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Mining & the mines, 1903

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1903 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Friday.--The Queen Margaret for the four weeks just, ended crushed 749 tons for 249oz. Hannan's Reward, (Mount, Charlotte), 420 tons…

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Waihi Gold Mine. a Record Yield. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 9

During February the Waihi mine treated 18,699 tons of ore for gold valued at £53,641, thus exceeding all previous records. The total value of bullion won so far is £2,695,554…

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Heated Coal

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 4

The putting into Port Chalmers (New Zealand) of the ship Ainsdale, from Newcastle to the West Coast of America, with her cargo of coal in a heated condition, will recall to mind the many…

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Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 7
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WYALONG, Monday.—Operations are being actively carried on at the various lines of reef, and all the batteries, etc., are keeping well supplied with material. Owners of reduction works are…

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West Australian Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 9

KALOORLIE, Monday.--Cumberland, Niagara, has treated 1160 tons for 638oz. of gold; 1da 11., 860 tons for 963 oz.; Perseverance, 10,188 tons for 17,063oz.; Great Fingall, 7236 tons for 11,582oz., worth £40,802; Some of…

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Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 7

BULLI, Monday.--A special delegate meeting of the Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association was held at Wollongong on Saturday last, the whole of the officers and one delegate from each…

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Late Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 6

Owing to the interruption of the telegraph lines, our message giving Charters Towers Stock Exchange sales and quotations had not been received up to the time these columns went to press…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 6

The American ship Saint Francis cleared at the Customs to-day for San Francisco with 2468 tons of Stanford-Merthyr coal, and the barquentine River Hunter for Kaipara with 485 tons of coal and 200 lifebelts…

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Experienced Miners for the Field

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 4

The directors of Winnecke's Junction Company have, the Adelaide "Register" states, appointed Mr. George L. Lines to the position of mine manager. Mr. Lines has had an extensive experience of…

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Search Fob Hidden Gold

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, March 9.—The "Daily Mail" states that the British Government has sent detectives to Delagoa Bay ro search for £4,000,000 of Boer gold supposed to be still…

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The Arltunga Gold Field

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 6

The Adelaide "Observer" states that on Monday morning a number of Victorians and others were seated in the fortnightly Oodnadatta train, bound from Adelaide, for the gold field. As man…

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Mining in New South Wales. Moruya

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 9

Mr. M'Sharry, for the Tuross Gold-dredging Company, expects to have the dredge ready for work in about six weeks. Machinery is now arriving on the ground…

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Transvaal's Hidden Gold. Search Scheme Divulged. London, March 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 5

The "Daily Mail" states that the British Government have sent detectives to Delagoa Bay to search for £4,000,000 of Boer gold supposed to be still hidden…

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A Heated Coal Cargo. the Ainsdale, Ship, Puts Into Dunedin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 6

The ship Ainsdale, bound from Newcastle to Tal Tal, west coast of South America, put into Port Chalmers to-day with her cargo of coal in a heated condition…

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Premier's Message to England. "Hills of Gold" Denied. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 4

The following telegram has been sent to England by the Premier, Mr. Jenkins:—"The gold discovery at Arltunga is causing considerable excitement. So far there is nothing to warrant the statements about…

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Barrier Mines. Delaying Operations at the North. Dissatisfaction of Shareholders. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 6

The continued inactivity of the North mine, in the face of the present satisfactory lead value, is provoking much adverse discussion locally, as the instructions which were anticipated a fortnight ago…

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Arbitration Court. (Before Mr. Justice Cohen, president, and Messrs. Cruickshank and S. Smith, arbitrators.) Western District Colliery Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 8

The Western Coal Association, industrial union of employers, asked that the Coal-miners' .Mutual Protective Association, industrial union of employees, should be allowed to amend the issue in…

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Arbitration Court. Before the President (Mr. Justice Cohen) and the members (Messrs. S. Smith and W. D. Cruickshank). Western District Collieries Dispute. Application to Amend Issue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 7

Mr. Wade, instructed by Mr. Parish, appeared on behalf of the Western Coal Association, industrial union of employers, to ask that the respondant association should be allowed to amend the issue in an…

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