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Mining & the mines, 1901

5,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Coal Trade Trouble. Effect on Shipping. Coaling in Other Ports. a New Development

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 8

The look-out of coal lumpers continues without any immediate prospect of a settlement. The steamship owners are perfecting their arrange ments for the bunkering of their ships, and…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 8

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--The diamond drill operations are still being carried on by the Associated management from the upper northern lovels of the Lake View Consols. So far…

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Southern Collieries Idle

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.--The coal lumpers' strike is seriously interfering with the coal trade of the district, several of the collieries being idle since the beginning of the week…

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Convict Labor Dangers. Mutiny in a Coal Mine. a Difficult Situation

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--A serious mutiny has broken out in the Lausing colliery, Kansas, U.S.A., where 284 convicts, who were working underground, overpowered their guards and…

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Municipal Assessment of Collieries. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 8

The appeal of the Stockton Coal Company, Limittd, against the assessment of its property by the Municipal Council of Stockton, was heard at the City Courthouse to-day. Mr. Rankin,…

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Lake George Mines

Evening News · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 5

LONDON, March 20, 2.20 p.m.—The shareholders of the Lake George Mines, Limited, have appointed the liquidators a committee of inspection. The deficiency as regards the shareholders…

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The Coal Lumpers

Evening News · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 6

At the present time it seems that both sides have given themselves to making or answering assertions regarding one another. The Changsha incident has given rise to a deal of talk among…

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A Coal Bore

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 4

The State Minister for Works has granted permission to the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery Company to put down a bore on Waish Island, Newcastle Harbor. The work will be…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 9

Business in mining ventures was a little better on the Stock Exchange yesterday, but the depresion in all division is still very marked. Coal quotations were un[?]ltared, and no sales were recorded. No…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 5

LONDON, March 20.-Mount Lyell, £4 5S; North Mount Lyell, £2 10s; Chillagoe Railway and Mines, 25s…

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Mining Notes

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 3

Main Leads (Maryborough, Vic.) yesterday, declared their second dividend of 6d per share, payable on 25th inst. The price of tin declined to £114 10s per…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 8

The ship Australian arrived to-day from Table Bay to load n cargo of coal for San Francisco, and the four-masted schooner Ariel arrived from Sydney to load Seaham coal for K[?]napa[?]. The four-masted barque Octavia sailed…

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Charters FROM 1st March. Coal

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 3

Adderley, barque, 1141 tons, Newcastle to Coast Amsterdam, bq, 1100 tons, Newcastle to West Coast…

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The Coal Lumpers. Government Intervention

Evening News · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 5

The interview held on Wednesday between Mr. Clegg, secretary of the Department of Labor and Industry, and representatives of the owners, was at the instigation of the Minister (Mr. Perry), who…

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Submarine Miners' Boat. London, March 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 7

The New South Wales Submarine Miners' boat Miner has left Aden for Sydney…

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The United States. Convict Miners Mutiny

Evening News · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 5

LONDON, March 20.-Two hundred and eighty-four convicts who were working in the Lausing Colliery, Kansas, mutinied in the workings below. The mutineers will not allow the guards…

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Strength of the Coal-lumpers' Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 7

Mr. Herbert, secretary of the Sydney Coal-lum pers' Uniou, when seen by a "Herald" reporter yesterday, said he desi[?]ed to remove a wrong impression that appeared to exist concerniug the numerical…

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Submarine Mines Boat. for Use in Sydney Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The submarine mines boat Miner, which has been specially built for the New South Wales Government at a cost of £10,000, and is for use in Sydney Harbor,…

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The Coal Lumpers' Trouble. Action by the Government

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 4

The collier owners have held another meeting, but the situation from their point of view was not altered. Mr. Perry, the Minister for Labour and…

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London Mining Market. London. March 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 9

Mount Lyell, £4 5s. North Mount Lyell, £2 10s. Chillagoe Railway and Mines, 25s. ADELAIDE, Wednesday…

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