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Mining & the mines, 1903

5,734 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250

Illawarra Coal. Fixing the Selling Price

The Australian Star · Monday 23 March 1903 · page 4

A point of some interest concerning the selling price of coal as it affects an award under the Arbitration Act came before the Arbitration Court to -day. John Kent,…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 March 1903 · page 8

The coal shipped beyond the State during the week ended yesterday amounted to 58,924 tons, of which 25,216 tons were sent to interstate and New Zealand ports, and 33,708 tons to foreign ports, the details…

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Slight Creep in the Central Mine. Men Ordered Out of the Mine. Only a Temporary Stoppage. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 March 1903 · page 7

The town was thrown into consternation last evening by the report that another creep had occurred in the Central mine, and that all the men had been ordered to the surface. This, however, soon gave way to a…

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Another Creep at Broken- Hill. in the Central Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 March 1903 · page 4

BROKEN-HILL, Sunday. -- Another movement occurred in the central mine shortly after 6 o'clock last night. It started from the back of the 400 level, where, about 100ft. north-west from…

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London Mining Market. London, March 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 March 1903 · page 9

On the Stock Exchange yesterday quotations of the undermentioned mining ventures wera:- Associated Gold Mines, 42a 6d. Broken Hill Proprietary, 25s…

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The Mining Industry in N.s.w

Evening News · Monday 23 March 1903 · page 7

Mr.E.W. Bathurst writes:-Having perused your many interesting articles on the above sub-ject, and being one of many who are deeply interested in these and similar industries in…

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Mining in New South Wales. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 March 1903 · page 9

The mild rush to the Williewa seems to have stopped. Only three or four of the diggers are on gold. Others making barely tucker. Many have left und gone to Bushrangers' Gully, where there is some deep ground…

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Illawarra Coal. Fixing the Selling Price.based on First Sales

Evening News · Monday 23 March 1903 · page 4

The Arbitration Court to-day answered certain questions by the accountant appointed under the award of the Court in connection with the industrial dispute between the Illavvarra…

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The Arltunga Goldfield

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 March 1903 · page 6

Captain Plietner has left Alice Springs for Adelaide. He believes the Arltunga fields to be permanent. Some of the shows might only be of use to small parties of working miners, but on…

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The Coal Mining Case

Evening News · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 6

Mr. Justice Pring and a jury of twelve yesterday further heard the case in which the Pacific Co-operative Steam Coal Company seeks to recover £60,000 compensation from the Railway…

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Arltunga Goldfield. Mines Opened Out Showing Gold. Prospects Hopeful. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 5

The Minister controlling the Northern Territory, Mr. Jenkins, has received a telegram from the Government Geologist (Mr. Brown) stating that he had arrived…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 7
Also in Evening News

The recorded business yesterday on the Sydney Exchange covered less than a dozen stocks. Further, the market was quite as quiet as the paucity of transactions would indicate. To the majority oi brokers the cricket…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 9

Burnt Creek G. M. Company, 124oz. for the week. Glentine South G. M. Company, 1200 tons for 3260oz., gold. Mills United (C.T.) crushed 661 tons for 600oz…

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The Central Mine Creep

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 5

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--To-day's sitting, of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Central Mine creep was devoted to the examination of Frederick Dawe, underground manager of the…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 9

The week opened very quietly on the Mining market yesterday, and with one or two exceptions prices were unchanged. Charters Towers gold companies had a somewhat firmer tendency. Queen Central,…

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Gold-dredging Returns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 9

Araluen Valley Consolidated No. 1, 240z. for 102 hours' work. Araluen Valley Consolidated No, 2, 52oz. for 114 hours. Turon No. 1, 31oz, for 120 hours…

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An Important Coal Contract

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 5

The Admiralty contract for the supply of coal to be delivered at Hongkong for China station has been definitely given to Mr. Thomas Roxburgh, of Melbourne, on behalf of the London principals…

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The Coal Export Teade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 6

The four-masted American schooner Wm. Bowden cleared at the Customs to-day for Honolulu with 1189 tons of East Greta coal. The [?] barque Anna Agnete sailed to day for Yap…

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Western Australian Mines. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 9

Mr. T. Clarkson, who left the Marble Bar goldfield last week, has sold the Uncle Tom mine together with the stone raised for £300. Mr. W. Duncan, the purchaser, crushed 50 tons of the stone raised for over…

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