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Mining & the mines, 1902

5,556 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 10

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The coal trade of the district continued brisk during the week, all of the collieries having worked well. Loading operations at this port were confined to…

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Tingha Mines. Tingha

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 13

Litchfield and party are now down 40ft. with their new shaft, and have had to timber it all the way. The Brickwood Extended are still raising some good wash. Hong and party are getting fair stone from…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 13

Business to a rather more extensive volume was transacted on the Stock Exchange yesterday. Broken Hill stocks again commanded most attention at somewhat reduced rates. Charters Towers…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 12

The ship Mount Carmel arrived to-day from Table Bay to load a cargo of coal from Burwood Colliery for the West Coast. The schooner Kohala arrived from Tabiti to load Seaham coal for Ellele. The schooner Otella Pederson…

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Extensive City Coal Business

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 18

IT is satisfactory to know that there is to be no disturbance of the big coal business carried on at the foot of Liverpool-street by Mr. B. Byrnes. This has…

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Short Story Deadly Gold

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 10

Miriam Gomez was the daughter of old Gabriel Gomez, 'the Portuguese Banker.' as he styled himself on his business cards…

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Australasian Mining Patents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 26

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…

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Mining Opinions and Assays

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 510

Cobar,—The [?] forwarded is ironstone. It may be part of a copper [?] and may possibly carry gold, but nothing definitely [?] stated without assay for both gold and copper…

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Appointment of Mining Examiners

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 508

Having in view the safe working of our metalliferous mines, the new Mines Inspection Act, now in force, requires every mine manager and every engine-driver at a mine to be thoroughly qualified and to…

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The Coal Trade. NEWCASTLE, February 13

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 508

The barque Cadwgan cleared at the Custom-house this afternoon for Valparaiso with 2020 tons of coal from the A.A. Company's collieries; and the barque Birkdale cleared for Valparaiso with 1820 tons of Duckenfield coal…

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Tasmania. a Coal Contract. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 12

The Cornwall Company has secured the contract of supplying Messrs. Pullman Brothers, of Melbourne, with 500 tons of coal per month for a year. This company has now two…

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Tin Mining at Emmaville. I.

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 25

Alluvial tin mining at Emmaville and throughout all the north of New South Wales is exceedingly dull at present, and only a few parties are at work getting the mineral. the…

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MINING. Notes from the Fields

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 508

At the Sunlight mine, Hillgrove, No. 10 level east has been extended 12ft., making 169ft. from main shaft. No. 10 level west was extended [?]ft., making 144ft. from shaft. There is about 2ft…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 26

A smelter named William Ryan, employed a the Lloyd Copper Companies', Burraga, rever bertories, received severe burns on the back of the head and neck with burning slag on…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 15

Nearly all the miners at Yambulla have again resumed work, although all the batteries have not been re-started. A parcel of 44 tons put through at Gough's battery by Mr. C. M'Kenzie,…

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Great Cobar Copper-mining Company, Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 13

The fifty-second half-yearly general meeting of the above company was held yesterday afternoon at the office, No. 131 Pitt-street. Mr. A. G. Y. Shaw occupying the chair. The directors' report stated…

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How Russia Hoards Up Gold. for Future Emergency

The World's News · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 15

Five billion dollars in gold is missing from the world's coffers. It is known that this extra amount of gold has been produced, but the most expert handlers of facts and figures have not…

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Mining in New South Wales. Hillgrove

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 13

At the Warden's Court yesterday a total suspension was granted the Garibaldi Gold Mining Company for four weeks. Much interest was manifested by the public in the proceedings…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued from page 26.) Dividends

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 15

South Glanmire and Monkland, February 10, 2s. Phoenix Eastern Tribute, February 10, 3d. Band of Hope, February 22, 6d. Brilliant St. George, February 23, 9d…

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Tumut Goldfields. Tumut

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 7

From the Gibraltar Consolidated Gold Mine the tributing parties have just crushed the following:--O'Grady and party, 70 tons for 140oz. of gold; Love und party, 160 tons, 200…

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