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Mining & the mines, 1901

5,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 250

The Lithgow Collieries. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 5

An aggregate meeting of miners was held last night in the Protestant Hall, the chief business being the consideration of the [?]ners' further reply, which was to the effect that the owners…

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Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

YAMBULLA, Tuesday.-During the pase week the following small parcels have been treated at Haugh's Federal battery-tributors on Haugh's 15-acre lease, 15tons for a yield of 105 per ton…

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Yields. Gold

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

Day Dawn Freehold Consolfdated, Charters Towers, crushed [?]00 tons for 42Soz, 4dwt. Brilliant Central, Charters Towers, 600 tons for 687oz, smelted gold…

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The Western Collieries. Disagreement on the Hewing Rate

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 7

LITHGOW, Tuesday.--An aggregate meeting of miners was hold last night, to consider the colliery-owners' reply to a request for further consideration in regard to the increased hewing…

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Tasmanian Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 11

A telegram from Queenstown (Tas.) states that at the North Prince Lyell the tunnel is now in 303ft. The country has again changed, quartz schist having now come in, showing a seam of solid iron pyrites. This…

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Mining Intelligence

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

The business on 'Change yesterday but slightly improved upon the dul[?]ess which has characterised the market for a week or more. Silver stocks all weakened on account of the decline in lead values…

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Mining Matters

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 3

No. 2 North Oriental expect gold-bearing country to make its appearance in the rise at any shot. Queen Margaret (W.A.), during the past…

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Late Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 9

The Barn Bluff milling prosily, Tasmania, has been placed under offer to Mr. Harr[?] Palmer. The capital is to be £150,000, and the present shareholders are receive a one-fourth fully paid up interest in shares. The…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 8

The ship Servia arrived to-day from Melbourne to load a cargo of coal for Honolul[?]. The steamer New Guinea sailed to-day for Batavia with 3250 tons of coal from various collieries, and the four-masted…

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Charters From 1St March. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 3

Amsterdam, bq, 1100 tons, Newcastle to West Coast Avanti Savoia, bq, 1893 tons, Newcastle to West Coast…

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Increase in the Gold Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 7

The gold yield for the State of Victoria for February was 54,625oz., and for the two months of the present year 105,770oz., an increase of 3079oz. over the same period of last year…

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Late Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 8

The February return for the Great Boulder state[?] that they crushed at the mine battery 2178 tons for 1496oz. 17 dwts. of gold, and treated by the sulplude plant 4193 tons, yielding by amalgamation…

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Queensland. Flood at Gympie. the Mines Threatened. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 7

Owing to the heavy rain, over 13 inches having been recorded at Gympie, the rise in the Mary River is the most s[?]usational on record. The river rose 43ft. 10[?] in 24 hours, and remained at…

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New Zealand Coal Combine. Government Going to Break It. Mr. Seddon's Plan

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 6

WELLINGTON, Tuesday.--Mr. Seddon's intentions regarding a State coal-mine do not invoivo the nationalisation of all the mines, or the mere supplying of coal for Government…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 8

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--Great Boulder old battery treated 2178 tons, principally sulphides, for 149Goz.; the sulphide plant 4193 tons for 1617oz. by amalgamation and 6177oz. by…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 March 1901 · page 9

The mining market on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday continued lifeless, and the turnover was very restricted. West Australian companies were generally weaker upon a relapse in London quotations. Great…

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Lithgow Coal Trouble

Evening News · Thursday 14 March 1901 · page 6

LITHGOW, Wednesday.-An aggregate meeting of the local miners was held on Monday night in the Protestant Hall, the chief business being the consideration of the coal owners' further…

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Defective Ventilation in Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 March 1901 · page 5

Some time ago Mr. Jenkins, Government metallurgist, was appointed chief inspector of ventilation in mines. He has lately examined several of the principal mines in the State, and in his…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Thursday 14 March 1901 · page 5

LONDON, March 13.-chillangue, 30s; Mount Lyell,64 12s 6d; North mount Lyell, 62 13s 9d. The wesleyan church will co-operate with other chruches in a simultaneous mission in this…

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