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Mining & the mines, 1902

5,556 stories in Sydney's papers · page 77 of 250

Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 April 1902 · page 5

The following vessels have arrived, booked to take coal cargoes:—General Gordon, four-masted barque, from Sydney, to load coal for San francisco; Elizabeth Graham, barque, from Sydney to load…

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The Unemployed and Gold. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 April 1902 · page 7

Sir,--Your correspondent "Miner" rightly directs attention to the possibilities of employment of large numbers on our goldfields, and if some system were established by which men…

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Revolutionary Movement in Belgium. Serious Situation. General Strike of Miners Ordered. Riots in Brussels. Scenes of Bloodshed. Ghastly Struggles. London, April 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 April 1902 · page 5

Four thousand strikers near Charleroi, Belgium, awaited a train bringing Flemish miners from the mines. Mounted troops cleared the streets and…

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Coal Mines Regulation

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 11

Mr. Edden, M.L.A., introduced a deputation from the Colliery Employees' Association to the Minister for Mines yesterday, with reference to certain proposed amendments in the Coal Mines…

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Deputation. Coal Miners' Grievances

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 5

Mr. Edden, M.L.A., with whom were Messrs. Estell and Arthur Griffith, Ms.L.A., introduced a deputation to the Minister for Mines yesterday afternoon, from the Miners' Association at Newcastle…

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Coal Mines Act. Deputation to the Minister

Evening News · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 3

A deputation from the Collieries Employees Federation, introduced by Mr. Edden, M.L.A., accompanied by Messrs. Estell and Griffith, Ms.L.A., waited on the Minister for Mines…

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Miners' Grievances. Deputation to the Minister for Mines

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 7

A deputation consisting of Mr. John Bower (chairman), Mr. M. Charlton (treasurer), Mr. James Curley (secretary of the Miners' Association), and Mr. Estell and Mr. Griffith,…

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Burwood Colliery Fire

Evening News · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The cause of the fire in the Burwood Colliery of last week has not yet been ascertained. The investigations made so far tend to the belief that it was due to spontaneous…

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Mining in New South Wales. Bismuth and Gold Mining Deposits of Jingera Ranges. (By Our Special Mining Reporter.) Ii

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 9

From Yambulla to Jingera Ranges, a distance of some 40 miles, needs to be travelled. Between the two places there is nothing, from a milling point, to speak about. The country is all occupied by…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 11

A fair turnover was recorded on the Sydney Exchange yesterday, and movements in prices were mostly on the up grade. Silver, after opening somewhat easier, closed firm, with the exception that Proprietary and Block 10…

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West Australian Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 11

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--The final adjustment of returns from the Associated Northern's last parcel of 839 tons of sulphide ore shows a further, yield of 68oz. The amount previously declared was 5011oz., so that the total…

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Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 8

The following vessels sailed to-day for foreign ports:— The ship Hahnemann, for Coquimbo, with 3031 tons of Seaham coal; and the steamer Austriana, for Durban, with 1100 tons of coal. The inter-state and intercolonial…

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Burwood Colliery Accident. Application for Prohibition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 10

An application was made in Chambers, before Mr. Acting-Justice Pring, for a prohibition to set aside the conviction of one Brock, the under-manager of the Burwood colliery, who was…

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Kalgoorlie Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 9

The final adjustment of the return from the last parcel of 839 tons of sulphide ore from the Associated Northern Blocks, smelted at Fremantle, has increased the figures previously announced of 5011[?]oz. by…

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Tumut Mines. Tumut

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 6

Mr. Smith, purchaser of the dredging leaves on the Burnside Estate, has been successful in forming a syndicate with a capital of £10,000. The leases were previously…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 9

A moderate extent of business was transacted on the Mining market yesterday, with prices showing an easier tendency generally. In copper companies Mungana, changed hands at 2s 6d. and Mount…

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Important Discovery of Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 8

Coal has been struck by boring at Dobson, in the Brunner district, on the west coast of the South Island, at a depth of 556ft. This is important, as proving that coal exists on the long flat traversed by…

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In Chambers. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Pring.) a Case Under the Coal Mines Regulation Act. Ex parte Brock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 4

Mr. Lamb, instructed by Messrs. Westgarth, Nathan, and Co., moved to make absolute a rule nisi for a prohibition. It appeared that John Brock, the applicant, who was the under-manager of the…

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Charters From 1st April. COAL

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 3

Bay of Bengal, Bh, 1480 tons, Newcastle to West Coast Beechbank, 4-m bq, 2154 tons, Newcastle to West Coast…

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