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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1889

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Mining Appeals

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 June 1889 · page 2

NOTICE has been sent to the Registrar of the Court at Silverton that mining appeals will be heard at that Court on June 13, all the solicitors engaged having agreed to…

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Forewarned is Forearmed. A Suspicious Mines. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 June 1889 · page 3

News has come from Newcastle that rumors are afloat respecting the safety of the Stockton mine, in that neighborhood. At a meeting of miners held on Monday…

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The New Goldfields Act. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 June 1889 · page 3

The new Goldfields Act provides that miners rights shall not be issued to other than natural-born and naturalised British subjects. The amalgamation of leases…

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Miners' Bazaar

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 June 1889 · page 2

THE weather yesterday afternoon was altogether too wintry, and the roadways too nearly impassable, for the conductors to open the neat little bazaar, organised…

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Mining on Tribute

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 June 1889 · page 2

As first reported in the MINER a fortnight ago, the directors of the Umberumberka have made a departure in the way of mining on the Barrier by employing…

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Mount Morgan Mine. The Annual Meeting. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 June 1889 · page 2

At the annual meeting afternoon of the Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company, the chairman stated that the mine was in a better condition now than it…

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Alleged Dangerous Workings. The Stockton Mine. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 June 1889 · page 3

A meeting of Stockton miners was held last night, when the report of the men who had been appointed to watch the "creep" in the mine was received. The…

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Miners' Hospital Bazaar

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 June 1889 · page 3

AT the miners' hospital bazaar to-night, Mr. Travers-Vale will give his well-known and highly popular performance known as the "Egyptain entertainment—mirth and…

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The Junction Mine. Another Surreptitious Inspection. Important Disclosures

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 June 1889 · page 2

IN our second edition this afternoon, which will be published at a few minutes before 5 o'clock, there will be published a full account of the Junction mine, by our…

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2nd Edition "Miner" Office 5 p.m. How the Junction Mine Looks. Another Surreptitious Visit. Our Mining Reporter in Disguise. Is Welcomed by the Management

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 June 1889 · page 2

THREE months ago a cloud, both heavy and dark, was drifting over the Junction mine. To the rumors, at first gently whispered and afterwards thundered out,…

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The Black Prince Mine

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 June 1889 · page 2

IN reply to an inquiry, Mr. Alfred Mellor, the legal manager, thus writes of the Black Prince mine to an Adelaide shareholder:—"We are advised by wire that…

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How I Found the Mine

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 June 1889 · page 3

From the moment I saw the winze from the 200ft. level I felt that whatever trouble had been taken was amply repaid. I should not be saying the truth, nor…

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How the Junction Mine Looks. Another Surreptitious Visit. Our Mining Reporter in Disguise. Is Welcomed by the Management

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 June 1889 · page 3

THREE months ago a cloud, both heavy and dark, was drifting over the Junction mine. To the rumors, at first gently whispered and afterwards thundered out,…

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"Creep" in the Stockton Mine. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 June 1889 · page 3

Respecting the reported creep in the Stockton colliery, the check inspector and trastee who were sent down the mine have reported that the only stuff which has…

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How I Did It. (By Our Mining Reporter.)

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 June 1889 · page 3

Having received from the editor of the MINER instructions tb get down and examine the Junction mine a few days since, I at once set about the task,…

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Barrier Miner. Monday, June 10, 1889. The South Mine: Is it Mismanaged?

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 June 1889 · page 2

JUST as the holding of a red rag before a bull infuriates him, so apparently does the mention of the South mine infuriate the local morning paper…

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The Angus Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 June 1889 · page 2

MR. W. B. WEARNE has been appointed manager of the Angus mine, the proprietary of which is now being registered under the Limited Liability Act. Mr…

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The Mines Department. Mineral Products for the Year. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 June 1889 · page 2

The Under-Secretary for Mines reports that the aggregate value of the whole of the mineral products of the colony up to the close of last year was £77,818,235…

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Miners' Hospital Bazaar

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 June 1889 · page 2

FOLLOWING the usual custom, the articles which the ladies at the Miners' Hospital Bazaar have been unable to dispose of, notwithstanding that many of them are of…

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The Angus Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 June 1889 · page 2

MR. J. L. SHTEKLAW, legal manager of the Angus Silver Mining Company, reports having had two assays made of ore taken from this mine, with the following…

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