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Mining & the mines, 1902

5,556 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250

Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 9

The inquiry was very quiet yesterday on the Sydney Exchange, and only a limited turnover resulted. Nevertheless movements in prices were mostly on the upgrade. In the copper section the three North…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 9

Burnt Creek G.M. Company, N.L.—Yield for the wee[?], 79oz. Columbia Smithfield.—Crushed 40 tons for 59oz. of smelted gold…

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The Coal Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 6

There has been a revival in the coal trade during the past few weeks. Eighteen of the collieries of the district have worked full time for the fortnight ended on Saturday last, while several others lost less than a day. The number…

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Inverell Mines. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 9

The Union Tin-'mining Company's property, of 1060 acres, at Elsmore, has changed hands, the new owners, Messrs. Brown, Cooper, and others, having taken delivery this week…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 9

The week opened quietly on the Mining market yesterday, and prices showed very little change, although an easier tendency was manifested in some directions. Western Australian ventures had very…

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Gold Dredging Returns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 9

Araluen Contral, 46oz. 2dwt. 2gr. for 132 hours' work. Araluen Valley Consolidated, 19oz. for 1[?] ho[?]' work. Colombo, 20oz. 10dwt. 10gr. for 117 hours' work. Jemba[?]umbene, [?]oz. for 2[?] hours' work…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 6

The Olga, four-masted schooner, sailed to-day for Honolulu with 827 tons of Duckenfield coal. The King Malcolm, barque, cleared at the Customs-house for Valparaiso with 199[?] tons of Wallsend coal; and the Benares,…

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Tingha Tin Mines. Tingha

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 9

Brickwood and party at the New Ba[?] are down 75ft. on the reef, but do not expect to strike anything till they go another 25ft. Cowan and party, sinking on Tet Fong's block on Jones's lead, are…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 9

The Proprietary Mine shipments for the week ended January 15 to Port Pirie comprised 5366 tons, which consisted of 2346 tons of exidised ores and 3020 tons of mill products…

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A Brisk Fortnight in the Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 6

For the fortnight which ended on Saturday the miners employed at the following collieries will draw full pay on Friday next:--Wallsend, Sea Pit Senham, Waratah, Killingworth, Dudley, East…

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A Mining Battery Destroyed by Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 6

At Myrtleford the battery of the Blue Bell Mining Company was burnt to the ground on Saturday. Two copper plates, such bearing 5oz. of gold, and a bottle of quicksilver are missing. Footprints are…

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Mining in New South Wales. Gilgunnia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 9

Work in the raines has been resumed after the holidays. It is stated that the Silver Ray, at the Four-mile, for which a lease has been granted, is again to be worked. The Off Chance, which adjoins…

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Late Mining. Charters Towers Developments. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 6

A Charters Towers wire states that the rise in the prince of Victoria Queen shares is due to improvement in the stone in No. 7 level, where it is 2ft. thick. This development is regarded as very…

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Mining Notes. Westralian News. The Glenfine South

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 3

It is anticipated that the new-50-head battery now being erected on the Golden Horseshoe Mine, Kalgoorlle, will be finished about the end of the month…

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Rain on the Goldfields Railway. Erection of a Government Condensing Plant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 6

Good rain has fallen in the Gascoyne pastoral district. A fall of 4in. is recorded for two days. Light rains have fallen along the goldfields railway, but the quantity impounded in the dams is…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Monday.--A good development is announced from the Ironsides North, the western crosscut at the 400 level having intersected, about 313ft. from the shaft, an ore body 3ft. 6in…

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Waihi Gold-mining Co. London, January 21

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 4

The Waihi Gold Mining Co. of New Zealand has resolved to amalgamate with the Waihi Union Gold Mining Co…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 11
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The turnover on the Sydney Exchange yesterday was only of moderate extent, and did not adequately represent the amount of inquiry in several departments. Silver continued on the up-grade, and buyers predominated. A…

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Transvaal Gold

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 3

A telegram from Pietermaritzburg on December 12 says: It is stated here that the British authorities in the Transvaal yesterday decided to permit the restarting of 100 stamps in the gold…

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