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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1902

5,556 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 13

The directors of the Lake View Consols mine have accepted the resignation of Mr. T. F. Hartman, general manager, and it is stated that Messrs Bewick, Moreing, and Co. will be appointed…

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Carrying Gold at Sea

The World's News · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 26

The specie locker of an ocean steamer is a carefully-constructed vault, and is located in the stern immediately over the screw. It has the shape of a half oval, following the contour…

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Gold. the World's Output

Evening News · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 7

We have received from the Registrar-General of West Australia (Mr. Malcolm A. C. Fraser) a return showing the yield of gold for tHe ten years 1891-1900, of—so far as he is aware—every…

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Australasian Mining Patents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 24

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

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Charters From 1st January. COAL

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 3

Abby Palmer, 1705 tons, Newcastle to Honolulu option San Francisco Ardvar, bq, 830 tons, Newcastle to Wst Coast Ariel. 4-m sch, 687 tons, Newcastle to…

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Chillagoe Railway and Mines. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 13

The Chillagoe Railway and Mines, Limited, have received a cable from the London office requesting that the list of applications for new shares should not close until February 11, as the circular…

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New South Wales Chamber of Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 12

The ordinary general meeting of the New South Wales Chamber of Mines was held in the Equitablebuilding, George street, last night, Mr. G. Robson being in the chair. The monthly report stated…

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The Coal Trade. NEWCASTLE, Jan. 23

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 316

The barque Parramatta arrived to-day from Port Pirie to road a cargo of coal for San Francisco. The barque King Malcolm sailed for Valparaiso with 1991 tons of coal from the Wallsend Colliery; and the four-masted barque…

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MINING. Notes from the Fields

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 316

A promising copper lode has, it is stated, been struck on the Rapong Ranges, on a section of Snowy River from Buckley's Crossing, and is now being developed. Mr. G. T. Litchfield, owner of Mattong…

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Amalgamation of Broken-hill Mines. Proposal by the Proprietary

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- At to-day's meeting of the Broken-hill Proprietary Company the chairman (Mr. Harvey Patterson) made an important statement, amounting to a proposal that all the…

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Mount Bischoff Mining Company. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 13

The half-yearly meeting of the Mount Bischoff Company was held to-day. It was stated that the earnings for the half-year were £21,671. The sum of £10,129 11s 11d had been placed to the credit of…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 14

Broken Hill.—The Broken Hill Proprietary Block 10 Company, Limited, advise that to January 22 1069 tons of crude ore were treated for 197 tons of concentrates. During the…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 24

Broken Hill Proprietary Company.—The halfyearly report of the B.H. Proprietary refers to the modifications in the smelting plant at Fort Pirie, which have advanced considerably. Eight…

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Mining in New South Wales. Araluen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 13

The Araluen Consolidated Company's dredge dredged up an engine which was ewept away by a flood over 30 years since. The engine was too much broken by dredge buckets to be of any service, and…

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Daring Highway Robbery. Mine Manager and Assistant Stuck Up. Over £1200 STOLEN

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 56

ADELAIDE, January 24.— A daring and successful highway robbery was carried out at Port Adelaide yesterday afternoon, resulting in Mr. Greenway, general manager of the smelting…

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What Mining Can Do for Australia. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 16

Sir, -- That the mining industries of the States are indisputably recorded as the stoutest pillar of their prosperity has been amply admitted; and as a representative of that community…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued from page 25.) Gympie Share Market

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 14

GYMPIE, Tuesday.—Mr. H. Willett supplies the following quotations ruling to-day: Columbia No. 1 North, b 3s, s 4s; Columbia No. 2 South, b 3s 6d, s 4s; Gold Mines No. 1 South, b 2s lOd, s…

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A Giant Sand Wheel. for the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company

The World's News · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 7

One of the mines of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company on Lake Superior is to be equipped with a sand or refuse wheel which will be the largest of its kind in the world. The…

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Late Mining. Broken Hill Mines. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1902 · page 8

With regard to the proposd amalgamation of Broken Hill companies Mr. Alfred Harvey, of Block 10 Company, when interviewed said he was disinclined to enter into an expression of opinion on the…

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Miners' Demands

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1902 · page 7

At the forthcoming annual conference of the Amalgamated Miners' Association a motion is to be submitted affirming that the Federal Parliament should have the right of legislation as to wages,…

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