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Mining & the mines, 1903

5,734 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Reported Gold Find

Evening News · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 6

GR[?]LL, Friday.—Reports of payable gold having been found on Mr. David Syme's War[?] near this place, have been received…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 11

The following vessels cleared at the Customs to-day:—The steamer Time for Melbourne, with 3550 tons of coal; the steamer Oonah, for Hobart, via Sydney, with 650 tons; the steamer Mildura, for…

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Newcastle. Arbitration Court. Important Coal-mining Cases. Question of Basis of Payment. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 11

The sittings of the Arbitration Court were resumed to-day before Mr. Justice Cohen (president) and Messrs. Cruickshank and Smith. In the matter of an industrial dispute between…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 13

Lately there has been a movement in the open cut in the vicinity of Mencke's old shaft, Block 12 Proprietary. A portion of the hanging wall ground has given way, and from the appearance of a lengthy…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 13

Prospecting work of a highly important character is now proceedinh at the 1000ft. workings of the Kalgurli, where the level is being driven eastward to explore the southerly extension of the Brown Hill,…

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An Accusing Gold Medal

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 28

The animus displayed in the preamble to the French Associations Bill on Don Bosco's Salesians is enthely worthy of M. Combes. His first complaint is that the foundation in 1883…

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Mining on Private Lands

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 11

The following regulations are published under the Mining on Private Lands Amendment Act, 1902:-- The area of land which may be leased in pursuance of this Act for mining for minerals other than gold, lead,…

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The Elingamite Gold. Salvage Operations Unsuccessful

Evening News · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 4

The steamer Akaroa, which has been under charter to the syndicate who undertook the salving of the gold on board the wrecked steamer Elingamite at the Three Kings, returned to…

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Western Australia. Arbitration Court. Classification of Miners. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 11

At the Arbitration Court on Thursday a case cited by the A.M.A. came on for hearing Recently the Court decided that the minimum wage of surface labourers at the mines should be 10s per…

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Mining in New South Wales. Grenfell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 13

A parcel of six tons of stone from O'Malley and party's claim No. 1, north of the prospectors, Bumbaldry, treated at Dapto, yielded 3oz. 19gr. of gold per ton…

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Mr. Reid at Coolgardie. an Overflowing Audience. Sir William Lyne and the Ladies. the Duty on Mining Machinery

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 9

PERTH, Friday.--Mr. Reid addressed a public meeting at Coolgardie last night. There was an overflowing audience, and Mr. Reid received an attentive and appreciative hearing. The…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 11

KALGOORLIE, Friday.--Cables recently despatched to London by the management of Lake View Consols have been most encountering. They show that the vigorous system of development work initiated some months ago…

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A Natural Soap Mine

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 February 1903 · page 4

One of the latest discoveries in the Canadian north-west is a natural soap mine. Several soda lakes have been found in the foot hills near Ashcroft, B.C. Their…

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Mining News. to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 February 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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Japs Swallow Gold Coins at the Mint

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 February 1903 · page 2

An order has just been placed with an optical goods firm in this city by the Mikado of Japan for a complete set of X-ray apparatus of improved design, says a despatch…

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Tasmanian Mining. Sale of a Tin Mine. Zeehan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 9

John Mayne has sold his tin mine at Hecmskirk for £10,000 cash and one-eighth interest to a syndicate comprising Messrs. Bowes Kelly, William Knox, R. Sticht, and E. C. Driffield. The mine…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 9

A fair amount of business was transacted in mining shares on the Sydney Stock Exchange on Saturday, and the general tone of the market was again stronger. Queensland gold shares received the most attention, and several,…

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Export of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 6

During the week the following quantities of coal have been cleared at the Custom-house, Newcastle, for export to the places named:-- Victoria, 10,800 tons; South Australia, 2370 tons;…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 6

LONDON, February 1.—The following were the closing prices on the Stock Exchange yesterday:—Associated Gold Mines £2 5s; Broken Hill, Proprietary, 32s 6d; New Chillagoes, 2s 9d; Great…

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Seeking Coal Near Colo

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1903 · page 6

WINDSOR, Saturday.--it is anticipated that the operations of the syndicate in mining for coal in the neighborhod of Colo will take angible shape before long, and transform the…

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