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Mining & the mines, 1902

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Mining

Evening News · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 3
Also in The Australian Star, The Daily Telegraph

WYALONG, Saturday—Operations ere fairly under way at the principal claims. For the present the work will be of a development character, and stoping up will not be general…

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Reduction of Miners' Wages

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 9

The difficulty that arose at the M'Evoy gold mine, Eldorado, where about a hundred men relinquished work because of a notification by the management that the blocking prices were to be…

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Mining Mems

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 28

December's output at Mount Charlotte (W.A.) was 258 tons for 125oz. Lucas and party at Lagoon Hill, Tumbarumba, recently took 370z. of gold from the…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 13

Business on the Mining market yesterday was quieter than for some time past, and with one or two exceptions prices still showed a downward tendency. The forenoon Exchange closed without a…

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Gold Dredging News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 17

The Araluen Central Company, for the week ended December 28, reported a yield of 78oz 8dwt 6gr gold for 75 hours' work. The Wylie Creek Tin Dredging Company's…

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Coal Discovery in Tasmania

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 17

Says a Hobart telegram dated January 6: A promising coal discovery at Recherche Bay was visited by a number of representative men on Saturday, including the Minister for Mines and the…

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Gold from River Bottoms

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 38

Some of the river bottoms in America are being exploited in a manner similar to the caisson system employed in bridge building. Says an exchange, published at San Francisco:—The…

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West Australian Gold Yield

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 17

The gold yield of West Australia for December was 177,165oz, bringing the year's total up to l,881,756oz gross, or about 300,000oz in excess of the figures for 1900. The value of the 1901…

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Sensational Mining Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 15

A telegram from Bendigo says: The most sensational accident of the year occurred at the South Bendigo Mine on December 31, and the providential escape of a miner named Charles…

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Newcastle. the Foreign Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 10

In the past calendar month only 27,529 tons of coal have been shipped from Newcastle for foreign ports, the items in the aggregate being 10,077 tons to San Francisco, 8765 tons to…

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Charters From 1st January. COAL

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 3

Abby Palmer, 1705 tons, Newcastle to Honolulu option San Francisco Cadwgan, bq, 1264 tons, Newcastle to Valparaiso…

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Cheap Mining in Victoria

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 38

Says a telegram from Bendigo: In the Ellesmere mining district, near this field, the stone worked is so low grade that it would at first sight appear impossible to pay dividends. But so…

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Newcastle. the Coal Trade. Newcastie,[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 10

The number of deepsea vessels despatched to foreign markets with cargoes of coal during the four weeks ended to-day was only 16, the smallest number for a similar period for many years past. The total quantity of coal carried by…

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New Mount Hope Copper Mine. Stoppage of Work

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 38

MOUNT HOPE, Saturday.—Consternation was caused here yesterday by the manager of the New Mount Hope Copper Mine giving the employees a week's notice preparatory to the mine closing…

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MINING. Notes from the Fields

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 124

Mining is dull at West Wyalong, as the majority of the mines are closed down for the holidays. Many small lots of mineral stone ore undergoing treatment. Sully's works treated in December 334 tons…

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The Gympie Gold Field. Last Year's Work

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 38

During last year, nine Gympie mines produced over lOOOoz of gold each. The Scottish Gympie gave the handsome return of 39,567oz from 51,653 tons. This mine crushed over 4000 tons per…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 38

Says a telegram from Delegate: A crushing of 17 tons from the Last Chance, a few chains south of the Roaring Camp, yielded 41oz 17dwt smelted gold, A former crushing of 20 tons yielded 38oz,…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 17

A Condolobin correspondent writes that Messrs. Howard and party, of Carlisle, have received the following returns from ore sent to the Cockle Creek smelters: Three tons firsts yielded 3oz…

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