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Mining & the mines, 1902

5,556 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 11
Also in Evening News

The turnover on the Sydney Exchange yesterday was small, and the inquiry proved correspondingly quiet. Actual changes in values were few. Silver showed a rather better tendency, which was most in evidence in…

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Mining in New South Wales. in Southern Districts. Lobb's Hole Copper Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 6

Lobb's Hole copper mines contain the richest sulphide ore in New South Wales, if not in Australia. The mine producing this ore was discovered a good many years ago. On account of having to cart the…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 13

Business recorded in mining ventures on the Stock Exchange yesterday was small in volume, and prices generally showed very little movement. Queensland quarts companies again had a good share of…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 10

Four further additions were made to-day to the fleet of deep-sea vessels a waiting coal cargoes for foreign markets. The Colony, four-masted barque, arrived this morning from Melbourne to lo[?]d a full cargo of coal from Mett[?]n…

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Sad Mining Fatality. Six Men Missing. Small Hope of Escape. Three Miners Rescued. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 5

A frightful occurrence took place in a Ballarat mine at sin early hour this morning. A burst of water occurred in the shoot at the lower level of the Cardigan Proprietary mine…

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Mount Shorter Mine. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 13

A parcel of ore sent from the Mount Shorter mine recently, and treated at Cockle Creek, has returned a dividend to the syndicate of about £500, this being the value of the parcel, which totalled 10 tons…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 13

At the Victoria Broken Hill the main shaft has been deepened just below the 540ft. level, and preparations have been made for excav[?]ing cist[?]rn plat and small chamber at that level prior to sinking…

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Dreadful Mining Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 9

The Under-Secretary for Mines has received telegrams from the wardens at Charters Towers and Croydon notifying accidents which have occurred at Ravenswood and Croydon. The Charters Towers…

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Work for Unemployed Miners. Branxton

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 2

Mr. Dight, M.L.A., has succeeded in obtaining £260 to be expended' on the Great Northern-road, between Greta and Branxton, in finding employment for the Greta miners…

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Girilambone Copper-mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 13

An extraordinary general meeting of the [?][?] Copper-mining Company, N.L., was held at [?] company's office, Pitt-street, yesterday. Mr. Leonard Dodds presided. The resolutions which…

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Mining Notes. Reports and Prospects

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 3

Six and a half tons of stone put' through Beattie's buttery at Hill End by Mr. D. Elbourne yielded a little over Goz. of gold. On Monday the electric locomotive did trial…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 March 1902 · page 9

Little or no disposition was evinced to operate on the Sydney Exchange yesterday, and only a few odd sales transpired. All divisions were equally sluggish. The principal movement in values was an improvement…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 March 1902 · page 9

Victory, Charters Towers.—Final clean up, No. 4 shaft, 272 tons for 225oz…

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Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 March 1902 · page 8

The fleet of foreign-going vessels in the harbour was augmented to-day by the arrival of the barque Dalrymple from Monte Video to load Wa[?] send coal for the West Coast; the four-masted barque Duchalbura, from…

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Description of the Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 March 1902 · page 5

The Cardigan Proprietary mine is an alluvial mine, about six years old. It has not been visited with good luck since it started, but recently, since Mr. A. J. Peacock took over…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Thursday 20 March 1902 · page 6

LONDON, March 19.—The following are yesterday's closing quotations: Chillagoe Railway and Mines, 3s; Mount Lyell, £3 15s; North Mount Lyell, £1 15s…

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The Cardigan Mine Disaster. Further Particulars

Evening News · Thursday 20 March 1902 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday Morning.—The scene of the mining disaster at Cardigan is five miles from Ballarat, and news of what has been occurring at the mine only reached the city slowly…

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A Mining Disaster. Fearful Accident in Victoria. Cardigan Proprietary Mine Flooded. Six Men Entombed. Three Others Escape. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 March 1902 · page 7

A profound sensation was created in Ballarat this morning wheif it was reported that a burst of water had occurred at the Cardigan Proprietary Mine, about five miles out on the Haddon-road…

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Mining Notes. Reports and Prospects

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 March 1902 · page 8

It has been decided to dispense with the revolving screen in the junction dredge, Porepunkah, in favour of the sluice-boxes, for gold-saving purposes…

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