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Mining & the mines, 1901

5,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 70 of 250

Girls As Coal Heavers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 13

Bishop Potter paints this realistic picture in a paper in the March "Century,'' recording his impressions of Japan;— If I were asked to say, of all that I saw in…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 9

The ship St. E[?]och arrived to-day from Table Bay to load a cargo of coal for the West Coast of South America, and following coal-laden vessels sailed for foreign markets:—John Palmer, four masted…

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More Colliery Trouble. a Miner Compelled to Leave

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 4

"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 particulars…

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Dredge Mining Notes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 55

The Minister for Mines, Sydney, has decided to grant the following applications for dredging leases: S. Cassidy, Eucumbene River; J. Struthers, Cudgegong River (2); F. Bennett,…

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General Mining News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 56

A Queensland syndicate has been granted a lease of about thirty acres on the Wyalong field. A recent crushing of 25 tons by the Suminergill Tributors returned 27oz…

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Australasian Mining Patents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 36

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

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Victorian Mining Laws

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 36

The Minister for Mines, Melbourne, was waited upon last week by a deputation from the Amalgamated Miners' Association to urge certain amendments in the mining laws, and to suggest…

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General Mining News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 37

A Molong wire reports that Palmer and party have struck a rich formation about 12ft Wide, and carrying fair gold- A triad lot will be sent to the Dapto smelters…

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Mining Opinions and Assays

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 880

Doreen.—The mineral is iron gossan. It may carry gold, but it is doubtful. It cannot be stated positively without assay. The assay fee would be 7s 6d for one metal, and 10s 6d for two metals…

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The Coal Trade. NEWCASTLE, March 30

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 881

The quantity of coal exported to places beyond the State during the week ended at noon yesterday was 64,275 tons, of which 36,520 tons were shipped for inter-State ports and 26,555 tons for foreign markets,…

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Cobar Chesney Copper Mine. Report by an Expert

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Mr. J. T. Greenaway has furnished a report concerning the Cobar Chesney copper and gold property to the directors Amongst other things, he states that at a depth of…

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Great Cobar Copper Mining Company

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 4

The application to have the Great Cobar Copper Mining Co., Limited, wound up, as opposed to a counter application for a voluntary winding up, was decided by Mr. Justice…

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London Mining Market. London, April 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 11

Mount Lyell, £4 5s. North Lyell, £2 12s. 3d. Chillagoe Railway and Mines, 27s 6d. KALGOORLIE, Friday…

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Charge of Forging Gold Warrants. London, April 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 9

H. E. Fry, a director of a smelting corporation, and R. H. Evan, a smelter, have been arrested on a charge of having forged warrants for gold. They are beleived to be the…

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A Bit of Gundagai:Mining History. (See illustration on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 36

On March 11 the big boiler from Johnstone's Hill was carried through Gundagai. It is one of the largest ever put on the truks in New South Wales. Exclusive of accessories, which weigh…

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Bronchitis and Pleurisy. "For any one affected with the same, Scott's Emulsion is worth its weight in gold."

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 8

You cannot doubt the wide range of usefulness of cod liver oil, and, whereas for about a century this oil was prescribed in its raw state, In spite of its taste and the difficulty of digesting it…

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Mysterious Mine. Dead Man's Secret

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 April 1901 · page 10

There is a reef or leader somewhere out Broughton way which should handsomely pay the man who finds it (relates the Charters Towers "Evening Telegraph.")…

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Mining News. to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 April 1901 · page 9

[Letters marked "mining" must reach us not later than Thursday. No notice is taken of anonymous correspondence. The coupon printed ia the "Free Information" column must be cut out…

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Gold Bricks for Heirs. How the American Confidence Trickster Works

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 April 1901 · page 10

Some "gold brick" swindles have been most cleverly carried out recently, and copies of the letters written by the swindlers, which the "Daily 'Mail" (Lo-…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 7

So far as mining business was concerned the week ended at noon on Thursday, when the Stock Exchange closed for the holidays. The daily sales were below the average, and no remarkable features…

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