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Mining & the mines, 1902

5,556 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 250

Mines Crushing. February 26, 2.25 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 February 1902 · page 5

The "Daily Mail" states that the Johannesburg mines have started crushing operations…

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London Mining Quotations. London, Feb. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1902 · page 9

Mining quotations are:— Chillagoe Railway and Mines, 4s. Mount Lyell, £4. North Lyell, £[?] 11s 3d…

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Latest Cables. (Received This Morning.) Prince Henry Lionised Miss Roosevelt Christens the Yacht. Gift of a Gold Bracelet. Brilliant Hound of Festivities. LONDON, February 26. 6.55 a.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 February 1902 · page 4

Wherever he goes in America Prince Henry of Prussia is warmly welcomed. He is personally a great favourite, and has to face an almost endless round of festivities…

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The Cobar Gold Mines. Cobar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 9

The Cobar Gold Mines are applying for a three months' suspension…

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Mining

Evening News · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

MOUNT HOPE, Thursday.—Mining matters continue dull in this. district, owing to the protracted drought and fall in copper. The new Mount Hope mine on Monday produced 12 tons…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 9

Brilliant Central, 950 tons for 1021oz. Victoria and Caledonia block, 298 tons for 528oz. Eastern Smithfield tributes, 12 tons for 165oz. retorted gold. Silver to come…

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The North Lyell Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 9

QUEENSTOWN, Thursday.--At the North Lyell the trouble between Mr. Trent, general manager, and the mine manager, Mr. Muir, has been the subject of general interest. The mine itself is looking well. The…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 9

The market yesterday opened sluggishly, and in the early forenoon there was little doing; forwards noon, however, an improving lone was noticeable, and indeed a somewhat large miscellaneous business…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 6

The barque Rowena arrived to-day from Table Bay to load a full cargo of coal from the Wallsend Colliery for the west coast of South America; the barque Craiglands arrived from Table Bay to load for a foreign port the name of…

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Fall of Earth in a Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 5

The Mines Department has received a telegram from Herberton stating that there has been a heavy fall of earth at the Mount Garnet Freehold mine, which burled three men. Two have…

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Alleged Mining Fraud. a South Sea Texture

Evening News · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 3

At the Darlinghurst Sessions yesterday, before Judge Rogers, John Waters, a man apparently aged about 40 years, pleaded not guilty to a charge that he did, on June 6, at Sydney, falsely…

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Mining in New South Wales. Pambula

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 9

Large quantities of tailings are being treated at the Pambula mines by the cyanide plant. SOFALA, Thursday. The City Bank sent by the monthly escort to-day…

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Tarcoola Goldfields

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 28 February 1902 · page 9

A report has been furnished by the Government Geologist of South Australia on the Tarcoola goldfields, is which he expresses a highly favourable opinion as to the value and…

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Newcastle Colliery Matters

Evening News · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—At a meeting of the Colliery Employees' Federation yesterday afternoon, it was decided to appoint an assistant-secretary, at a salary of £3 10s per week. A…

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Arctic Coal

The World's News · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 24

There are indications that remunerative coal-mining might be conducted in the Spitsbergen Islands, provided sufficient capital were invested. It is stated that the shaft sunk by the people of…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 13

The turnover on the Sydney Exchange yesterday was limited, the market being quiet, with the exception of some inquiry for a few lines. Briseis tin, for instance, continued strongly in the ascendant. Early sales were…

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Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 10

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The coal trade of the district continued brink during the week, all of the collieries having worked well. At this port the usual Sydney traders were loaded, whilst at…

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Newcastle Miners Still Agitated

People · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 2

NEWCASTLE miners are still fighting for the bosses. On coming out of the pit, after producing profits for the masters who treat them so…

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Tasmanian Mines. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 14

At the half-yearly meeting of the Tasma[?]a Goldmining Company yesterday the reports were adopted. The general manager explamea that the next crushing would not be as good as usual[?] is they had not…

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