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Mining & the mines, 1902

5,556 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 250

The Ballarat Mining Disaster. Progress of Pumping Opeartions. Lowering the Water Level. Hopes of the Rescue of Two Men. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 March 1902 · page 4

Intense interest was to-day manifested in the state of affairs at the Cardigan Proprietary mine, where six of Tuesday's night shift of workmen are entombed. As nothing can be done to reach those…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 March 1902 · page 6

KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--The Lake View Consols management announce that the diamond drill working from the 700 level has cut the Perseverance lode at a point 370ft. west of the…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 13

The market was stagnant on the Sydney Exchange yesterday, only five sales being recorded during the day. The natural sequence of the spiritless inquiry was an easier feeling as regards values. It was only in West…

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Yields. GOLD

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 764

All Nations Extended, 16oz. Sdwt. British Queen crushed 189 tons for 50oz. Glenfine Extended, 150oz. 6dwt. Glenfine South, 1080 tons for 461oz. 5dwt.; alluvial for…

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Wood Into Coal

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

London "Engineering" abstracts from an article by G. Arth an account of an interesting case of a rapid transformation of pockwood, or lignum vitae, into coal. The wood had been inserted in…

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Mining Intelligence

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

Very few sales were recorded on the Mining market yesterday, and prices were easier generally. In the copper division Mount Garnet Freehold receded 3d[?] with business at 18s 9d. Mount Lyell had…

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Where Girls Load Coal

The Catholic Press · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 29

Young girls in Japan are employed to perform a task which cannot be done in the same time and with the same ease by any other body of work-folk in the world…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 10

The four-masted barque, Earl of Dusmore, arrived to-day from Melbourne to load a full cargo of coal for San Francisco, the ship John A. Briggs also arrived from Melbourne to load for San. Francisco, the steamship Meissen…

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Structure of Coal Fields

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 13

At the monthly meeting of the New South Wales Chamber of Mines, held last evening, under the presidency of Mr. Harrie Wood, Mr. T. Barton read a paper on "The Structure of Coal Fields, with special reference to the…

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Lithgow Coal and Iron Works

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 10

LITHGOW, Friday.--The coal trade continues dull. This is accounted for by the fact that there is very little traffic on the railways, owing to the wool and wheat season being over, and…

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The Coal Trade. NEWCASTLE, March 12

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 764

The Ouraka, steamer, sailed to-day for Ocean Island with 775 tons of bunker coal. The Orion, barque, cleared at the Custom-house to-day for Antofagasta with 3190 tons of coal from the…

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Down a Mine. (Continued from yesterday's first edition.)

Evening News · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 6

The hearing of the action brought by George Carson Hunter in the Banco Court against Thomas Saywell, trading as the South Clifton Coal Mining Company, was brought to a…

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Ballarat Mine Disaster. Two Boys Rescued. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 7

Two of the truckers, named Wm. Simpson and Wm. King, were rescued yesterday from the Cardigan mine in the balance shaft, which is about 240ft. from the main shaft,…

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MINING. Notes from the Fields

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 764

[?] the mine manager of the Baker's [?] Company, Hillgrove, reports as [?] continued crushing with 15 [?] week, and cleaned up for a…

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The Miner. Australasian Mining Patents

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

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 report…

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Southern Coal Trade. Work for the Arbitration Court

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 8

BULLI, Friday.--The district collieries worked the following time for the 12 weeks ending March 8:--Helensburgh 62 days, South Bulli 62, Woodona 62, Corrimal 61, Mount Kembla 60, Bulli 60¾,…

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Simpson Says "Good Bye" to Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 9

As evidence of the tortures which he had to endure while below for 48 hours, young Simpson's determination to-day is significant. The lad said, "I was driven so near to desperation at the…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 56

The following gold returns were reported during the past week: Baker's Creek, Hillgrove, 173 tons, 232oZ; Sulphide Corporation (week), 542oz; Jembaicumbene Dredge (256 hours), 122oz; Araluen…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

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

An important discovery of a copper lode has been made at Anderson, Eastwood mineral lease, Lobb's Hole, Kiandra. The assays average 30.90 per cent of copper per ton. At Cahill's claim, a…

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Mining in New South Wales. Cootamundra

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

New developments have occurred at the Cullinga goldfield encouraging the formation of parties, and when rain falls large paddocks are to be put through. WEST WYALONG, Friday…

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