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Mining & the mines, 1902

5,556 stories in Sydney's papers · page 80 of 250

Burwood Colliery Fire

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 20

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

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Yudnamutana Copper Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 9

The Full Court was occupied yesterday and to-day in hearing an appeal against the decision of Mr. Justice Burnley given at the last Civil Sittings in a case in which Charles Crispe sued…

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Superstitions of Miners

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 7

INn Sardias is said to be a silver mine of marvellous wealth, but all who enter its depths die by the bite of the Polifuga, the little red deathspider which haunts its rocks…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 13

The only relieving feature in an otherwise depressed market on the Sydney Exchange yesterday was a good demand for Charters Towers shares. It is a matter for satisfaction to see attention turned in that direction, as…

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Gold-dredging

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 1016

Araluen Central Gold-dredging Company, 53oz. 4dwt Sgr. for 106 hours. Associated G.D. Compsny took up 37oz. for 111 hours work…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 10

Golden Gate Consols (Croydon) crushed 264 tons for 1121½[?]. Glentine South crushed 1200 tons for 312½oz. No. 2 South Great Estern crushed 2230 tons for 3311oz…

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Yields. GOLD

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 1016

Brilliant Central, Charters Towers, 960 tons for 1038oz. Daydawn Freehold Consolidated, 301 tons for 990oz. Mount David, New South Wales, crushed 264 tens for Victoria and Caledonia Block, 256 tons for [?]…

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Continental Coal Trade

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 25

The German coal trade has been suffering from a weakness in the demand occasioned, by depression in German metallurgical industry. The winter has also not been very severe in Garmany…

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Submarine Miners at Work

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 984

The No. 3 Company (Submarine Miners), Corps of Engineers is a very important branch of the Defence Forces of this State and it recently had three weeks of practical work close to Sydney Heads…

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Mines in British Guiana

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 24

The "Argosy" (Demerara) states that the output of field in British Guiana in 1901 was the smallest recorded for several years, the decline, compared with the returns for 1900, reaching the…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 10

With the exception of continued interest in Charters Towers and other Queensland gold companies the Mining market yesterday was featureless. Queen Central (paid) shares opened…

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Mining Notes

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 5

An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Araluen Central Gold-Dredging Co. was held at the board-room, Vickery's-chambers, Pitt-street, Sydney, on…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 10

The barque Paris sailed to-day for Valparaiso with 2995 tons of Seaham coal, and the steamer Fiona for Suva with 550 tons of coal. The inter-state shipments to-day were:— Chilla[?], s., for Geelong, with 1930 tons; Wakatipu, s.,…

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A Protection Against Mine Oases

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 24

The proper equipment for the successful operation of a mine should include a variety of appliances for use in case of accident. Most important among these is some form of protection…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 10

At the Ivanboe mine the middle lode has been intersected at the sixth level[?]44½ft. west of Drysdale's shaft. For the first 3ft. p[?] by the crosscut the lode averages 26dwt…

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Gold and Silver Silk

The World's News · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 5

Gold and silver silk are interesting products that we may expect from South Africa. The fibres are spun by two remarkable spiders of Rhodesia, and an experimenter has found that the creatures…

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The Coal Trade. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 1016

The barque Itala sailed on Saturday for Pisagua with 1432 tons of the Pacific Co-operative Company's coal, and the following vessels left the port to-day with coal cargoes :—Duriboyne, ship, for Coquimbo,…

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The Laureate's Corner. Dot Baby of Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 40

Mine [?]racious! mine [?]racious! schust look here and see A Deutcher so habby as habby can pe! Der beoples all dink dat no prains I haf got,…

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MINING. Notes from the Fields

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 1016

At Nerrigundah mining operations are being steadily carried on. Thompson, Utting, and party are raising splendid stone at present from their Mount Pleasant mine. Curtis and Wilson's new show is…

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The Miner. Australasian Mining Patents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 24

The following comolete specifications have lately (been accepted in the various States undermentioned, and leters patent will, therefore, issue to the applicants in due course. This report…

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