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Mining & the mines, 1901

5,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 74 of 250

The Coal Trade. NEWCASTLE, April 3

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 940

The barque Adderley arrived to-day from Sydney to load a full cargo of coal from the Pacific Co-operative Colliery for Mauritius, and the following coal-laden vessels cleared at the Custom-house for…

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In a Welsh Mining Village

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 34

An English tourist walked into an old-fashioned country in situated in a mining district of Wales one day last summer. (He got into conversation with the colliers who were sitting…

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Submarine Miners at Work. Annual Training at George's Head

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 6

The Submarine Miners, who are putting in their annual fortnight's continuous training at George's Head, overlooking Chowder Bay, have been doing a good deal of useful work during the last few…

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London Mining Market. London, April 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 10

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

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 39

The usual weekly report of the Girilambone Copper Mine stated that 112 tons of ore were raised, the assay value being 4.88 for copper. No change of importance was noted in the workings…

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Champion Gold Medal Competition, 1901,. Draw for Final

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 12

Captain Kondio (Waverley) v. Hogue (City). To be played off not later than Saturday, 20th April 1901.Contestants to mutually arrange date and green upon which to play…

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Coal Trade with Foreign Markets. Review of the Month

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 9

During the four weeks ended to-day 55 vessele have been despatched to foreign markets with cargoes of coal aggregating 116,458 tons. The shipments to different ports on the west coast of South America…

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Alleged Mining Swindle. Charge of False Pretences

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 11

A young man named William George Daun[?]ey pleaded not guilty at the Quarter Sessions yesterday, before Acting-Judge Hamilton to a charge of having on June 14, 1960, falsely…

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The Yambulla Gold Field. Report by Mr. J.b. Jaquet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 11

The Minister for Mines has been furnished by Mr. J. B. Jaquet, geological surveyor of the Mining Department, with a lengthy report upon the Yambulla, goldfield, which is situated near the Victorian border, about 40 miles from…

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Champion Gold Medal Competition. Draw for Final. Captain Kondio (Waverley) v. J. A. Hogue (City)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 10

To be played off not later than Saturday, 20th instant. Contestants to mutually arrange date and green upon which to play…

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Bar Gold Robbery

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 April 1901 · page 9

Bars of gold bullion worth £12,000 were stolen from the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, of the North German Lloyd line, on her passage from New York to Cherbourg…

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A Stream Op Gold

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 April 1901 · page 10

A poor widow, living at Campagne, near Bordeaux, had reached a state of abject misery. In the little hovel in which she lived was neither food nor fuel, and the…

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Mining News. to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 April 1901 · page 9

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

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Mining. the Yambulla Gold Field

Evening News · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 7

Mr. J. P. Jacquet, Government Geological Surveyor, has forwarded the following report to the Minister for Mines on the Yambulla field: "Yambulla is situated near the Victorian border, in the…

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Re-opening Greta Colliery

Evening News · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 6

MAITLAND. Saturday Afternoon.—Some considerable time most elapse, in the opinion of Inspectors Atkinson and Dixon, before the exact state of affairs at Greta Colliery can be…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 9

The market was again quiet on the Sydney stock Exchange on Saturday, though despite the moderate extent of the turnover more disposition was evinced to operate than on the two preceding days. Mount Lyell continued…

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The Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 5

Exports of coal front Newcastle to places beyond the State amounted last week to 56,815 tons, of which there were sent to Victoria 16,050 tons, West Australia 11,000 tons, Honolulu 7480 tons,…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 9

Business in the Mining market on Saturday was about the same as is usually recorded for the last day of the week Dealings were restricted to the few lines which have had attention during the week, and…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, April 14.—Associated, £2 10s; Broken Hill, £2 6s 6d; Chillagoe Railway and Mines, £1 7s 6d; Great Boulder, £1 4s; Ivanhoe, £8 10s; Lake View Consols, £9; Mount Lyell, £5 1s 3d;…

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Tasmanian Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 9

QUEENSTOWN, Sunay.--An important development has taken place on the Juke's Consols mine immediately to the north of Mount Juke'a Proprietary. Forty-one feet in from the main tunnel, 2ft of high-grade pyritic…

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