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Mining & the mines, 1903

5,734 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250

Victoria. the Mining Industry. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 8

The Chamber of Mines has appointed a committee to collate and examme evidence and submit recommendations to the Chamber regarding reform in the control of the mining industry in Victoria…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 26

Messrs, Clifton and party, of the Mousetrap, Wyalong, treated 15 tons of stone obtained from the 230ft level, for 25oz. The Junction mine, which is now down to 752ft, is raising splendid…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 56

The Wyalong gold yield last year was approximately 18,020oz. A discovery of gold-bearing stone has taken place south of the property known as the Australian Star. For the…

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Mount Kembla Colliery Disaster. the Royal Commission. Inquiry at Wollongong. Evidence of a Miner. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 7

The Royal Commission appointed by the Government to inquire into the cause of the explosion which occurred at Mount Kembla Colliery on July 31 last continued its sittings at the court house to-day…

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Mining Reforms in Victoria. Views Held on the Stock Exchange

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A number of mining men in Melbourne have been interviewed with respect to the various suggested mining reforms. Mr. W. J. Roberts, chairman of the Melbourne…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 9

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--The Golden Arrow crushed 201 tons for 1440oz, Menzies Mining and Exploration Corporation: 30 tons for 131oz; and for the public, 190 tons for 564oz…

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Coal Miners in Gippsland

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 5

A conference between representatives of the Jembunna and Outtrim coal companies was to take place to-morrow to consider, the new rates and rules, which are to come into force after…

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Transvaal Mines

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 4

To-day's telegrams state that the market valuation of all the Transvaal mining companies aggregates about £220,000,000. Of the shares, 81 per cent, are owned in Great Britain and 19…

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Crowl Creek Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 9

The manager of the Crowl Creek Mine (New South Wales) advises that the production of ore from the mine for the past 12 months was:—3352 tons ore; average assay value, 30.5 per cent,…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 9

A generally strong market obtained yesterday on the Sydney Exchange, but though the inquiry was good tho scarcity of scrip precluded a considerable turnover. Perhaps the best feature of the market is the substantial…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 9

Victoria and Queen (C.T.) crushed 281 tons for 716oz. gold…

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Victorian Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 9

The Mines Department officers have completed the return of gold for the month of December and for the year just closed (says the "Argas") The yield for the month of December last year was 93,380oz.,…

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Mining Reform

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 4

The Australian Mining Exchanges have of late years suffered from au increasing shyness on the part of the public who "operate" 'in shares. In Victoria, which does a larger…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 7

The following vessels cleared at the Customs today:—The steamer Warrimo, for Wellington, via Sydney, with 1650 tons of coal; and the steamer Tancoola, for Fremantle, via Port Kembla and…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 9

During the past few days it has been persistently reported that the Associated Northern Blocks is about to cease shipping ore to the smelters on account of the failure of the mine authorities to obtain from…

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Transvaal Mining Companies

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 5

LONDON, January 14.—Mining experts inform Mr. Chamberlain that the market valuation of all Transvaal mining companies amounts to £220,000,000, and that 81 per cent…

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Collier-owners and Coal Stevedores

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 4

The relations existing between the collier owners and coal stevedores and the employees (coal-lumpers) are strained, and negotiations for a conference, between representatives of the…

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The Chinese Indemnity. Gold Payment for Gold Collection. London, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 7

China suggests that she will pay the indemnity on a gold basis if she is allowed to collect import duties in gold. The United States has refused to agree to…

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The Coal Famine. Deaths From Cold

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 5

LONDON, January 14.—The coal famine in the United States, combined with the bitter cold, is causing much suffering among all classes…

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Casualties. Accident to a Coal Lumper

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1903 · page 7

A coal lumper named Julias Norberberg, 34, residing in Cumberland-street, Miller's Point, was working on board the collier Mount Kembla at the P. and O Wharf yesterday, when he fell down…

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