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Mining & the mines, 1904

5,050 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

Mining in the State. Broken Hill

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

The Rupee, a well-known old-day silver and lead venture, located in a depress on two miles eastward of Round Hill, is again being worked, this time by a local syndicate,…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 8

Nothing occurred yesterday on the Sydney Stock Exchange to lift the market out of the recent stagnation, and only a few odd sales were recorded. With the exception of a recovery in Weft Australian stocks, following…

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West Australian Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 8

PERTH, Monday.--Crushings: Menzies Consolidated, 1575 tons 90foz. 7dwt. gold; Champion Proprietary, 1280 tons for 794oz.; Cumberland, Majara, 1355 tons for 494oz…

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The Coal Trade

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 6

The four-masted barque Earl of Dunmore cleared at the Newcastle Customs on Monday for Antofagasta with 3020 tons of Wallsend coal; the steamer Wakatipu, for Launceston, via…

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The Gold Returns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 4

Gold does not figure In the mineral returns of New South Wales as of overwhelming importance, since coal and silver command prominent places; but It is so…

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Mining Notes

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 7

The manager of the Phoenix Gully reports:--"Have hauled about 100 tons mullock from each drive of main crosscut, and timbered drives where necessary, disclosing 12…

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The Coal Export Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 5

The four masted barque Karl of Dunmore cleared at the Customs to-day for Antofogasta with 3020 tons of Wallsend coal; the steamer Wakitipu for Launceston, via Sydney and Kembla, with [?]50 tons coal; the…

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Western Australian Mines. Kalgoorlie

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

The following additional December outputs have been reported: Oroya-Brown Hill crushed 7009 tons for 10.577oz of gold, valued at £44,857. The…

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Gold Received at Melbourne Mint

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 5

The quantity of Victorian gold received at the Melbourne Mint during last year was 764,822 fine ounces, as compared with 727,362 fine ounces for the previous year…

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Mining. Hill End Field

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 7

Mr. W. F. Hurley. M.L.A., writes:— In your issue of Saturday, I notice a letter under the heading. "An Old Miner." will you kindly allow me to State that some time ago I Was informed that…

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Military. Submarine Mining School

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

Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. P. Murray, of the New South Wales Irish Rifles Regiment, has successfully passeed the examination in connection with the School of Submarine Mining special course for…

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Coal for the Far East. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 5

From Cardiff, Wales, in a week there were shipped 40,000 tons of coal for Japan, 30,000 tons for Hongkong, and 40,000 tons for Port Arthur…

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Newcastle Coal for Japan. [By Telegraph,] MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

Melbourne shipping firms are arranging to send Newcastle coal to Japan to meet the needs of the warships. Owing to the confusion arising from a…

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Mining in the State. West Wyalong

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

Donoghue and party received a return of £40 13s 5d from a parcel of l0½cwt of ore sent to Sydney for treatment from Buddigower. The assay showed 70 per cent, of…

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The Coal Supply. Cardiff Ships 110,000 Tons in a Week

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Cardiff (Wales) in one week shipped 46,000 tons or coal to Japan, 30,000 tons to Hongkong, and 40,000 tons to Port Arthur…

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Locked Up Mining Lands. a Movement to Resume Them. Mr. Kidd Explains the Position

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 6

ORANGE, Monday.--Some time ago public attention was directed to the fact that hundreds of acres of rich mineral land in the vicinity of Cadia was held by Scottish Australian Mining…

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The Pride of the Hills Gold Mine, near Orange. The Pride of the Hills Gold Mine. Rosedale, Near Orange

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 23

The opening of the Pride of the Hills battery and pumping plant, of which we give illustrations in this Issue, was evidently considered an event of no little importance, judging from the…

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Colliery Strike at Newcastle. the Northern Extended Miners Refuse Work. Protest Against an Arbitration Award

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The miners employed at Mr. Andrew Sneddon's Northern Extended colliery at Teralba have found that compulsory arbitration is a two-edged sword, and…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 10

The turnover yesterday on the Sydney Exchange showed little or no improvement, though a somewhat bettor tone was apparent in the market. Movements in prices were slight, but the tendency was upward in most…

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The Lucknow Mines

Evening News · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 3

The Lucknow Mines, which are classed among the famous gold mines of New South Wales, are situate some six miles from Orange. Operations on the field were commenced on a large…

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