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Mining & the mines, 1904

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Mining in the State. Braidwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 9

The monthly gold escort took away 765oz 8dwt 6gr of gold. This is a smaller quantity than usual, but is accounted for by the fact that the dredges suspended operations for a…

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To Join the Flag. Japanese Miners From America. Provisions for the Army

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Hundreds of Japanese trackmen, and miners in Wyoming (U.S.A.) are hastening home to enter the army…

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The Himalaya. Gold and Butter For England. 60,000 SOVEREIGNS

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 7

The Royal mall steamer Himalaya, of the P. and O. line, sailed homeward bound from Circular Quay at noon to-day with much treasure, and a big butter shipment for…

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The Silverton Tramway Company. Freights to Broken Hill. Difficulty with the Mines. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 12

The depressed market existing for Silverton Tramway Company's shares was the direct consequence of a request made by the representatives of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company…

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Mining News to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1904 · page 3

[Letters marked "Mining" must reach us not later than WEDNESDAY. No notice is taken of anonymous correspondence. The coupon printed in the "Free Information" column must be cut…

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Late Mining. Broken Hill. Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1904 · page 3

The Victoria and White Lead Mines will re-start work almost immediately. This is taken as a good sign for re-starting the others. The only present fly in the ointment is the prospect of war…

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Japans Anxiety for Coal. Liberal Offer to Shipowners. London, January 8

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1904 · page 5

In order to induce shipowners to carry coals from England, Japan has agreed to pay the insured value of the vessels in case of their capture by the…

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Most Romantic Search for Gold on Record. "Ten Feet Below Two Million Pounds are Buried."

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1904 · page 4

So van the legend, roughly hewn on a flat stone, 3ft long and 16in wide, which a handful of treasure-hunters brought to light more than a century ago, after…

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Coal Imports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 7

About 20,000 tons of Newcastle coal were imported into Wellington last year, against 16,000 tons in 1902…

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Mining

Evening News · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 7
Also in The Australian Star, The Daily Telegraph

WYALONG, Monday.— Operations are now fairly Under way at most of the properties. At Neeld's, the cyanide plant is completed, and a start will be made shortly to treat the immense stack of…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 9

Lachlan Gold Mines (Forbes) for three weeks, 533oz smelted gold. South Glanmire and Monkland (Gympie) won 508oz of amalgam for five days…

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Gold-dredging Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 9

Jembaicumbene Dredging Company for the fortnight ended January 8 worked 200 hours for 88oz retorted gold. Jembaicumbene Middle Ground Company's dredge worked 90 hours last week, and secured 33oz 9dwt 12gr…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 6

LONDON, January 10.— The following were yesterday's closing quotations on the Stock Exchange:— Associated, £2 13s 9d (a fall of 2s 6d); Great Boulder, 27s (unchanged); Ivanhoe, £8 17s…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 8

The coal shipped beyond the State during the week ended yesterday amounted to 34-194 tons, of which 20,977 tons were sent to interstate and New Zealand ports, and 13,217 tons to foreign ports, the distribution being as…

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Coal for the Admiralty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 7

During January 16,000 tons of coal will be shipped from Westport to the order of the Admiralty…

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Gold Discovery in South Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--A good discovery of gold is reported about five miles from the old Bird-in-the-hand mine, Weedside. A trial parcel of six tons of stone gave a return on 10%. The shaft has been sunk 20ft. The…

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Japan's Coal Supplies. an Expensive Proposal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The Japanese Government, in order to induce shipowners to carry coal from England to Japan, has agreed to pay the insured value…

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Coal From Cardiff. Heavy Shipments to the Far East

The Australian Star · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 4

The shipments of coal from Cardiff lately have been exceptionally heavy. Within a period of one week 46,000 tons were shipped to Japan, 30,000 tons to Hongkong,…

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