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Mining & the mines, 1902

5,556 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 250

Mining in New South Wales. Burraga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 March 1902 · page 9

Owing to the scarcity of water a large number of teams drawing wood for the Lloyd Copper Company have abandoned work from to-day to allow of the horses becoming fit for the winter. The total…

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Mining Notes. Cyanide Patent Again. Latest Developments

The Australian Star · Monday 17 March 1902 · page 8

Tin is quoted at £115 10s in London, and the market is quiet. During February the Woodlark Island Proprietary Co. treated 407 tons for 185oz. 14dwt…

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Colliery Employees' Sports. Comments on the Weighing Clauses The Progress of Unionsim. West Maitland

The Australian Star · Monday 17 March 1902 · page 7

The sports of the Colliery Employees' Federation of the Northern District are being held here to-day. The attendance on the Albion ground is estimated at over 12,000…

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The Mining Industry. Progress of the Past Year

The Australian Star · Monday 17 March 1902 · page 3

The Under-Secretary for Mines has so far Completed his compilation of the statistics of the past year's work as to admit of advance particulars being given. Mr…

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Progress of the Mining Industry. a Departmental Return

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 March 1902 · page 3

The Under-S[?]eretary for Mines has so far completed his compilation of the statistics for the past year's work as to admit of advance particular[?] being given. Mr. M'La[?]hlan states that the aggregate value of tho mineral wealth…

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The State of the Navy. Startling Speech by Lord Charles Beresford. Organisation Urgently Requisite. Short Supplies of Coal. " If War Were Declared " LONDON, March 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 March 1902 · page 7

Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beresford spoke before a meeting of the London Chamber of Commerce yesterday on the state of the Navy…

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Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 18 March 1902 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

WYALONG, Monday.—A development of importance has taken place at the Union, where Smith and party have cut the reef at a depth of 280ft, after crosscutting 18ft east from the shaft…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1902 · page 9

Day Dawn Gold Mines crushed 41[?] tons for 618oz. Bayley's Console Gold-mining Company (Coolgardie, W.A.), to March 14 cleaned up 300 tons for 420oz. of gold. Burnt Creek G.M. Company, N.L., yield for the week…

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Work at the Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 March 1902 · page 5

On Friday next the miners employed at the various collieries will draw pay for the following respective times worked during last fortnight:--Back Creek, Duckenfield, Seaham,…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1902 · page 9

Business on the Mining market yesterday was on a restricted scale, although in some instances prices showed a firmer tendency. Briseis Tin Mines had a fair measure of attention, with sales at 16s 3d to 16s…

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Mining Notes

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 March 1902 · page 7

The Kiandra Gold-Dredging Co. reports that for the two-Weeks ending Marh 14 the yield was 53oz, The 122oz. got by the Jembulcumbene…

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The Coal Extort Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1902 · page 6

The four-masted barque Waterloo arrived to-day from Melbourne to load a cargo of coal from the Duckenfield Colliery for the West Coast of South America; and the ship Command[?]nt Marchant arrived from Hobart to load…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1902 · page 9

At the South mine the machmery in all sections is running smoothly. The auxiliary steam pump has been finished, and is doing satisfactory work at the mill. Underground at the [?]00ft. level the south…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1902 · page 6

The February output of the Sons, Gwalia, shows that 7755 tons were crushed for 3819oz.: cyanide, 5100 tons of failings for 1407oz.; total yield 5226oz. At the [?]algurli the west crosscut at the seventh…

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The Mining Returns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1902 · page 4

The advance figures of the year's mining work as supplied by the Under-Secretary for Mines are not such prosperous indications as we have had in other years,…

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Charters From 1st March. COAL

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 18 March 1902 · page 3

Abner Coburn, ah, 1879 tons, Newcastle to Honolulu Aldergrove, bq, 1271 tons, Newcastle to Val-paraise…

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Late Mining. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1902 · page 6

At Clear Creek Patterson, Marsden, and party have just cleaned up after a crushing at Blue Reef battery, the result being an average of 4dwt. per ton…

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Mining in New South Wales. Hillgrove

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1902 · page 9

Mr. G. Smith, tributing at the Garabaldi Company, has crushed 30 tons, which went 15dwt. per ton…

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Softy. a Tale of the Goldfields. Iii

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 18 March 1902 · page 8

Matters having been explained, Tom held that Softy, being a stranger, didn't know the strength of their "mountain dew," so he couldn't help getting…

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