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Mining & the mines, 1903

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Robbery From a Mine. Interesting Developments. a Suspicious Box

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 10

GUNDAGAI, Friday.--While the local police were malting investigations into the recent burglary at the Prince of Wales Mine office, Reno, developments arose which put them on the scent…

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Mining in New South Wales. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 13

Capertee reports that there is nothing fresh to record with reference to the Ilford "rush" No sensational find has so far been made. Several local men have gone to try their luck and have not…

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Lost Six Fortunes. a Mining Man's Troubles. World-wide Speculator

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 11

The ups and downs of fickle fortune were. never more graphically Illustrated than in the, ease of John Philip Lawson, mining engineer who was examined before the Registrar in…

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A Mining Engineer's Bankruptcy. Made and Lost Six Fortunes. Once Worth £150,000

Evening News · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 6

Examined before the Registrar in Bankruptcy yesterday, John Philip Lawson, mining engineer, said he had never been bankrupt before, nor had he assigned his estate for the benefit of…

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Once Worth One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds. Won and Lost Six Fortunes. a Mining Speculator's Affairs

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 15

John Phillip Lawson, who was examined by the official assignee in the bankruptcy Court yesterday, before the Registrar, said that his bankruptcy had been caused by speculation in mining…

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Mining News. to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 March 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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Merrie England. Shocking Scenes. a Great Miners' Strike. Two Thousand Persons Evicted by English Police. Women and Children Shiver in the Snow, while Burly Policemen Patrol the Streets, and Partly Plutecrats Revel in Luxury

Truth · Sunday 1 March 1903 · page 8

"Britons never, never, never shall be slaves," sings the fooled Englishman, while there are enacted in his own country such scenes as prove not only…

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Tasmania Gold Mine. Launceston

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

The crushing at the Tasmania Gold Mine, Beaconsfield, was as follows:—2089oz. of amalgam obtained from 2520 tons of quartz yielded 835oz, retorted gold, and with 359[?]oz. smelted gold obtained…

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Sunlight Gold-mining Company

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

The annual meeting of shareholders of the Sunlight Gold-mining Company was held on Thursday last. Mr. Donald Wilkins presided. The report stated that work in the early part of the past year…

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Arbitration Court. Illawarra Collieries Dispute

The Australian Star · Monday 2 March 1903 · page 5

The dispute between the Illawarra colliers and their employers was again before the Arbitration Court this morning, on summonses by both claimants (employees) and…

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Mining

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1903 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

COBARGO, Monday.— Mining in the district is brisk Several claims at Mount Utopia are on good gold, Sawtell's recent crushing yielding 32oz from 19 tons stone…

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Export of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 March 1903 · page 6

During tho week 63,138 tons of coal have been exported from Newcastle to the various markets outside the State. Of the total 14,550 tons went to Victoria, 3960 tons to South Australia, 1650…

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Arbitration Court. Illawarra Collieries Dispute. Directions on Award

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1903 · page 4

The matter of the dispute between the Illawarra Collieries' Employees' Association and the Southern Colliery Proprietors' Association was again before the Arbitration Court to-day on…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, February 8, 2.15 p.m.— The following are tie closing Quotations:— Associated, £2 2s 6d, a rise on the week of 2s 6d; Broken Hill Proprietary, £1 13s 3d, a fall of 1s 3d;…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

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

At the Proprietary mine the night shift underground is in full swing again, and a considerable increase is noticable in the output of milling ores, the arrangements giving employment to between 70…

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Western Australia. Coal Tests. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 March 1903 · page 7

At a meeting of the Metropolitan Waterworks Board on Friday it was resolved to order 60 tons each of Newcastle. Collie, and Collie Boulder coal to carry out a series of tests…

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Coal-laden Vessel Overdue. Regarded As Hopeless

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Elder, Dempster's steamer Las Palmas, laden with coal, and bound from Newport to Boston, with a crew of 38 persons, is hopelessly…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 March 1903 · page 8

The coal shipped beyond the State during the weekended yesterday amounted to 65,138 tons, inter-state and colonial exports amounted to 32,761 tous and foreign shipments to 32,377 tons. Details…

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Arltunga Gold Field. How to Reach the Locality

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

As several inquiries have reached us with reference to the position of the Arltunga gold fields, and the best means of travelling thither, some extracts from a recent report by the Government…

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