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Mining & the mines, 1901

5,235 stories in Sydney's papers · page 84 of 250

Mining Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 1068

With reference to a cable in the "Herald" on Monday, Mr. R. N. Kirk has received the following communication from the secretary of the company in Adelaide:—"The colonial secretary of the British…

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Late Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 11

The most important mining news received in Melbourne yesterday was that from the Glenfine South. The footwall of the lode has been cut in the-wiaze, which is down about 15ft. below the 253ft. level. At this point…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 13

The Mining market showed less asimation yesterday than on the previous day. Western Australian stocks, on the whole, commanded improved prices, Associated and Boulder Half-mile South only…

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Gold Presentation Spade

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 1047

This handsome and valuable trophy is the offering to the Hon. E. W. O'Sullivan from the residents of the Pittwater district on the occasion of turning the first [?] of the Manly to Pittwater tramway. It is of so[?] gold 22 inches…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 10

The Adderley, barque, sailed to-day for Mauritius with 1880 tons of coal from the Co-operative Company's Colliery; and the four-masted schooner Minnie A. Caiue sailed for Mal[?]icons with 1447…

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Gold and Tin Dredging

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 54

The Kiandra Dredging Company, which recently declared a second dividend of 6d per share (absorbing a total of £750), still enjoys the distinction of being the only public dredging concern…

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Scottish Australian Mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 8

LONDON, Friday.—The report of the Scottish-Australian Mining Company for the half-year shows a profit of £0489, out of which a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum absorbs…

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Quicksilver Mining. in California

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 25

The only continuously profitable deposits of cinnabar in the United States (says the "Mining and Scientific Press"), have occurred in California, and in that State about all the mercury…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 55

Mount Drysdale Notes.—The Dapto smelters have treated several small parcels of ore for the tributors, at the Old Billagoe Proprietary. The returns have not been announced, but apparently…

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London Mining Market. London, April 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 13

Ivanhoe, £9 6s 3d. Mount Lyell, £5 2s 6d. North Mount Lyell, £2 8s 9d. Lake View, £9 12s 6d…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued from page 26.) The Mining Industry of N.S.W.

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 54

The Mines Department, Sydney, has issued, advance sheets of the statistics compiled concerning last year's mining operations in the State, the general result showing that substantial progress has…

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The Imperial Budget. the Export Tax on Coal. London, April 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 9

Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to a deputation, stated that he would exempt existing contracts from the export duty on coal…

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General Cables. The British Coal Duty. Great Fire in Germany. LONDON, April 26

The Australian Star · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 5

Sir Michael Hicks-Beach has informed deputations of coal masters and coal exporters that he is unable to abandon the duty on exported coal. The Miners' Federation of Great…

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Historic Melbourne. (Written for the "Town and Country Journal.") Ii. Rise of Pastoral Interests and Gold Rush

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 35

During the first ten years of the existence of Port Phillip Settlement it had been steadily progressing in wealth and population. In 1840 the number of people was about 244; in two years…

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Law Report. Friday, April 26. NO. 3 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Cohen and a jury of 4.) Dispute Over a Coal and Wood Business. M'Alpine v. Stone (part heard)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 12

Mr. Broomfield, instructed by Messrs. Curtiss and Barry, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Blacket, instructed by Mr. Henry Davis, for the defendant. This was an action brought by Daniel M'Alpine…

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More Colliery Trouble. a Miner Compelled to Leave

Truth · Sunday 28 April 1901 · page 3

"THIS is the true story of how I came to leave the old Eulli colliery," said Mr. Robert Spink[?], timber contractor and orchardist, Bull[?], to a reporter who wished for some…

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Striking a Gold Mine. Mrs. Harrison Got on to Good Property.—struck It Rich and Unexpectedly.—creates a Sensation

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 April 1901 · page 2

The surprise of a man who sinks a hole to make a well and strikes a gold mine is no double a pleasant one. Such a surprise was held in store for Mrs. Harrison, Alexandria…

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Mining News. to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 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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New Coal Mines. Thornton and Buttai Districts. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 29 April 1901 · page 8

Some time ago it was announced that the Thornton Colliery Estate had been purchased and that there was a probability that the mine would be reopened. It has now been…

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Working Days As the Collieries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 April 1901 · page 8

The Wallsend, Dudley, Burwood, and Seaham mining lodges have adopted a resolution in favour of reducing the working days from 11 to 10 per fortnight by declaring all Saturdays as holidays. This…

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