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Mining & the mines, 1904

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Hill End Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 14

Our Wellington correspondent writes: —Since rich stone was round in the King's Reef Mine, Hill End, great interest has been centred on that place from many parts of the State, and…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 11

The market opened quietly yesterday on the Sydney Exchange, and it can hardly be said that business was seriously entered into. A few odd sales were recorded, none of which indicated much alteration in prices. Silver…

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South Coast Mining. the Nerrigundah Goldfields. (From Our Special Mining Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 6

After 43 years of alluvial mining, Nerrigundah is developing into a reefing district of some importance giving in a good many instances highly satisfactory results. It was…

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Forms of Mine Shafts

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 23

There are various ideas concerning the arrangement, size, and shape of mine shafts, with a view to securing the greatest economy, not only in sinking, but in subsequent utilisation…

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Gold for India

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 10

The gold export by R.M.S. Victoria, for Calcutta, optional, was £25,000; for Colombo, optional, £100,000; for Bombay, 3542oz of bar gold, valued at £14,980…

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Latest Mining News. Mining at Wyalong

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 14

Our Wyalong correspondent writes:—The following crushings have taken place:— Welcome stranger, 2 tons, 6oz per ton: 8 tons, 7dwt per ton: Catherine, 3 tons, 10z 5dwt per ton. From…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 12

The South Mine has resumed ore-breaking and mill work. Repairs have been made to the old main shaft, and new runners have been bolted in from the surface to the 600ft…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 12

An important development has just been recorded at the 1000ft level at the Associated Mine. At that depth a crosscut driven west from Tetley's workings intersected the lode…

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Australasian Mining Patents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 23

The following complete specifications have lately been accepted in the various States undermentioned, and letters patent will therefore issue to the applicants in due course. This…

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The Coal Trade. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 60

The steamer Satara cleared at the Customs to-day for Calcutta, via Sydney, with 2600 tons of coal; the steamer Time, for Port Pirie, via Sydney, with 1540 tons; the steamer Barwon, for Melbourne, with 4600 tons of coal…

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Killed in a Mine. Cobar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 10

W, Green, who met with an accident at the Cobar gold mines on Saturday, died last night. At the inquest to-day a verdict was returned of accidental death…

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The Importance of Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 8

What would Australia have done during the recent years of thought had the mining industry been is seriously crippled as other primary industries? The…

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Newcastle. the Mining Situation

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 9

Work was resumed at the Dudley colliery yesterday morning, but at Killingworth and West Wallsend the difficulty of determining, to the satisfaction of both the proprietors and the…

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The Country. Western Coal and Metal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 9

LITHGOW, Tuesday.--It is reported at New Hartley that at the shale mine in the Capertee district nearly 90 men are employed, and at the Genolan mine about a dozen are engaged…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 10

The steamer Kakapo cleared at the Customs to-day, for Devonport, with 420 tons of coal, the steamer Tagliaferro, for Melbourne, via Kembla, with 1550 tons; the steamer Age, for Melbourne, with 3380 tons; and the…

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MINING. Notes from the Fields

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 60

At the Crowl Creek mine during the week ended December 26 Nos. 1 and 2 furnaces were engaged in smelting ore. No. 3 furnace smelted ore for two days, and roasted matte…

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Mining. Hill End Field. Some Suggestions

Evening News · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 8

(Mr. "W. F. Hurley, M.L.A., writes: The "Evening News" of the 1st instant contained some very interesting and important information about the present development in mining at Hill…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 24

Last week the mill at the Block 10 Mine, Broken Hill, working 136 hours, treated 2888 tons of crude sulphides for 504 tons of concentrates of high metal contents. Dispatches consisted…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 15

On Saturday at the Cobar gold mines, Cobar, a workman was throwing picks down the winze, a distance of 30ft, which were being taken away by a man named Green. After taking one away…

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E. J. Hunt's £15 and Gold Medal 75 Yards Sprint

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 2

Mr. E. J. Hunt announces he has been reluctantly obliged to put off his £15 and gold medal 75yds handicap set down for next Saturday, till next Saturday…

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