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Mining & the mines, 1904

5,050 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

Mining in the State. Pambula

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 9

A well-attended meeting of miners was held at the Eureka Hotel, Pambula goldfield, on Saturday night, when a resolution was passed to the effect that the Labour party he…

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Provisions at Port Arthur. Stacking Coal. London, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 7

It is announced that orders have been issued that provisions at Port Arthur are not to be sold without official permission. The food supplies in the town will suffice…

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Across the Pacific. by the Miowera. Honolulu and Newcastle Coal

Evening News · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 6

The Casadian-Australian R.M.S. Miowera, which has completed the round trip from Sydney to Vencouver and back, has proved that tie overhaul to which she was subjected at Brisbane last year…

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At Port Arthur. Conserving the Food Supply. Many Tons of Coal Stacked

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--No provisions at Port Arthur are allowed to be sold without official pet mission. The food available there is sufficient for…

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SUFFOCATED. Mining Engineer's Heroism Cost Him His Life. London

The Australian Star · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 4

A terrible mining tragedy is reported from Creswick. Some of the miners became entombed, and Mr. Taylor, an expert mining engineer, in an…

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The Fall in Coal in Melbourne. How the Consumed Is Affected. ("Argus," January 25.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 6

The announcement made in Saturday's issue that a heavy drop had taken place in the selling price of imported coal in Melbourne, and the explanation given of this development, have…

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How Mining Is Handicapped. Insecurity of Tenure. People Fighting Shy of New Ventures. Mr. Warnford Lock's Caustic Strictures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 4

Further inquiries made yesterday in mining circles as to the causes assigned for the almost complete stagnation of the industry in Now South Wales only confirmed what has…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 4

PERTH, Tuesday.--The Queen Margaret battery crushed for tributers, 25 tons for 27oz. Five parties dollied 289oz. The Manager of the Queen Margaret, reports regarding South…

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Coal-cutters for the Pacific Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 5

The proprietors of the Pacific colliery have decided to fall into line with other Newcastle mine-owners, and introduce coal-cutting machinery…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 8

A slight improvement occurred yesterday in the turnover on the Sydney Exchange, but it cannot be said that there was any more life in the market. Quotations as a whole did not undergo much alteration of importance…

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Gold[?]yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 9

[?] central [?] 2140 tons for 18[?] pro[?] [?]old. The [?] [?]impe[?] for gold [?] [?] North [?]…

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Stockton Coal Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 9

The forty-first half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in the Stockten Coal Company, Ltd., was held at the company's offices yesterday. Mr. W. M. M. Arnold presiding…

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The Coal Trade

Evening News · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 6

The schooner St. Kilda cleared at the Newcastle Customs on Wednesday for Gisborne, with 280 tons of coal; the steamer Easby, for Melbourne with 1770 tons of coal; the steamer…

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Colliery Disaster. Terrible Loss Op Life. Awful Scenes in the Mine. Heroism of a Rescuer. London, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 7

Mr. Taylor, an expert mining engineer, was suffocated in the Harwick Colliery, Cheswick, United States, whilst trying to rescue the miners who had been entombed…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 9

The Block 10 Company's plant, running 99 hours last week, threated 1058 tons of arude sulphides, which yielded 294 tons of concerntrates of good value. Despatches comprised…

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Western Australian Mines.s Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 9

At the instance of the Chamber of Mines executive the terms of the existing regulation, providing that companies shall furnish crushing returns to the Mines Department in fine…

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The Price of Coal in Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 6

We yesterday published, from the Melbourne "Argus" a statement of facts in connection with the fall in the price of coal in that city. The possibility of keen coal fight there was…

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Fight Between Importers. Victorian Mines Not Disturbed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The war that is being waged in Melbourne between the rival importers of New South Wales coal is being watched with equanimity by the Victorian colliery…

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Newcastle. the Coal Extort Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 7

The schooner St. Kilda cleared at the Customs to-day for Gisborne with 280 tons of coal, the steamer Easby for Holbourne with 1770 tons of coal, the steamer Sapphire for Bombay with 3108 tons of Messrs…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 8

The [?] kilds [?]red at the Customs to-day for c[?] with [?] tons of coal, the steamer E[?]y for Melbourne with 1770 tons of coal the steamer Sapphire for Bombay with [?] tons of Me[?]…

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