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The manager of the Day Dawn West reports for the fortnight ended January 22, 1903:—During the fortnight have extended crosscut in hanging wall a further 5ft., and then started to drive both ways on the reef. Have driven…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another fatal accident occuried last night at the Golden Horseshoe. At about 7 o'clock a miner named Andrew M'Combe went along the 600ft. level to get some water, and as he failed to return…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The annual report of the Amalgamated Miners' Asociation regrets the absence of an increase in the number of members. Such absence is attributed to the depressed state of the industry in a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir.—On perusing the report of the chairman of the board of examiners appointed under the Mines Inspection Act of 1901 to the Minister for Mines, as given in your issue of to-day, it would appear…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The manager of Baker's Creek G.M. Company reports for the week as follows:—The battery is crushing full time, and will run on till February 13 before cleaning up. By that time the copper plates should…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The man, William Parker Owen, who was formerly secretary of the Premier Sunrise (New Zealand) Gold-mining Company and the Indian Glenrock Mining Company, and who…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A telegram from Alice Springs states that 2in. of rain fell at Wincecke's Depot, Aritunga goldfields, on Friday, and the creeks are now running bankers. Authorities on the spot discourage a rush to the fields,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Colo coal-mining scheme has advanced another stage, and active operations may be commenced at any moment. According to Mr. John Cotton, one of the promoters, who has just returned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FORBES, Friday.—The manager of the Lachlan Gold Fields, Limited, reports the following as the clean-up at the mine for the fortnight ended January 12: Lifted 254½oz amalgamated gold,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The following vessels cleared at the Customs to-day:—The steamer Tagliaferro for Adelaide, with 2150 tons of coal; the steamer Chingtu for Hongkong via Sydney and ports, with 1800 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Back Creek, Creek, Duckenfield, Waratah Main Stockton, Seaham, West Wullsend, Dudley, Teralba, and New Lambton collieries were worked full time (ten days) during the fortnight ended Saturday, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The tributers at the Brickwood Extended have completed washing with a return of 52cwt, and will most probably reconstruct during the next week. The Topper's Mountain Tin-mining…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr. Kershaw, who left Australia in September, 1901, under engagement with the Alluvial Gold Mining Company of Sourabaya, Java, to inquire into the possibilities of the gold-mining industry of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, February 2. 2.40 p.m. —Presi-dent Roosevelt, in a Message to Congress, supports the suggestion of Mexico and China for an international conference to restore and maintain a fixed relationship…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minister for Lands has received an official notification confirming the reported sale of Mayne's T[?] Lease to Messrs. Sticht and Co., as a prelude to extensive mining operations at Heemskirk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday--The executive of the York- shire Miners' Association has condemned the Denaby Main Colliery strike, and ordered 5000 miners, who have been idle for 31 weeks, to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. George Eason, accompanied by Mr. Lowe, has just finished an inspection of the Narragadore Copper Mine (late May Day), and expressed himself pleased with the work that has been done. The mines here…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The cloud of mystery which has hitherto covered the hiding-place of the Transvaal State treasure appears at last to be lifting. We received to-day letters from two of our reporters…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The executive committee of the Yorkshire Miners' Association has passed a resolution condemning the strike at the Denaby Main Colliery, and has ordered…
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