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Mining & the mines, 1901

5,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 250

The Coal Lumpers. a Further Lockout. Owners Quiet

Evening News · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 6

An "Evening News" reporter visited the owners' headquarters in Pitt-st. yesterday, and saw the secretary, Mr. W. A. Firth, who remarked, with characteristic courtesy, "There's nothing…

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Mining on the Rand. Guarded by Yeomanry

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Work, including sinking and crushing, has begun on a limited scale on the Simmer and Jack, Jubilee, City and Suburban, Salisbury, and oilier…

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Mr. O'sullivan and Gold Shipments to America. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 8

Sir,—Mr O'Sulhvan's correspondence on this subject has caused considerable amusement to those interested in the financial world by the manner he has dealt with an economic fact, which he, as a Minister…

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West Australian Goldfields. an Important Discovery

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 7

KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--Block 45 is now doing a very fair amount of prospecting and development work in the new main shaft. The eastern crosscut at the 200ft. level has been extended 70ft., and the country is highly…

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Bulli Colliery Disaster Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 12

The quarterly meeting of the executive committee of the Built Colliery Disaster Fund was held yesterday at the office of the secretary, Mr. James Robertson. The president. Mr. John…

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

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 56

The general manager of the Junction Mine stated recently that while lead remained at its present low price, work at the mine would be confined principally to retreatment. The capabilities of…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 13

The mining market yesterday continued flat, and unprofitable. A fair number of sales were effected in silver scrip, but prices inclined to favor the buyers. B.H. Block 10 were placed at 739 and South had…

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The Wyalong Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 56

The Nil Desperandum Company has been granted six months' suspension of labor conditions. Very rich mineralised ore is being raised from the lower levels of the True Blue Mine. Assays…

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The Coal Trade

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 754

Scarcity of trucks is still responsible for serious delays at the Lithgow collieries. Last week the Lithgow colliery lost one hour, Hermitage one and a half hour, Zig Zag three hours, Oakey Park two hours,…

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Coal Near Bandon

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 8

Rumours have been current in Bandon for some days to the effect that a coal seam has been discovered at Coolfoula, a townland situated within a mile and a half of Bandon…

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The Coal Lumpers

Evening News · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 4

During Friday afternoon there was trouble with the wharf laborers engaged on the R.M.S. Acrangi. The men were engaged handling bagged coal, and refused to continue, claiming that the…

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Foreign Miners in Scotland

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 25

Imported labor has been causing some trouble among the miners of South Wales, and now the miners of Scotland are agitating against the employment of foreigners in coal mines. Fr m…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 13

The volume of business transacted in mining stocks on 'Change yesterday was about the same as usual. No change occurred in coal mines, and no sales were reported. Alterations in copper quotations were…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 10

The Louisiana, barque, sailed to-day for Honolulu with 2101 tons of East Greta coal. The ship Sam Skolfield sailed for Manila with 1780 tons of West Wallsend coal, and the barque Spartan sailed for San Francisco with…

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The Coal Trade Trouble

The Arrow · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 1

COMMERCE: "Those fellows had etter 'pull together.' Pulling against each other like this will choke me off altogether."…

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A Stream of Gold

Evening News · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 6

A poor widow, living at Campagna, near [?]deaux, had reached a stage of abject [?] the little hovel in which she lived was [?] food nor fuel, and the cold was great. As a last…

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More Colliery Tremble. a Miner Compelled to Leave

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 3

"This is the true story of how I came to leave the old Bulli colliery," said Mr. Robert Spinks, timber contractor and orchardist, Bulli, to a reporter who wished for some…

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Broken Hill Mining

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 721

Mr. J. C. Moulder, the general manager of the Junction, who has been away from Broken Hill for the past three weeks, returned on the 14th inst. by the express. When spoken to regarding the policy he…

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General Mining News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 56

The tributors in Jansen's Claim, Yambulla, recently crushed 13½ tons for a return equal to slightly over 1½oz gold per ton. A Temora wire reports that 8½ tons of stone…

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Australasian Mining Patents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 25

The following complete specifications have lately been accepted 1n the various colonies under-, mentioned, and letters patent will, therefore, issue to the applicants in due course. This report…

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