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Mining & the mines, 1904

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Welsh and Japanese Coal. Their Relative Merits. LONDON, Monday, 2.40 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 4

An interesting illustration of the relative merits of Welsh and Japanese coal for the purpose's of war is ait present being provided in the Far East…

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Illawarra Colliery Employees' Gala. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 5

The Illawarra Colliery employces held a gala day at Bulli on Saturday, the members and the wives and families being conveyed from the north and the south by special trams. The weather was perfeet. It was…

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Coal Trade. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 828

The American barquentine Amazon cleared at the Customs to-day for Honolulu with 2028 tons of Messrs. Brown's coal; the steamer Wakatipu, for Launceston, via Sydney, with 450 tons of coal and…

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Late Mining. Tasmanian Mining. Launceston (Tas.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 10

At an extraordinary meeting of the Amalgamated West Tasmanian Company, resolutions were unanimously carried authorising the directors to sell or otherwise deal with the…

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Australasian Mining Patents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 24

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

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Southern Coal Trade. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 12

Improvements now being effected at the Coledale mine include two of Sullivan's rotary hewing machines for hewing coal 4ft 6in and under, and capable of travelling along a…

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Mining in New Guinea

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 30

Distance londs enchantment to the view, and never has this been more exemplfind than in reference to mining in Now Guinea. But in reality to a certain extent there is a deal of…

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Mining Meeting. Dissatisfied Shareholders

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 9

BROKEN-HILL Tuesday.--A meeting of shareholders interested in the northern group of mines was held last night at the Town-hall, Mr. G. A. Grant presiding. Mr. J. H. Cameron, who. with Mr. J. Lees, had…

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Newcastle. the Coal Export Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 10

The steamer Oonah cleared at the Customs today for Hobart, via Sydney, with 770 tons of coal; the steamer Nardoo, for Melbourne, with 4450 tons; the steamer Chtus, for Melbourne, with 3100 tons;…

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Coal on the South Coast. BULLI

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 828

Fourteen days ago the manager of the Bulli mine gave notice to the miners working what is known as the "corn beef" section of the mine, which largely consists of natural coke…

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MINING. Notes from the Fields

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 828

The Stannary Hills Mines and Tramway Company, Ltd., report that for the fortnight ended March 19 mill treated 618 tons crude ore, es[?]ated to produce 31 tons concentrates…

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Mining in the Murrumburrah District

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 24

Our correspondent at Murrumburrah writes: A marked and progressive revival has taken place within the last two months in connection with alluvial work on the Blind Creek quarter of…

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General Mining News. Now South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 24

At Solferino, Christensen and Holder got some fine gold recently from the Solferino reef, doz of pure gold being in one pocket, also some splendid specimens, They have 10 tons at the battery to…

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General Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 54

It is reported from Guyra that a rich reef has been discovered at Bear Hill by Marshal and party. At yambulla a crushing of 12 tons, on…

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Tenterfield District. the Drake Field. a Neglected Mining Camp. (By Our Special Mining Reporter.) No. II

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 7

A recent and more exhaustive examination of the Drako district confirms the opinion I expressed of it some five years ago in the columns of tho "Herald." Drake, so far as…

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Coal Used by the Navies. a Japanese Advantage. London, March 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 9

Tho ships of Vice-Admiral Makaroff, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Naval Forces in the Far East, are using Japanese coal, the smoke made by which is…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 10

But little disposition was shown yesterday to de business on the Sydney Exchange, holiday influences being already in evidence. The turnover consequently was moderate, and prices did not show any marked variation…

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West Australian Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 10

KALGOORLIE, Wednesday.--The Golden Herscshoe man gement are pushing ahead with the work of installing the new 50-head battery. Steady progress has been made with carrying down the…

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Gold Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 9

Phoenix Eastern Tribute crushed 276 tons for 101of gold. Ruby United crushed 841 tons for 828oz gold…

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Newcastle. Miners' Delegate Board

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 8

A special meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was begun at the Trades-hall, Newcastle, yesterday morning, The whole day was occupied in a consideration…

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