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Mining & the mines, 1903

5,734 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

Mining in New South Wales. Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 13

A arty has started for the range adjacent to Colo on a gold prospecting expedition, indications having been obtained more than once in the locality. TUMBERUMBA, Friday…

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Intense Gold. The River Thames Frozen. an Inch of Ice. London

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 6

Intense cold continues to prevail over Great Britain and the Continent. It is one of the worst winters ever experienced in England, and the Thames is frozen…

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The United States. Combating the Coal Famine. Supplies From Great Britain. London, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 11

In consequence of the coal famine in the united States 60 British steamers have been chartered to take coal from Great Britain to the States. Many of the steamers are of…

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Mining Accident at Charters Towers. Six Men Seriously Injured. Through the Bolting of a Cage

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 9

CHARTERS TOWERS, Friday--A serious accident occurred at the Brilliant Central mine at midnight, when the shifts were changing. A number of men were waiting on the top to…

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Mining Accidents. Six Men Dashed Down a Shaft. Fatality at the Brilliant. Extended. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 10

An alarming accident happened at the Brilliant Central Mine, Charters Towers, to-day. A cage with six men was being lowered when the engine bolted, and the…

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Coal Famine in America

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1903 · page 8

Owing to a coal famine in the United Spites, which is accentuabled by a severe Winter and trains being blocked in the show, Congress almost unan inously passed…

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Elingamite's Gold Not Recoverable

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1903 · page 8

The attempts to recover the gold from the wreck of the Elingamite have proved unsuccessful. The vessel lies in 30 fathems of water, and the diver could not descend…

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Six Miners Dashed Down a Shaft

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1903 · page 8

At the Brilliant Central gold mine. Charters Towers (Queensland), a cage with six, men was being lowered when the engine bolted, and the cage crashed down to the…

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Fossickers and the Slow Mines Department

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1903 · page 6

The Minister for Mines and his Under-Secretary know nothing about any desire of a section of the unemployed to go fossicking for gold, and are…

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Mining News. to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 January 1903 · page 12

[Letters marked "Mining" must reach us 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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Coal Miners' Dispute. a Shilling Reduction Resisted. Men Leaving the Victorian Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The coal miners' dispute threatens to be carried to extremes. The Coal Creek miners took a ballot on the question: "Are you in favor of…

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The Yorkshire Colliery Case. Injunction Against the Miners' Association. London, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 7

The injunction sought by a Howden miner in the Court of Kind's Bench to restrain the Miners' Association from paying strike pay to the men now on strike at the Denaby Main…

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Export of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 6

The quantity of coal exported from Newcastle to places beyond the Stale last week was 62,308 tons. Of the total Victoria will receive 13,970 tons, South Australia 11,450 tons, New Zealand…

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Mining Report

The Australian Star · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 6

The manager of the Lachlan Goldfields, Limited, Forbes reports having lifted 234½oz. amalgam, and bagged 71 tons concentrates for despatch to the smelting works…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 7

For the week ended yesterday the coal shipped to places beyond the State amounted to 62,308 tons, of which 36,302 tons were sent to inter-state and New Zealand ports and 26,006 tons to foreign ports, the…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 9

The shutting down of the main workings of the Australian Broken Hill Consols on Friday last came as a surprise to many, as for some time prospects appeared to be on the turn for the better, and it was…

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Late Mining. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 8

Mr. J. Angas, one of the London directors of the Mount Lyell North, Tasmania, landed from the Arcadia. He left by train for Melbourne en route to Tasmania with a view to looking into the affairs…

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Gold Find at Coolamon. Coolamon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 9

A find of gold has been made within a short distance of the railway station. Several claims have been pegged out, and men are at work on each. The original prospectors, Messrs. Cartwright and party,…

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Indians Desert Mining. London, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 7

The Indians who were engaged to work the Koffyfontein diamond mines have found the work too hard, and have returned to Kimberley…

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Mining in New South Wales. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 9

Mary's Dream Mine, six miles from here, has bottomed on a 4ft. 6in. reef at 170ft., showing iron pyrites, galena, arsenical pyrites, and fair gold. Dolly prospects give 1½ to 2 oz. to the ton. Local…

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