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Mining & the mines, 1904

5,050 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 250

The Shape Market. W.A. Gold Stronger. Advance in Lead

Evening News · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 5

The London Stock Exchange opened on Wednesday without material change in West Australian gold, but advanced as the day progressed, closing as follows:—Associated, £2 15s (buyer);…

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The Crisis. Intense Feeling at Kobe. Popular Sentiment Aflame. War or Revolution. Last Ominous Steps. Russian Coal Ships Seized. (By Our Special Correspondent.) [By Telegraph From Port Darwin.] Kobe, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1904 · page 7

In a dim, unreasoning sort of way one expects, when nearing the scene of future hostilities, that there will be some outward and visible sign that matters are likely to become…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 9

The market on the Sydney Exchange yesterday was very for the most part. Only a meagre turnover was recorded. The receipt of advices that lead had reached £12 instilled a little strength into silver scrip…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 9

Phoenix Eastern Tribute crushed 809 tons for [?] 4dwt 6gr smelted gold. Queen Central crushed 199 tons for 860oz gold. South Glanmire and Monklana crushed 2100 tons for…

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Mining Fatalities. Cobar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 6

A fall of earth took place yesterday at the Cobar gold mines, and G. Rathgeber a miner was killed. Deceased was treasurer of the A.M.A…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 8

The barque Melanope cleared at the Customs to-day for San Francisco with 2259 tons of StanfordMerthyr coal; the steamer Riverdale, for Manila, via Sydney, with 6374 tons of West Wallsend coal;…

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Charters Towers Gold Yield. Charters Towers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 9

Last month's dividend for the Held amounted to £43,500, and calls to £9700. The mills treated 18,400 tons for 20,450oz of gold; assayer's returns and cyanide works, 17,800 tons…

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Japan's Coal Supply. Russians Watching the English Channel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The Russian armored cruiser General Admiral is in the vicinity, of the Azores, her object being to intercept Japanese colliers…

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Mining in the State. Dungog

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 9

Redman and Hampton, working at the 80ft level at the Rocky Hill Company's mine, yesterday opened up a very rich vein of stone, with coarse gold showing freely throughout…

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Strength of Unionist Miners. the Ballot on the Wages Agreement. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 7

The ballot taken by members of the Kalgoorlie Boulder branch of the A.W.A to decide whether or not the union should reject the industrial agreement made between the…

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Chinese Labor on the Rand. Letter Prom a Mine Manager. in Advocacy of White Labor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--It was cabled on October 21 that Mr. J. H. P. Creswell, manager of one of the Rand gold-mining properties, in giving evidence before the Labor Commission,…

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Miners' Delegate Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 12

A special meeting of the miners' delagate board was held at the Trades Hall to-day. The chief business was the consideration of appeals and it was decided to withdraw £1000 from the bank to meet…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 16

A moderate turnover was recorded yesterday in a very sluggish market on the Sydney Exchange. As regards prices, very little alteration occurred. There was some buying in silver shares, which showed a rather firmer…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 13

Brilliant crushed 300 tons for 217oz gold. Brilliant and St. George United crushed 1208 tons for 845oz gold; recovered cyanide bullion valued at £1506…

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Coal Export Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 10

In his monthly coal export export trade circular published yesterday afternoon, Mr. R. B. Wallace furnished some interesting information. The shipments for the [?] weeks covered by the circular were anything but…

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The Coal Trade

Evening News · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 3

The steamer Glaucus cleared at the Newcastle Customs on Friday, for Melbourne, with 1650 tons of coal; the four-masted schooner David Evans, for Honolulu, with 1290 tons of Stanford-Merthyr coal; the steamer…

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Coal for Japan

Evening News · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 4

LONDON, March 4.—Lord Lansdowne, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in a letter to the Corporation of Hull, says that coal for either Russia or Japan would be…

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Outtrim Colliery Strike. Charges Against Unionists

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 11

At the Court of General Sessions to-day the trial was concluded of Walter Payne, John C. Rosborough, Arthur Peece, William Moore, and Peter Tullent, who were charged with inflicting grievous bodily…

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Coal for the East

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 6

One hundred and fifty thousand tons of coal are being shipped at Cardiff for the Far East. The order was placed in February. Japan has ordered an additional 70,000 tons…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 12

The steamer Glaucus cleared at the Customs to-day for Melbourne with 1650 tons of coal; the fourmasted schooner David Evans, for Honolulu, with 1290 tons of Stanford-Merthyr coal; the steamer…

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