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Mining & the mines, 1901

5,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 250

The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 6

The quantity of coal shipped at the Government hydraulic cranes at the Dyke for internal, inter-state, and foreign consumption during the departmental week ended this morning was 65,041 tons as…

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South Australian Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Monday.--Favorable reports continue to be received regarding the richness and permanence of the Tarcoola goldfield in the north-west. The manager of the Tarcoola Blocks Company reports that in clearing…

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New Mining Company

Evening News · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 5

LONDON, February 18, 1.8 p.m.-The prospectus of the New Waltekauri Extended Company has been issued. The capital is £100,000 in 5s shares. It is proposed to issue 360,000 shares…

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Western Australian Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 4

A return issued by the Chamber of Mines shows that the total gold produced by the Kalgoorlie mines during January was 67,585oz. from 45,527 tons crushed…

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Gold Shipments From Western Australia. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 5

The R.M.S. China's gold shipment comprised 30 bars bullion for the Union Bank, London, £10,290; Bank of Australasia, £38,247; Union Bank, £27,810; National Bank, £21,350; P. and O. Company, £4000…

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The Mining Disaster. Sixty-five Men Suffocated

Evening News · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 5

LONDON, February 18.-The miners who were imprisoned in a colliery at Cumberland, Vancouver Island, through the mine taking fire, have been suffocated. They consisted of 27 whites, 29…

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New Mining Company. London, February 18, 1.48 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 4

The New Waitekauri Extended Gold-mining Co. is being formed, with a capital of £100,000, and 360,000 5s shares are being Issued to the public at 3s 3d…

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Terrible Mining Disaster. London, February 18, 6.30 a.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 4

The miners who were imprisoned in a colliery at Cumberland, British Columbia, through the mine catching fire, have been suffocated. They consisted of 27 whites, 29…

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Mining Disaster in British Columbia. Sixty-five Men Suffocated. London, Feb. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 5

The miners who were imprisoned in a colliery at Cumberland, British Columbia, through the mine becoming on fire, have been suffocated. They consisted of 27 whites, 29…

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Charge of Conspiracy. Alleged Salting of Samples. A South Coast Mining Case

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 6

At the Criminal Court yesterday, before Mr. Acting-justice Pring, George Axam, Thomas Mooney, Alfred Faulder, and James Harvey, were charged with conspiring among…

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Charge of Conspiracy. Alleged Salting of Samples. A South Coast Mining Case

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 5

At the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Acting Justice Pring, the hearing of the charge of conspiracy against George Axam, Thomas Mooney, Alfred Faulder, and James…

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West Australian Goldfields. Work on the Associated

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Monday.--Mr. Hewitson, the manager of the Associated, has obtained permission from the Lake View Consols management to do some diamond-drilling from the ends of…

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Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 8
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LITHGOW, Tuesday.-The mining industry throughout the district at present is retarded in consequence of scarcity of water, though owners and miners are utilising to the best advantage…

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Lithgow Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 8

LITHGOW, Tuesday.--Last week the tappers and feeders employed at the water jacket asked for an increase of 6d per day, which was not granted. Thereupon the tappers left. The…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 9

Although a larger number of mining stocks were dealt with yesterday than on the previous day no changes of any significance took place. New South Wales coal shares were unaltered. In copper…

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The Coal Export Teade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 8

The barque Snow and Burgess arrived to-day from Sydney to load a carge of coal from the Pacific Co-Operative Colliery for Honolulu. The ship Philomene satled to-day for Tal Tal with 2134 tons of West Wallsend coal; the…

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West Australian Gold Fields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--The overdue air compressor for the Ivanhoe has arrived and is now being unloaded. At the mine foundations have been prepared for some time, and when…

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Alluvial Gold Trust Limited

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 9

Among the registrations of the declining days of the old century (writes our London correspondent), when there was a perfect rush of embryo joint stock ventures registered so as to avoid certain of the provisions of the…

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Charters FROM 1st February. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 2

Ariel, bq, 820 tons, Newcastle to West Coast Challenger, sh. 1399 tons, Newcastle to Honolulu option San Francisco Firth of Dornoch, bq, 880 tons, Newcastle to…

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