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Mining & the mines, 1903

5,734 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 250

Mining in New South Wales. Molong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 9

O'Neill and party Carge, have good stone ready for crushing. D. O'Neill has struck a payable reef on New Chum Hill. Thompson and party have sent six tons of stone to Cockle Creek for treatment…

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Northern Colliery Employees. Annual Demonstration at Maitland. Nine Special Train Loads of People. Hopeful Future for Trades Unionism. Control of the Legislature in Time

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 7

WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.--The annual demonstration of the Northern District Colliery Employees' Federation was held on the Albion Ground to-day. The weather was beautifully…

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Arltunga Goldfield. a Barrier Prospecting Associationtion. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 8

A prospecting company has been formed here called the Barrier-Arltunga Mining Company, No Liability. Articles of association have been signed, and directors and legal manager appointed…

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Newcastle. Work at the Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 6

The miners employed in the various Newcastle and district collieries will on Friday next receive pay for the following respective number of days worked during the past fortnight:--Pelaw Main,…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 9

Few movements of note occurred yesterday in the market on the Sydney Exchange. The inquiry throughout the day was quiet, with the result that only a moderate turnover was carried through. Silver…

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Broken-hill Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 5

The directors of Block 14, Broken-hill, held an important meeting today. It is understood that when sufficient capital is raised by the issue of the balance of preferential shares, which are…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 9

Burnt Creek G.M. Company, 124oz. for the week. Star of the East G.M. Company (Ballarat), 168 tons for bar gold 57oz. 4dwt. Spring Hill and Central Leads, 175oz. 1dwt. for the…

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The Central Mine Creep

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 6

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Central Mine creep resumed its sittings today. The Central Mine was revisited on Saturday and the South Mine this…

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Arltunga Gold Field

Evening News · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 6

News from Adelaide States that interest in the discovery of gold at Arltunga has spread almost as rapidly in other States of the Commonwealth as in South Australia, and the exaggerated…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 9

The week opened quietly on the Mining market yesterday, and prices showed very little movement. Burrier silver stocks were steady generally, with an upward tendency, in several instances. Sulphide…

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Gold Dredging Returns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 9

Associated No. 1, 62oz. or 282 hours' work. Associated No. 2, 66oz. or 198 hours. Araluen Valley Consolidated No. 1, 28oz. or 162 hours. Araluen Valley Consolidated No. 2, 50oz. or 109 hours…

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The Arltunga Goldfield. the "Gold" Train. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 6

Already the fortnightly train to Oodnadatta is becoming known as the "gold" trim, and to-day it carried a record number of passengers, 97 being booked from Adelaide to the terminus, which…

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The Coal Strike Commission

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 7

A telegram from Philadelphia to the San Francisco "Call" on February 13 stated that the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission, after a continuous session of more than three months, closed its…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 9

The management of the North Kalgurli Company has decided to instal a complete ore treatment plant on the property…

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Miners' Safety-lamp. a Novel Invention

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Professor Molisch, of Prague, has submitted to the Vienna Academy of Sciences a miner's safety-lamp of novel construction…

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The Central Mine Creep. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 6

The Royal Commission inquiry into the circumstances of the Central Mine cr[?]p resumed its sittings this morning. John S[?]mmonds, a miner, working with Witness King's party in A4 stope at the 400ft…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 7

The following vessels cleared at the Customs to-day:— The American schooner Kohala, for Honolulu, with 1345 tons of Seaham coal; the steamer Waikare, for Auckland, via Sydney, with 700 tons of coal, 102 pieces of timber, and…

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Mining in New South Wales. the Wyalong Division. No. 2. (By Our Mining Reporter)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 8

On the Golden Fleece line of reef a good quantity of gold was won during the year 1902. Two and a half years ago Messrs. Goggin and party took a tribute of the property, and after doing a…

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Mining in New South Wales. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 9

a trial crushing of 4 tons from the reef discovered by F. Simmons at Doctor's Point, close to the town, yielded 8oz. of gold. Prospects from greater depth give promise of richer yields…

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Mining in Queensland. Record Output Last Year

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 9

The current month's issue of the Queensland Government "Mining Journal" gives a preliminary report of the mining operations of the State for the year 19[?]2. The summary, amongst other details, slates:--…

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