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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1889

281 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 10 of 15

Angus Silver Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 May 1889 · page 3

A MEETING of the shareholders in the Angus Silver Mining Company was held at the office of Messrs. Jones and Young last evening. The articles of association…

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New Gold Find

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 May 1889 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT, writing from Yandarlo via Wilcannia, says:—What we believe to be a valuable discovery of gold-bearing quartz has been made here. The…

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Amongst the Mines. (By Our Mining Reporter.) the Elesperanza

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 May 1889 · page 2

THIS property lies in the Purnamoota district, about six miles from the township, and is the property of A. O'Connor and others. It consists of two 40-acre…

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Block 5 Mine

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 May 1889 · page 2

WORK at this mine is going on smoothly and it will not now be very long before the machinery tendered for will be erected, the contract having been let. When the…

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The Angus Mine

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 May 1889 · page 2

MR. W. B. WEARNE, one of the original proprietors of the Angus silver mine, has received the following from Mr. E. H. Kimber, one of the directors of the new…

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Victorian Brown Coal. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 May 1889 · page 3

The Government Geologist of Victoria has reported favorably on the large deposits of brown coal or lignite found in South Gippsland. He believes that it can be…

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The Silver Rock Mine. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 May 1889 · page 2

SIR,—While thanking your mining reporter for his fair and honest report with regard, to the above mine, will you kindly allow me space, through the…

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Queensland's Mines. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 May 1889 · page 2

The report of the Queensland Department of Mines for the Year 1888 was published yesterday. The gold yield for the whole of the colony for the 12 months…

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Coal in Queensland. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 May 1889 · page 2

Queensland last year produced 311,000 tons of coal, valued at £128,000, being an increase of 73,000 tons on that produced in 1887…

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West Australian Gold. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 May 1889 · page 2

Specimens of ore from the Rising Sun mine, in West Australia, have been assayed in London and have shown 11ozs. gold per ton…

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The Moonta Miners. Prospects Less Hopeful. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 May 1889 · page 2

An interview has taken place between the directors of the Moonta Mines and the Victorian A. M. A. delegates, together with the local representatives of…

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Mining Accident at Bendigo. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 May 1889 · page 2

Ar mining accident happened late yesterday at the Hercules and Energetic mine, on the New Chum line, Sandhurst. Matthew Hall and John Roberts, two…

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Globe Silver Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 2

THE half-yearly meeting of the Globe Silver Mining Company was held in Adelaide on Thursday, the Hon. J. C. Bray presiding. The directors in their report…

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The Eaglehawk Mine. (By Our Mining Reporter)

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 2

SOME little time ago this property fell into great disrepute with the shareholders and the public, and faith in the claim as a silver producer was badly shaken. When…

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The Ethel Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 2

MR. HAMMOND, one of the directors of the Ethel Silver Mining Company, has sent 21 bags of ore from the mine, weighing 14 cwt. net, which has been assayed…

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Mine Managers' Reports

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 2

BROKEN HILL SOUTH S. M. Co.— Mine manager reports as follows for week ending May 20:—"Main engine shaft: The crosscut east from the south drive…

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The Moonta Miners. A Mass Meeting Held. The Men"s Decision. MOONTA

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 May 1889 · page 2

A very largely attended mass meeting of miners was held here yesterday to receive and consider the report, of the two Victorian delegates from the Miners'…

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The Bonanza Mine. (By Our Mining Reporter.)

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 2

THE Bonanza is rapidly proving that the estimate I formed of it was rather under than over the mark; and it will not now be long before the most pessimistic…

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The Associated Delegates. The Moonta Miners

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 2

MR. W. R. ROWE, a prominent member of the local branch of the Miners' Association, returned this morning from a brief ' visit to Moonta, the seat of the present…

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Barrier Miner Wednesday, May 29, 1889. The Moonta Miners

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 2

THE Moonta miners are unfortunate. They know from most bitter experience that they are working at starvation wages; and, now, when they have…

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