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Mining & the mines, 1901

5,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 250

The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 6

Four further additions wera made to-day to the fleet of deep-sea vessels awaiting coal cargoes for foreign markets. The Reaner, barque, armed from Port Pirie to load coal for Honolulu; the Marie,…

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Safety Mining Cages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 6

The miners' delegate board has carried the following resolution, "That the district officers of the Colliery employees' federation, together with the four labour members for this district, be requested to…

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Coal for the West Coast

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 5

At the Custom House yesterday the barque Ben Avon was cleared by Messrs. G.S. Yuill and Co.,Ltd., for Pisagua, Chili, with 2232 tons of Southern coal.She will probably put…

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Late Mining. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 5

The following were the quotations on 'ChangE to-day:—King River, buyer 6d, sellers 1s; New Golden Gates, £10 15s; British Zeehan, buyer 4s, seller 5s; Proferrence, ditto, buyer 30s; Hercules,…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued from page 26.) The Broken Hill Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 55

The Proprietary Company's output for the four months ended February 27, including product from purchased ores, was as follows: Gold, nil; silver, 513,258oz; soft lead, 4144 tons; antimonial…

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A Timber Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 25

A mine, the produce of which is timber, is noteworthy (says an American exchange). A mine of this sort is to be seen in Tongkln (China), where, in a formation of sand, at a depth of from 14ft to…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 13

The turnover on the Sydney Exchange yesterday was again on a very limited scale, and, in addition to being dull, the market for the most part was weak. Silver furnished the bulk of transactions, and values…

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Have We no Miners?

The Catholic Press · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 20

When an English experts, writing to the Melbourne "Argus," declared the other day that what the States wanted badly were competent mining managers, a great…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 627

The half-yearly meeting of the North Central Silver-mining Company was held at the company's office, 131 Pitt-street. Sydney, on the 27th ultimo. In their report the directors regretted…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 13

The Mining market yesterday was even worse than has been recorded during the week, as hardly anything was doing. Silver: There being inter-State orders for Broken Hill Norths, early sales were made…

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Dredge Mining Notes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 55

A Glen Innes correspondent writers: Some time this month will see the dredge in full swing at Glen Elgin. Other dredges are to be built to operate at Butterleaf and the Nine-mile…

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Australasian Mining Patents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 26

The following complete specifications have lately been accepted in the various colonies, underinentioned, and letters patent will, therefore, issue to the applicants in due course. This report is…

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General Mining News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 26

The recent crushing by Kenny and Frewin, Long Flat, near Gundagai, was 20 tons for a yield of 189oz gold. A Condobolin telegram reports that 60 tons of…

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General Mining News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 55

The Bombala warden last week granted Messrs. Davis and Forsythe, licences to mine for gold on private land at Cambalong. Surface damage was fixed at £2 in each instance, and rent at 5s…

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The Coal Trade. NEWCASTLE, Feb 27

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 627

The ship Sam Skolfield II arrived to-day from Sydney to load a cargo of coal from the West Wallsend Colliery for Manila, and the four-masted barque Octavia also arrived from Sydney to load a cargo of Seaham coal for the west…

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Queensland. Government School of Mines. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 9

Instruction at the Government School of Mines, Charters Towers, will commence towards the end of March, and will for the present be confined solely to two branches, mining and metallurgy; but in the…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 9

The braque Woollahra sailed to-day for Honolulu with 1174 tons of Waratah coal; and the barque Speme sailed for Valparaiso with 1688 tons of Wallsend coal. The barque Baroda cleared at the Custom-house this afternoon for…

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Southern Coal Trade. a Difficulty at Bulli

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 9

WOLLONGONG, Friday.-- Briskness has prevailed in the coal trade of the district during the week, all collieries having worked well. Shipments at this port were principally to Sydney…

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London Mining Market. London, March 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 13

Mount Lyell, £4 15s. North Lyoll, £2 15s. Chillagoe Railway and Mine[?], 28s 9d. ADELAIDE, Friday…

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The Coal Fields of New South Wales. Inland Measures. [?]

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 25

lt goes without saying that the coal seams adjacent to the ocean and to shipping ports, where there was a market, or where it could be most easily sent to market, have been developed…

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