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Mining & the mines, 1902

5,556 stories in Sydney's papers · page 81 of 250

Fell 150 Feet. Shocking Deaths of Five Welsh Miners

The World's News · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 10

A terrible accident, involving the loss of five lives, occurred recently at Milfraen Colliery, Blaenavon, near Newport (Mon.) The cage was ascending with five men who…

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London Mining Quotation. London, April 18

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

On the Stock Exchange yesterday Chillagoe Railway and Mines shares were quoted at 2s 6d…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

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

Sluicing, which had been abandoned, owing to the dry weather, will again be resumed at Yambulla in a few days, rain having fallen. It is expected that some time will be occupied in…

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This Unemployed and River Gold. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 15

Sir, -- Last week Mr. O'Sullivan told a labor deputation that men would be sent to work on the rivers where they could earn a good living. This we are ready and anxious to do, but the…

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Rating of Broken-hill Mines. Satisfaction Felt at the Settlement

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 9

BROKEN-HILL, Friday. -- Expressions of satisfaction at the settlement of the mines' rates difficulty are heard on all sides. The deliberations of the conference were conducted with closed…

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Mining in New South Wales. Canowindra

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

The winding gear for the Mullion Creek Copper Mining Company, near Woodstock, was trucked to Cobar last week…

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Fire Engine Fuel. London Brigade May Substitute Oil for Coal

The World's News · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 2

For some time past experiments have been made by the chief officer of the London Metropolitan Fire Brigade with a view to ascertaining whether it would be advisable to use oil fuel in…

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The World's Gold. Production and Consumption. The Quartz Discovery Neap Assini

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 4

A Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast, French Soudan, despatch represents that the recent gold quartz discovery made near Assini is one of the most extraordinary finds ever made…

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New Light on the Yukon. an Oxford Professor on Klondike Gold Fields

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 16

Henry A. Miers, Professor of Mineralogy in the University of Oxford, who lately returned from a visit to the Yukon, in company with Professor A. P. Coleman, of Toronto University, has…

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Broken Hill Municipal Council. Its Financial Position. the Settlement of the Mines Rating Cases. Broken Hill

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

The fortnightly meeting of the municipal council was held last night. A statement by the finance committee showed that the financial position was in such a bad way that the Mayor had to suspend…

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The Exploration of the Hunter River. Voyage of the Lady Nelson, the Rise of the Coal Trade

Evening News · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 1

AFTER the discovery and charting of the Hunter River by Lieutenant John Shortland. jun., in…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 10

KALGOORLIE, Friday. -- The management of the Ivanhoe announce having cut the middle lode at the 600ft. level in Drysdale's shaft, at a point 44ft. 6in. west of the shaft. The crosscut is at…

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Mining News. to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 April 1902 · page 12

[Letters marked "Mining" must reach as not later than Thursday. No notice is taken of anonymous correspondence. The coupon printed in the "Free Information" column must be cut…

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Ivanhoe Gold Mine. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 April 1902 · page 9

The Ivanhoe management reports that where tapped by the western crosscut at the 600ft. level, Drysdale's shaft, the middle lode 13 7½ft. wide, and averages 2oz. 2dwt. per ton…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 April 1902 · page 9
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Little or no disposition was evinced to do business on the Sydney Exchange on Saturday, and only a few odd sales transpired. Silver had rather less support, and in copper the only movement was a retrogression in Mount…

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Export of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 April 1902 · page 6

The week's export of coal has been heavy, 74,517 tons of coal having been entered at the Custom-house for despatch abroad. The quantities for the various markets and for ship's use…

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The Coal Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 April 1902 · page 8

The following vessels sailed yesterday:—County of Flint, barque, for Valparaiso, with 1642 tons of Duckenfield coal; Reigate, steamer, for Java, with 6200 tons of various coal; Vision, schooner, for…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Monday 21 April 1902 · page 5

All attempts to re-float the stranded steamer Kingsley off the rocks at Morna Point have proved unsuccessful. The vessel, it is thought, will [?]oe abandoned…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 April 1902 · page 9

Business on the Mining market yesterday was on a restricted scale, and beyond advances in several Charters Towers gold stocks and in one or two Barrier silver shares prices showed very little movement…

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