 16dwt. 12gr.; concentrates smelted yielded 2043oz. 7dwt. 18fgr.; total, 2957oz. 4dwt. 6gr…

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English Commercial. Chillagoe Mining and Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.--Chillagoe Mining and Railway shares are quoted this afternoon at 35s, showing an advance of 3s 9d on Saturday's quotation…

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Coal Trade Troubles. Latest From Newcastle. Trimmers and Stevedores. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 5

The coal-trimmers have rescinded the resolution not to work after 6 p.m. on Saturdays. A number of the men considered that it would be unfair to abide by that decision,…

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Second Edition. 3 A.m. Mount Lyell Mine. Recent Developments. Condition of the Workings

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 5

QUEENSTOWN, Thursday.--In view of the general anxiety of the public in regard to the development of No. 7 tunnel of the Mount Lyell mine, a report on the work done there, as it shows…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 6

PERTH, Thursday.--Brown-hill sands retreated for 913oz.. the concentrates treated at Fremantle for 2043oz., making a total of 2956oz. Rice and party, the lucky tributers of Hannan's…

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Mr. Croudace's Collieries. and the Selling Price of Coal

People · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 2

MR. THOMAS CROUDACE is general manager of the Scottish Australian Mining Company, Limited, and he has entered into…

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Southern Collieries. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 14

At Wollongong the steamers Palmerston, Mount Kembla, and Wallsend, and the schooners Clara, Ethel, and Countess of Errol loaded coal for Sydney At Kembla the steamer Koonya loaded coke for…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued from page 26.) Gold Dredging News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 56

The recent poor yields returned by the Little River dredge has resulted in the master shifting it 150 yards further up the river. Should results show no improvement, the dredge will be trans…

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Mining

Evening News · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 2
Also in The Daily Telegraph

MOONAN BROOK, Friday.-Some nice gold-bearing stone has 'been struck last week. On Omidale Brook side, in the claim known as the Currajong, one piece, 1lb in weight, was crushed in the…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 6

Monkland Tribute, 75 tons for 23[?]z. Lake View Consols (two months), ll.[?]z. Great Boulder (W. A.), [?] tons for 12,[?]oz. M'[?]l Bros. (S[?]ng), 35 tons for 77[?]z…

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Gold Returns

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 26

The gold yield of New South Wales for January is officially reported at 22,869oz, valued at £74,995, For the same month last year the yield was 42,066oz, valued, at £147,219. Various causes…

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The Broken Hill Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 56

The Junction Company has ceased operations for the present, owing, it is said, to the decline in the price of silver and lead, and the high cost of working the ore available. At present metal…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 5

LONDON, February 15.-Mount Lyell, £4 17s 6d; North Mount Lyell, £2 17s 6d; Chillagoe Railway and Mines, 32s 6d…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 6

Business in mining ventures, as disclosed by the records of the Stock Exchange, was even duller than usual yesterday. Taken all round, New South Wales coal shares were about the same as on the…

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The Coal Trimming Difficulty

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 11

The Coal Trimmers' Union has rescinded a resolution recently come to that no work should be done by them between 6 p.m. on Saturdays and 6 a.m. on Mondays, and substituted another…

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The Coal Shipping Difficulty

Evening News · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Friday.-Owing to the inconvenience caused to chipping, through the coaltrimmers refusing to worts after 6 o'clock on Saturday night, some of the steamship companies…

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The Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 11

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The coal trade of the district still continues brisk, alt the collieries having worked well during the week at this port, the principal shipments were to Sydney,…

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