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Mining & the mines, 1901

5,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 80 of 250

Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 April 1901 · page 9

Saturday's business in the mining market was about equal in volume to that usually recorded on the last day of the week. Among high-priced Western Australian stocks, Perseverance and Ivanhoe Sold…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 April 1901 · page 8

The quantity of coal exported to places beyond the State [?]uriug toe week ended at noon yesterday was 61,167 tons, of which 35,645 tons were consigned to inter-State ports and 35,522 tons to foreign markets…

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Westport Coal for the Warships

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 April 1901 · page 4

The naval authorities have made arrangements with the Union S.S. Company to bring a cargo of Westport coal across to Melbourne for the use of the cruisers St. George and Juno, which…

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The Proposed British Coal Duty

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 April 1901 · page 4

Vast as is the yearly coal output of the United Kingdom (220 millions of tons), upwards of one-fourth of it is shipped either to foreign countries or for the use of…

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The Coal Export Duty. London, April 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 April 1901 · page 7

Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has promised to consider the question of the exemption from the duty of existing coal contracts for export…

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Mining Notes. Reports and Prospects

The Australian Star · Monday 22 April 1901 · page 2

Mount Lyell mining and railway scrip is largely oversold in London. Rich sulphide ore has been struck at depth on the Wyalong field…

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London Mining Market. London, April 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 April 1901 · page 9

Associated Gold Mines, £2 [?] 9d. Broken Hill Proprietary, £2 6s. Great Boulders, 26s 3d. I[?] £8 18s 9d…

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Export Coal Duties. an Exemption Promised. Foreign Purchasers Favored

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--Sir, Michael Hicks- Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has promised to consider the question of granting an exemption from the new duty of 1s…

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Mining Notes. Deports and Prospects. EXCHANGE

The Australian Star · Monday 22 April 1901 · page 6

Central Plateau clean up the new 20-head battery early, next month. North, Argus: shaft is now going down in nearly all stone, but up to the present it…

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The British Budget. Sugar and Coal Duties. Effect on Sydney Trade

The Australian Star · Monday 22 April 1901 · page 6

A representative of the "Star" made some inquiries among commercial men in the city on Saturday with the view of ascertaining whether the new Imperial taxation would have…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 9
Also in Evening News

An all-round improvement in lending West Australian shares was the chief movement in values on the Sydney Exchange yesterday. At the same time the inquiry showed the quietude prevailing in other sections of the…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 9

Band of Hope, Charters, Towers, 470 tons for 537oz. gold, Colombo, gold for week, 14oz. 19dwt. 10gr. for 103[?] hours' work. Macquarie No. 1, gold for the week, 160z. 1dwt. 3gr…

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The Coal Duties

Evening News · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 4

Telegrams every day show that the export duty on coal, which is a part of the new British Budget, is exciting great opposition, and that possibly the Government will have to modify its…

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Miners' Accident Relief Act

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 9

WYALONG, Monday.--At a large meeting of those interested in the industry, held at West Wyalong, for the purpose of considering the Miners' Accident Relief Act, it was decided to draft amendments, and submit same to…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 9

Mining business was quiet on the Stock Exchange yesterday. Western Australian Stocks were again firmer, with higher prices in some instances. Ivanhoe, Perseverance, and Great Boulder Proprietary…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 6

The quantity of coal shipped at the Government Hydraulic Cranes at the Dyke for State, inter-State, and foreign consumption during the departmental week ended this morning was 64,104 tons, as…

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Miners' Accident Fund. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 4

The Wallsend hoard appointed to supervise the local workings of the Miners' Accident Relief Fund during the fortnight received in contributions the sum of £25 17s 1½d. The…

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The Mining Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 4

The annual reports of the Department of Mines are always interesting, as showing how the great asset we possess in the mineral deposits of this State is developing. The…

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A Mining Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 5

A shocking accident occurred at Mount Morgan mine to-day. William Medium and Ernest James, miners, had been tiring some explosives, but one charge did not explode. They went back and…

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