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Mining & the mines, 1903

5,734 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250

Gold for China

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 6

One of the largest crowds ever seen on the Japanese Mail Co.'s Wharf, Circular Quay, assembled yesterday to witness the departure of the Kumano Meru, the largest vessel of the N.Y.K…

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Gold and Cattle

The Australian Star · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 4

The steamer Chingtu, of the China S. N. Co.'s line, sails for Hongkong, via ports, from the Miller's Point wharf this afternoon at 4 o'clock. She has a shipment of 10,000…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 3

The following vessels cleared at the Customs to-day:—The steamer Moira, for Brisbane, via Sydney, with 150 tons of coal and 53 cases biscuits; the steamer Kadina, for Port Pirie, via Sydney, with…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 3

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

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Mount Lyell Mines. Queenstown (Tas.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 6

At the Mount Lyell mine the usual supply for the smelters is being drawn from four benches of open cut, the lowest No. 4A bench being well advanced for increased extraction. From No. 3A…

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East Greta Arbitration Case. What Some Newcastle Miners Earn

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The East Greta arbitration case was continued at the Court-house today, and before the Court rose Mr. "Wade, for the respondents, intimated that he hoped to tender…

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London Mining Market. London, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 6

On the Stock Exchange yesterday New Chillagoes were quote 1 at 3s 6d. Common holly is one of the most useful of our hardy evergreens, and is not planted so much in…

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New Zealand. Institute of Mining Engineers. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 5

The Australasia Institute of Mining Engineers has met at Auckland. It was resolved that the headquarters of the institute should be at Melbourne. The next meeting will be in Sydney in 1904…

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The Mount Kembla Disaster. Evidence by the Chief Inspector. the Question of Watering the Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 8

The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the cause of the Mount Kembla colliery disaster had another sitting yesterday. Mr. Atkinson, after giving a little further…

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Food on the Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 5

The Premier denies the accuracy of the statement made by Sir William Lyne that the expensive food on the goldfields is the outcome of preferential railway rates. The latter are Imposed…

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Tasmania Gold Mine. Offer to Purchase Withdrawn. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 13

Messrs. Bitchie and Parker, solicitors for the English syndicate, informed the legal manager of the Tasmania Gold Mine Company this evening that all negotiations for the proposed purchase of the…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 13
Also in Evening News

The market continued quiet yesterday on the Sydney Exchange, but, despite this and only a moderate turnover, values as, a whole more than held their own. Silver stocks showed a slightly easier tendency, but there was…

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West Australian Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 13

KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--The Cosmopolitan last month treated 6028 tons for 4000oz. gold, worth £14,245. Bellevue Proprietary, 1490 tons for 1482oz., worth £5106. Sons of Gwalia, 7858 tons for 5696oz., worth £21,366…

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The Gold Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 8

A return compiled by the Department of Mines shows that the gold produced in this State during the month of January was 36,250 ounces crude, equal to 30,361oz. fine, valued at…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 4

LONDON, February 6.—On the Stock Exchange, yesterday. Chillagoe shares closed at 3s 3d, and North Mount Lyell at £1 1s…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 9

The following vessels cleared at the Customs to-day:—The steamer Oonah, for Hobart, via Sydney, with 700 tons of coal, 47 cases of biscuits, and sundries; the barque Santa, for Coquimbo, with 1497…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 9

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

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Mount Lyell Mines. Queenstown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 13

In reference to reports in circulationi concerning an amalgamation of the Mount Lyell and North Lyell companies and the purchase by the former of large quantities of ore from the latter company, Mr…

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The First Gold Escort

Evening News · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 3

Mr. John F. Mann writes from Neutral Bay:—The notice which appeared in your paper of Saturday, the [?] contri[?] by [?]…

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