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Mining & the mines, 1901

5,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 250

General Mining News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 26

Mining operations on private property in the Tuena district seem to be meeting with good results. During three days, Messrs. Hoare and Cooper (who are working a quartz leader on pri…

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Welsh and American Coal Compared

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

In the course of an interview, Mr. William P. Read, of Chicago, who was recently in England, is stated to have said: "I have reports from Professor Alexander R. Whitehill, the head professor…

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The World's Coal and Iron

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

According to statistics recently published, the world's total output of coal for the year 1899 was 723,239,177 metric tons. To that total the British Empire contributed 239,995,148 tons, the share of…

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Dredge Mining in N.S.W. The Federal Centrifugal Gold-Sluicing Company. Operations on Jenbaicumbene Creek

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

IT is now just about two years since the writer visited the Braidwood district with the object of looking into the possibilities of a very large area of land applied for on the Jembaicumbene Creek for…

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Crushing and Smelting Returns. GOLD

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

Day Dawn Freehold Consolidated, Chatters Towers, crushed 500 tons for 428oz. 4dwt. Brilliant Central, Charters Towers, 600 tons for 687oz. smelted gold…

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Late Mining. Gympie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 9

Ellen Harkins Amalgamated crushed 137 tons for 97[?]z. smelted gold. On 'Change to-day No. 1 North Columbia sold at 5s 10d and 5s 11d; No. 1 South Gymp[?]e Gold…

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More Trouble in the Coal Trade

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 709

If the recent trouble, a dispute between the owners of steam colliers and the Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union, were not a very serious matter, the old joke which is founded…

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The Coal Trade. Meeting of the Coal Lumpers' Executive. the Minister for Labour As Mediator

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 9

There are no new features to record regarding the position of affairs relating to the disagreement between the collier owners and the Sydney Coal- Lumpers' Union. Inquiries from different sources…

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The Coal Difficulty. Mediation of the Minister

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 5

No new developments have occurred in connection with the disagreement between the collier owners and the Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union. The work of loading is being carried…

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R. Seddon, Wholesale and Retail Coal Merchant

People · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 2

THE announcement that the Macriland Government (with the authority of Parliament) intend to own and operate a coalmine has, of…

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Gold Dredging and Sluicing. in New Zealand

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

One important fact brought out in evidence before the Rivers Commission recently was that ground in the valley of the Tuapeka River formerly worked by paddocking was left in a very…

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A Fatal Explosion. In a Kalgoerlie Mine. KALGOORLIE

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 5

A terrible accident occurred yesterday in the Associated mine. Two of the miners, J. Hart and W. H. Byfield, went to work in a shaft 40ft. below the 600ft. level, when an…

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Western Australia. Terrible Mining Accident. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 9

A shocking accident, said to be the result of a missfire, occurred early this morning in the Associated mine, and resulted in the death of a miner, and serious injuries, which are likely to prove fatal, to another…

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Bowls. Champion Gold Medal, Competition. Results of the Third Round

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

The following are the results of the third round of the Champion Gold Medal Competition:- Captain Kondio (Waverley), 21, beat P. C. Butler (city), 18…

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Coal Trade Trouble. Negotiations for a Conference. Minister for Labor Asked to Assist

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 11

The executive of the Coal Lumpers' Union met yesterday morning to consider certain proposals made by the Minister for Labor and Industry. The sitting was a lengthy one and in the…

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West Australian. Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 9

KALGOORLIE, Friday.--When the whole, additions to the plant are completed, the Perseverance mine, will put through about 300 tons of ore a day. The decision of the authorities to authorities to…

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Terrible Mining Accident

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 March 1901 · page 8

A shocking accident, said to be the result of a missfire, occurred in the Associated mine, Kalgoorlie. It resulted in the death of a miner, and serious injuries, which are…

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Around the Globe. the Golden Andes. Sir Martin Conway's Finds in South America—rivers Rich with Gold

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 March 1901 · page 10

Sir Martin Conway, who has returned from carrying out extensive explorations in South America, has given some most interesting particulars of the wonderful gold…

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A Colliery Abandoned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1901 · page 8

The Borehole Colliery, of worldwide f[?]me, belonging to the Australian Agricultural Company, has now been abandoned, the s[?]m of coal having been completely worked out. The miners were withdrawn from…

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Mining

Evening News · Monday 25 March 1901 · page 7

PEAK HILL, Friday.-Although we have had 2½ in of rain here, there is very little life in mining. However, the companies cannot put forth the usual excuse-"want of water"-as most of…

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