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Mining & the mines, 1903

5,734 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 250

Gold Shipments

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

The gold shipped by the R.M.S. India was 100,000 sovereigns and 1000 half-sovereigns for Colombo and for Bombay; the bar gold was valued at £10,024…

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Activity in the Barrier Mines. Further Advance in Lead. Reopening of the British Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 6

The steady advance in the price of lead, as already reported in our columns, has caused a revival of interest in Barrier silver stocks, and during the past few weeks shares have changed hands freely on the…

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The Famous Lucknow Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 545

PANORAMIC VIEW OF LUCKNOW. 2. ONE OF THE DEEP SHAFTS. 3. MINE MANAGER AND STAFF. Back Row—Reading from Left to Right: E. Clark, T. Ferssr. Sitting: A. T. Smith, W. H. Skidmore (Mine Manager), E. P. Busch, B. Norrie. 4. GROUP OF MINERS AT 4 O'CLOCK. SHIFT. 5. BATTERY REDUCTION PLANT…

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The White Range Mines

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

In a report after a careful examination of the White Range gold mines and other mines at work on the Arltunga goldfield Mr. H. Y. D. Brown, the Government Geologist of South Australia,…

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Arltunga Gold Field

Evening News · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 6

The field is by no means new. In the report of the Horn expedition, which went into the interior nine years ego, is a number of scientific monograms edited by Professor Baldwin Spencer. One…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 9

With the exception of a better tone in Barrier silver stocks prices on the Mining market yesterday were easier generally, and business was quiet. North Broken Hill were firmer at 12s 7½d, Broken Hill…

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Export of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 8

Gold shipments by the R.M.S. Ormuz to-day consisted of £50,000 in specie to India, on account of the London Bank of Australia. Last week's vessel took £50,000 in specie for New Zealand,…

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Gold and Revenue

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

The gold output in February was 192,397oz. compared with 153,691oz. in February last year. The revenue for February was £321,528. This is the largest revenue ever received in the State for…

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Arltunga Goldfield. a Warning by Professor Spencer. Not a Poor Man's Field. Nature of the Country. Alluvial Gold of Small Extent. the White Range Mines

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

Owing to theo recent developments at Winnecke's Depot on the northern portion of the Arltunga Goldfield, quite a mild boom has set in amongst mining speculators and investors, and already several…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 9

The following vessels cleared at the Customs to-day:— The steamer Moorabool, for Adelaide, with 4750 tons of coal, the steamer Aparima, for Lyttelton, with 7500 tons, the steamer Darius, for Calcutta and Singapore, via…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 9

The Proprietary Company despatched for the week closed February 25 to Port Pirie, 266 tons oxidised ores, and 3259 tons mill products, including 906 tons desulphurised slimes…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 9

At the Hamault the winze going down in the main lode below the 650ft. has been sunk 30ft. in ore averaging 15dwt. to the ton. At the 505ft. level stone showing heavy free gold is being taken from…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued from page 25.) Arltunga Gold Field, How to Get There

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 54

It is scarcely an exaggeration to say that the eyes of all Australia are turned at present to the Arltunga gold field, in Central Australia. Many and fervent hopes are expressed in Adelaide that…

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Gold Discovery at Ilford

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 54

Our Lithgow correspondent writes:—An eyewitness who visited the scene of the recent gold discovery at Carwell Creek, near Mornington Railway Station, on the Mudgee line,…

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Municipal Points. Gold Passes

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 3

Gold passes for the city tramways have been supplied to the city aldermen. Each alderman is to pay £2 10s per annum for his pass. The amount is based on an estimate…

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Australasian Mining Patents

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

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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The Coal Trade. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 572

The following vessels cleared at the Customs to-day:— The steamer [?]ier, for Cairns, via Brisbane and Townsville, with. 1860 tons of coal; the steamer Wanaka, for Launceston, with 450 tons of coal; the steamer New…

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Manganese Mining in Russin

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

The rapid growth of the manganese ore industry of the Trans-Caucasus, and the dimensions which the trade has now reached, are so well known in most European countries that it is useless to here…

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New Zealand. Gold Exports. Wellington

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

The gold entered for export from New Zealand during February tolalled 16,238oz., of the value of £58,051, against 41,623oz., of the value of £161,197 in February last year. A large quantity of gold held…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 55

While working at Block 12 Company Mine, Broken Hill, last week, a miner named Thormes Connora had his foot crushed by a falling boulder. The Corowa Deep Lead Company is making…

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