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Mining & the mines, 1904

5,050 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 250

Western Australian Mines, Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 12

The main shaft at Hannan's Star will shortly be sunk from 675ft to 875ft, in order to test the lode at deeper ground. Development work at this mine is at present mainly…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 11

The Proprietary Company shipped for the week ending February 10 to Port Pirie, 202 tons of oxidised ores, and 3327 tons of mill products, including 1102 tons of desulphurised…

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Australasian Mining Patents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 35

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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Corowa Deep Lead Mines. Corowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 11

The work of opening up the Corowa Deep Lead mine has now sufficiently advanced to permit of blocking out, and the directors are now putting on miners to do this work. It is…

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The Fitzroy Iron Mine. a Story Op Failure

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 20

Poets have enthused on ruins of palaces—any old fragment is good for a string of verses—but I have not yet read any poem, pathetic or otherwise, on the subject of the Fitzroy Iron Mine…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 10

The American barque Challenger cleared at the Customs to-day for Manzanillo with 2201 tons of Seaham coal, and the steamer Walkare for Auckland, via Sydney, with 1120 tons of coal, 5 tons of coke, 5…

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Mining in the State. Walgett

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 11

The difficulty at the Lightning Ridge opal field between the station owners and the miners has been amicably settled, and an arrangement mnde whereby horses are being…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 35

During a run of 138 hours last week the B.H. Block 10 Company's mill treated 2966 tons of crude sulphides, which returned 475 tons of con-contrates of high value. The estimated…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 55

The plans for the extension of the magnetic separation plant at the Central Mine, Broken Hill are making rapid headway, and the orders have been sent to Europe for machines, motors,…

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Mining in New England. the Stanthorpe Field. (By Our Special Mining Reporter.) N. Iv

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 4

On the Seven River, about eight miles west of Ballandean railway siding, Messrs. S. R. Baker and Neilson, of Sydney, are workin some surface tin land with an hydraulic…

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The Mining Industry. Returns for Last Tear

Evening News · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 6

The progress of the mining industry during 1903, is the subject of a return just prepared by Mr. Pittman (Under-Secretary). The aggregate value of the mineral production of the State, to…

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The Mining Industry. Returns for the Past Year. Increase in Production of £421,341. Gold Yield Improved by [?]393,000 Gratifying Impetus at Cobar. Good Returns From Other Minerals

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 8

The Under-Secretary for Mines has furnished advance particulars respecting the progress of the mining Industry during the year 1903. Mr. Pittman states that the aggregate value…

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The Mining Industry. Progress During 1903. Value of Production, £6,059,486. Increase of £421.341

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 7

An interesting statement has been prepared by Mr. Pittman, Under-Secretary for Mines, with regard to the progress made during 1903 in the mineral industry. In the course of the document the…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 9

Nine sales constituted the recorded business yesterday on the Sydney Exchange, and the market generally was quite as quiet as this meagre turnover would imply. As far as prices were concerned, there was hardly a…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 9

The steamer Cooeyanna, cleared at the Customs to-day for Mamla with 5737 tons of West Wallsend coal; the American barque Servis, for Son Francisco, with 2408 tous of Messrs. Brown's coal; the steamer…

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Mining in the State. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 8

During the year 1903 7055oz of gold were purchased in Mudgee direct by the banks and storekeepers, being an increase of 893oz over the previous year. The value of the gold was…

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Broken Hill Mines. Meeting of Shareholders. Dissatisfaction Expressed. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 8

A well-attended meeting of the shareholders of the North, Junction North, and Junction mines was held last evening at the Town Hall. Attention, however, was again entirely…

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A "Rand" Formation. Does it Exist in This Stats? a Mine Manager's Opinion

The Australian Star · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 6

Mr. Austin Chapman, Minister for Defence, has received a very interesting letter from an experienced mining manager who was formerly in New South Wales, but who is now…

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Mining

The Australian Star · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 2
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The statutory general meeting of the Canton Reef Gold Mines Co. was held at the Accountants Institute on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Cornwall Daizell chairman of directors,…

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