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Mining & the mines, 1902

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Water for Cobar Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 March 1902 · page 6

COBAR, Monday.--The meeting called to consider the proposal to allow the copper mine a portion of the town water supply was held on Saturday night. A resolution was carried…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1902 · page 9

A quiet day was experienced on the Mining market yesterday with very little movement in prices. Western Australian ventures were easier generally, but Great Boulder Proprietary advanced slightly…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1902 · page 6

The four-masted schooner Ariel sailed to-day for Mahukona with a full cargo of coal from the Seaham Colliery. The ship J. B. Brown, which arrived from Sydney on Sunday, will load a cargo of coal from the East Greta…

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Tingha Tin Mines. Tingha

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1902 · page 9

The Brickwood Extended have finished washing, and are cleaning up. The claim is now shut down, and a meeting of the shareholders is to be held, when the claim will probably he let on tribute. Litchfield…

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A Mining Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1902 · page 6

Two miners named Richard Rowlands and Robert Wallis were seriously injured at the South Glenfine mine, Holybush, to-day. They were working below on the 400ft. level, and ignited a fuse to explode…

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Mining in New South Wales. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1902 · page 9

Small, O'Donnell, and party, tributers of the eastern reef, Golden Fleece Company, treated 5½ tons of sulphide ore for 31oz. 7dwt., also 51 tons for 89¼oz.; 20 tons of battery stone are paddocked. The…

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Mining Notes. News From the Fields. Latest Returns and Reports

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 March 1902 · page 3

The Ivanhoe mine has produced 13 tons 16 cwt. of gold, since it was first opened. The February output was 11,010oz, The question of diamond drilling at the…

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Tarcoola Goldfield. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1902 · page 9

The secretary of the Tarcoola Blocks Gold-mining Company has received a telegram from the mine manager stating that he cleaned up on February 27 and crushed 1[?]2 tons for 575oz. of gold, an average…

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Condobolin Gold -Mining Co

The Australian Star · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 6

In the Equity Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Walker, Mr. Rich, instructed by Messrs. Shorter, and Sons (for Mr. G. C. Driffiel, of Condobolin), made an application…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 11

The market was spiritless on the Sydney Exchange yesterday, and the resultant turnover wan moderate. The fact that the Queensland Exchanges were closed tended to restrict operations. Silver opened lower, and sagged…

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Cobar Copper Mines

Evening News · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 6

COBAR, Tuesday— At a public meeting on Saturday night, 1300 people being present, the following resolution was carried unanimously: "That this meeting approves and ratifies the action of…

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Explosion in a Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 7

Twenty-one men were killed, eight seriously injured, a coal mine nearly wrecked, and 10 m[?]les blown to shreds in a dust explosion at the Lost Creck coal mines, nine miles…

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Kalgoorlie Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 11

The first return from the Knlgurli Company's remodelled sulphide plant is regarded by the management as highly satisfactory. Only a little more than 1dwt. per ton was left as residues, while the working…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 11

Business in Mining ventures on the Stock Exchange yesterday was of moderate extent. Western Australian companies were in demand at better figures, with sales of Lake View Consols at 73s, an advance…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 12

There were no arrivals or departures in connection with the foreign coal trade to-day, and the only clearance at the Custom-house was the Kalina, fourmasted schooner, for Makaweli, with a full cargo of…

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Gold Leaving the Country

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 7

Large shipments of gold are being made this week from Melbourne. The steamer Sophocles to-morrow will take £200,000 on account of the Bank of New South Wales and £100,000 on account…

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A Mining Libel Case

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 12

The hearing of the action brought by Mr. Tucker, M.H.A., against Mr. J. Hutchison, M.H.A., for £1000 damages for alleged libel, was begun at the Civil Court, before Mr. Justice Bundey, and a…

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Late Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 10

The following February outputs are reported:— South Kalgurli, 2670 tons for 2700oz.; Brown Hill, 1863 tons for 5280oz.,; Ida Laverton, 910 tons for 1088oz., valued at £4179; Golden Rhine, Laverton,…

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Mining in New South Wales. in the Southern Districts. the Cowra Creek Goldfields. Iii

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 7

There is room for the employment of a much greater number of miners on Cowra Creek than now find work there, as far as Fiery Creek, some miles south; but let it not be understood that men entirely…

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Mining Notes. New Copper Lode. General News

The Australian Star · Wednesday 12 March 1902 · page 2

It is reported from Kiandra that a rich copper lode has been discovered at Lobb's Hole, the assays averaging 30.90 percent of copper to the ton…

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