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Mining & the mines, 1903

5,734 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250

Bush Fires Near Queenstown. Settlements Surrounded. People Take Refuge in the Mines. a Terrible Time. Queenstown (Tas.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 5

The intense heat of Saturday and yesterday was accompanied with bush fires which raged furiously all day yesterday and up till early this morning, when light rain set in, which lasted for a couple of hours…

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The Western Coal Miners. an Abortive Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 7

LITHGOW, Tuesday--The late conference between the colliery- owners and the miners' representatives is viewed here by the union officers and the men as a failure, and it is now regarded…

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Coal Mines Act. a Question of Jurisdiction

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 4

His Honour Mr. Justice Pring had before him in Chambers to-day an application on behalf of Michael Purcell and William Moran, for a rule nisi, calling upon the Mount Kembla Coal and…

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On the Rand. Native Labour Question. Gold and Coal London

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 4

A return has been prepared showing the number of natives employed in the mines of South Africa. The Rand gold mines employ 45,068 natives,…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 11

With the exception of a relapse in West Australian shares, the market on the Sydney Exchange yesterday was firm and healthy. The turnover in the aggregate was fairly large, especially in Queensland gold…

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West Australian Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 11

KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--During January the 10-head mill on the Golden Link's Eclipse lease ran 631 hours, and crushed 1570.tons, for a yield .of 707[?]oz. gold. Driving north and south on the lode at the 1000ft. level…

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In Siberian Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 24

The mines of Siberia are generally regarded as abodes of misery, but from accounts that have lately reached the light it would seem that there is very little in the world to compare with…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 8

New Birthday Company (D[?]nolly), crushed [?]2 tons for 27oz. smelted gold…

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Gold Dredging Return

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 8

A[?]en Central G.D. Company won 40oz. 4dwt, for 124 hours' work last week…

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The Genesis of Coal

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 25

The popular view of the formation of coal may, perhaps, be summarised as follows (says "Engineering"): Certain plants or trees grow in morasses; they decay and sink; more plants grow on…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 8

The Proprietary Company despatched for the week closed January 28 to Port Pirie 222 tons oxidised ores and 2306 tons mill products. At the South Blocks work continues on full time…

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A Record Gold Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 7

The gold yield for January was 210,450oz., the highest ever, recorded in the history of the State. In October, 1899, when the boom was at its height, and one or two Kalgoorlie mines were…

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Australasian Mining Patents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 26

The following complete specifications have lately been accepted in the various States undermentioned, and letters patent will therefore issue to the applicants in due course. This…

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Mining Engineers' Institute

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 4

AUCKLAND ,(N.Z.), Wednesday Morning.— The Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers, at its opening sitting here this morning, decided that the head office next year shall be in…

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The Coal Trade. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 316

The following vessels cleared at the Customs to-day:—The barque Almora, for Valparaiso, with 3040 tons of Pelaw-Main coal; the steamer Kooringa, for Breaksea (Western Australia), for orders, via Kembla, with 2650…

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Dredge Mining in Borneo

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 316

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…

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Western Australia. Gold Yield. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 7

The gold exportad and received at the mint in January was 210,450oz., being a record for a single month. The previous best was 205,186oz. in October, 1899. January's output was 20,696oz. in…

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Address at the Miners' Institute. Differential Railway Rates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 7

During this afternoon fair William Lyne addressed a fairly large und attentive gathering in the Kulgooihe Miners' Institute In the course of an interesting speech, which was mainly a replica of those…

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MINING. Notes from the Field

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 316

At the ironworks at Lithgow one sheet mill has worked, and full time has been put in at the two bar mills. The other departments of the works continued as usual. Full time…

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Gold and Silver Money. Proposed International Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 7

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.-- President Roosevelt's message to Congress supports the suggestion made by Mexico and China for the holding of an international conference to restore…

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