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Mining & the mines, 1903

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 7

Business will be resumed this morning on the Sydney and inter-State Stock Exchanges. The manager of the Royal Standard reports:--Coronation Reef: North drive total 65ft; stone 2 inches wide…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 9

The Sydney and inter-state Stock Exchanges will reopen for business this morning…

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Gold-dredging Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 9

Aralnen Central Gold-dredging Company.—Dredgar worked 117 hours for the week ended Saturday last for 26oz. 14dwt. of gold…

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The Annual Coal Export

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 8

The returns of the total amount of coal exported from Newcastle last year show a decrease of 137,571 tons compared with the figures for the preceding year. It must be remembered, however, that 1901…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 8

The coal exported beyond the State for the week ended yesterday amounted to 46,782 tons, of which 33,815 tons were sent to inter-State and colonial ports, and 12,937 tons to foreign ports, the…

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Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 3
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MURRUMBURRAH, Tuesday.—Matters at Blind Creek remain unchanged, and although a great deal of prospecting is being carried on there nothing of any consequence has resulted…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 9

Burnt Creek G.M. Company, 70oz: 4dwt, for fo[?] Spring Hill and Central Leads 50oz; 4dwt.for seven days. Spring Hill Central Leads 50oz. 5dwt. for seven…

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The Katoomba Shale Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 6

KATOOMBA. Monday.--The shale mine, after being closed down for about two years, started working again to-day. It is reported that the company only intend…

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Annual Gold Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 4

The official return complied by the Department of Mines shows that the gold yield of this State for the month of December was 37,016oz. crude, equal to 32,783oz. fine, valued at £139,251, as…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 9

Business was resumed on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday after the holiday adjournment, and although firmer prices were quoted in almost all divisions very few transactions were recorded. In…

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Gold Dredging Returns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 9

Associated No. 1, 85oz. for 238 hours' work. Associated No. 2, 73oz. for 180 hours. Araluen Valley Consolidated No.1, 17oz for 182 hours. Araluen Valley Consolidated No. 2, 16oz. for 54 hours…

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The Gold Yield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 4

It is satisfactory to find from the return furnished by the Department of Mines, which we publish elsewhere, that the gold yield of the State for December…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 6

The following vessels cleared at the Customs to-day:—The steamer Willyama, for Port Pirio, via Sydney, with 1280 tons of coal; the barque Margarita, for Auckland, with 790 tons of coal and 60…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 9

Hannan's Reward crushed 560 tons for 352¼oz., valued at 75s per oz.; Ida H. Laverton milled and cyanided 620 tons for 702oz. The Bellevue Proprietary (Mount Sir Samuel)…

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Tingha Tin Mines. Tingha

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 9

The Brickwood Extended are driving on good wash and have upwards of 50 loads at grass, but will not start washing for another fortnight. The Invincible Company on the same lead, but higher up, are now…

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Mining in New South Wales. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 9

The Proprietary Company shipped for the week ended December 31 to Port Pirio 49 tons of oxidised ores and 2320 tons of mill products, including desulphurised slimes…

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South Australia. Arltunga Goldfield. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 5

Latest reports from Arltunga goldfield state that alluvial gold in apparently payble quantities has been found about two miles from the last discovery of good reefing claims…

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Western Australia. the Goldfields Tragedies. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 5

The Japanese, Chomastu Yabu, the alleged perpetrator of the Kanowna tragedy, has now recovered from the injuries caused by self-inflicted revolver shots and will be discharged from the hospital…

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Arltunga Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 7

ADELAIDE. Monday.--The Minister controlling the Northern Territory has received tho following report from the warden of the Arltunga goldfields:-- Greater activity is noticeable on the field every week, and the…

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