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Mining & the mines, 1903

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 9

The week opened very quietly on the Mining market yesterday, and beyond a firmer tone in Barrier silver stocks and one or two Charter Towers gold companies prices showed but little movement…

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Central Australian Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 4

The latest Australian gold-mining boom presents the usual features inseparable from gold discoveries in remote places, and has already its list of victims. In the very…

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Newcastle. the Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 7

At the Hetton, Stockton, Pacific, Co-operative, Dudley, Waratah, Duckenfield, Back Creek, and Pelaw Main collieries, the miners had full work -- eleven days -- for the fortnight for which pay will…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 6

The Norwegian barque Alexandra cleared at the Customs to-day with 2341 tons of Duckenfield coal the American schoonor Robert R. Hind, for Honolulu, with 8[?]1 tons of Seaham coal, and the barque Calluna, for Pisangun, with…

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The Southern Coal Trade. Arbitration Court Award Condemned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 7

BULLI, Monday. -- The Illawarra Colliery Employees' Association held a special delegate meeting to-day to consider the question of the hewing rates, as put before them by the accountant…

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Forbes Mining. Further Discoveries. FORBES

The Australian Star · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 6

Further good reefs continue to be struck eight miles from here. Mr. Dawson and a party of live, including an English investor, have consolidated claims aggregating 50…

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Mining in New South Wales. Moruya

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 9

At Nerrigundah, since January 1,17 new claims and nice leases have been taken up. The mining revenue totalled £40. YAMBULLA, Monday…

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Arltunga Goldfield. Government Battery Returns. Samples From Winnecke's Depot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 5

As already reported in our columns the following returns were recently received of stone crushed at the Government battery at Arltunga:—" For the four weeks ended March 4 nine parcels of stone were…

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Stocks and Shares. Arltunga Goldfield. Dredging Returns. Exchange, Monday, 2 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 6

Shares in the mines constituting the Arltunga goldfield were much firmer to-day, although the opinion has been expressed that the rise will not be maintained, for the…

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Winnecke's Depot Goldfield. Who Is Mr. Northey?

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 5

"Who is Mr. Northey?" experts, brokers, share-dealers -- both "bulls" and "bears" -- are inquiring, and they are circling the Continent with telegrams in their desire to gain…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 11

A fair amount of business transpired yesterday on the Sidney Exchange, and the market on the whole was tolerably, firm in tone. The recovery in silver stocks continued, and though dealing was not extensive, an…

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The Central Mine Creep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 828

The Royal Commission on the Central Mine creep continued its sittings on Friday and Monday, and examined Mr. Stohr (surveyor of the Broken Hill South Mine), Samuel Mayne (underground manager,…

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Central Mine Creep Commission

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 8

BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday. -- The Royal Commission into the Central creep resumed its sittings at the Town-hall this morning. After Mr. David Milne, mining inspector, had completed his…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 13

With the exception of a further advance in Barrier silver shares, there was very little movement in prices on the Mining market yesterday, and business was on a moderate scale. Broken Hill Proprietary sold…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued from page 26.) The Arltunga Gold Field. Contradictory Reports

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 14

The Paul Northey Prospecting and Mining Company, recently formed for the purpose of taking up properties and makng investments in the Winnecke field, received a telegram from Mr…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 13

Work at the 200ft. level of the South Blocks shows no new features. The west crosscut from south drive off No. 2 shaft, which is going in across the body, measures 10ft, and assays of ore which…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 13

The Great Boulder's main shaft is being deepened from 16000ft. to 18000ft., and it should not be long before the lode is opened up at the latter point. No work of development is being carried on at the…

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The Coal Trade. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 828

The four-masted barque Glenogil cleared at the Customs to-day for Antofagasta, with 8437 tons of Seaham coal; and the Dutch barque Jeanette Francoise, for Gatico (Chili), with 8853 tons of Wellsend coal…

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Late Mining. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 10

Quotations on the Exchange yesterday were:— New Challag[?], contributing, b 6s 5d, s 6s 7d: ditto, forward. b 6s 6d. s 7s; ditto, paid, b 7s 4d, s 7s [?]d: New Chillag[?] Debentures, s £76; Mungana,…

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MINING. Notes from, the Fields

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 1 April 1903 · page 828

A cake of sold weighing 72oz. was lodged in the Commercial Bank Moruya, by Messrs. Tomlin, Smith, and Fraser, the result of a crushing of 24 tons of stone from their reef at Lonsdale Creek last…

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