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Mining & the mines, 1903

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On the Rand. Mining Enterprise. the Deep Levels. London

The Australian Star · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 4

The question of mining at great depths is again being actively discussed on the Rand. Several companies intend to develop the deeper levels, and about £50,500,000 is to be…

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Coal Miners Refuse Work

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 6

In accordance with the result of the ballot taken by the Outtrim and Jumbunna coal miners, none of them turned up at the mines to-day to sign on under the new regulation of the company…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 9
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A very strong and firmer market obtained yesterday on the Sydney Exchange. The turnover assumed fairly large proportions, and it would have been very considerably augmented could the whole of the orders on hand have…

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Payable Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 6

It has been reported that gold in payable quantities has been found in gullies at Binginwarri, 15 miles north-west of Yarram. Upwards of 20 miners' rights have been taken out, and a number…

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Fatality in a Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--An inquest was held by the coroner to-day concerning the death of Patrick Edmund Maloney, who was killed at Block 10 on Saturday night. William H…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 9

Business on the Mining market yesterday was again active, with further advances in prices generally, but notably in Western Australian gold companies. Great Boulder Perseverance sold at £11 10s,…

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The City Coal Contract

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 5

The question of a coal supply for the city of Melbourne was discussed at a meeting of the council to-day, when the tander of the Adelaide Steamship Company for the supply of screened coal was…

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Fatal Accident in a Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 5

A fatal accident occurred at Chiltern Valley No. 2 Mine on Saturday night, the victim being Thomas Nash, 15, second son of Peter Nash, an employee at the mine. Deceased was employed as a blanket…

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Reduction in a Coal Contract

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 6

The City Council this afternoon accepted the tender of the Adelaide Steamship Company for the supply of engine coal for one year at 19s per ton for the electric supply station. The…

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Big Outlay Contemplated. by Rand Mining Companies

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The Rand mining companies contemplate an expenditure of £50,300,000 on deep levels and other projects…

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The Southern Coal Trade. Interpretation of the Arbitration Court Awards

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 6

BULLI, Monday.--Considerable dissatisfaction exists at the several collieries amongst the employees, caused through the alleged, arbitrary way in which the colliery managers are interpreting…

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The Cost of White Labor. What Experts Declare. Half the Mines Rendered Unprofitable

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The Rand milling engineers and the Johannesburg Chamber of Mines informed Mr. Chamberlain that the earnings of 12,000 whites…

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Deep Mining on the Rand. Enormous Expenditure. London, Jan. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 5

The Rand mining companies contemplate an expenditure of £50,500,000 upon [?]eep levels and other projects, and are discussing the possibility of mining down to a depth of…

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Colliery Employees' Federation

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 41

The annual meeting of the delegate board of the Northern District Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades' Hall, Newcaetle, on Thursday, Mr. John Bower, president, in the…

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West Australian Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 11

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--Driving on the lode at the 3000ft. level of the Chaffer's is now in active progress, and some good stone, carrying a little telluride, is showing. The minor as to the purchase of the Chaffer's by the…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 9

All Nations Consols, 15oz. 5dwt. New Birthday Company (Dunolly), 1[?]8 tons for 170oz. smelted gold…

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A Victorian Miners' Strike

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 175

The determination of the miners in the Outtrim and Jumbunna collieries to refuse to accept the proposed reduction in the hewing rate and in the wages was given effect to on Monday, when the employees of…

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Shipments of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 7

The R.M.S. Dritannia took 225,000 sovereigns for Colombo and 50,000 for Calcutta; also for Calcutta gold bars valued at £10,035, bar gold for Bombay worth £25,038, and gold bullion for London…

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Beep Mining

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 56

Our London correspondent cabled on January 18:—The mining companies on the Rand, South Africa, contemplate an expenditure of £50,500,000 upon the deep levels, and other projects, and are…

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