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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 8 of 15

Stray Notes. the Moonta Miners

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 May 1889 · page 2

THERE is every probability of an unwelcome and disagreeable difference arising between the miners and the copper companies at Wallaroo and Moonta (S.A.)…

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Amongst the Mines. [By Our Mining Reporter.] the North Mine

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 May 1889 · page 2

THIS morning I visited the abovenamed mine, and found that the whole property is improving with each foot of development. At the 200ft. level the stopes…

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Mines Department

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 May 1889 · page 2

FOLLOWING is the revenue received by the local Mining Registrar, Mr. Richard Mends Gibson, during the month of April:— Miners' rights, £13; business…

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Wallaroo Miners

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 2

IN a recent MINER it was notified that a disagreement had arisen between the men and their employers at the Wallaroo mines in consequence of the…

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Amongst the Mines. [By Our Mining Reporter.] the Rising Sun North

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 2

YESTERDAY I visited the Rising Sun North mine; on account of rumors that ware going the rounds of the town. I say rumors advisedly, for there…

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Miners' Hospital Bazaar

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 May 1889 · page 2

THE committee appointed by the Miners' Association to forward the movement for the holding, in aid of the hospital, of a bazaar, met on Saturday evening, and…

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British-australian Mines. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 May 1889 · page 2

The Pall Mall Gazette of yesterday publishes the report of an interview with Miss Alice Cornwell ("Princess Midas"), the Australian mining…

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The Bonanza Mine. Mr. Trezise Gives the " Age " the Lie Direct. Personal Malice Actuates the Infallible Journal

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 May 1889 · page 2

THIS morning two reporters of the MINER waited upon Mr. Trezise, che manager of the Bonanza mine, in reference to a report which appeared in the local papers…

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Amongst the Mines. [By Our Mining Reporter.] the Unknown

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 May 1889 · page 2

THIS claim lies about six miles in a southerly direction from Broken Hill, and is at present abandoned. I should not have reported, upon it, only that I…

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Barrier Miner. Wednesday, May 8, 1889. Miners' Widows

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 May 1889 · page 2

TIME after time we are told of some sad case of distress in which the widow of an unfortunate miner who has been stricken to death by fever, lead…

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Important Decision. the Junction North Mine. Mr. Penglase Ousted

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 May 1889 · page 2

FOLLOWING is the full text of the decision given by Mr. Warden Gower in the case wherein Justin M'Carthy applied to have the claim of Walter Penglase to section…

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Amongst the Mines. [By Our Mining Reporter.] the Central

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 May 1889 · page 2

THE Central mine is once more becoming one of the most fashionable of our big mines, and the dealings in the company's scrip have been very vigorous during the…

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Great Miners' Strike. Fifty Thousand Men Out. Serious Collisions. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 May 1889 · page 3

A very serions colliers dispute has arisen in the Province of Westphalia, in Prussia, where the miners engaged in thirty collieriesnumbering in all forty…

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New Gold Company. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 3

The Queen Charlotte Sound Gold Mining Company of New Zealand, with a capital of £200,000, has been registered…

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Wallaroo Miners. the Labor Difficulty. Kadina

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 May 1889 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon Captain Hancock caused to be posted at the mines the following letter which had been received from the secretary of the Wallaroo Mines…

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The Angus Mine

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 May 1889 · page 2

It is reported, that the Angus S. M. Company, which recently failed to float, has been got off privately, the promoters taking up the unallotted, shares, all cash…

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Moonata Miners. the Outlook Serious. Moonta

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 May 1889 · page 3

The men employed at the Moonta Mines have declared that they are still determined upon obtaining their demand for the rate of wages formerly paid them,…

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Moonta Miners. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 May 1889 · page 2

The Moonta miners have wired to the Miners Association's headquarters at Creswick (Vic.) asking if they should strike before receiving a reply to the…

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Block [?]o Mine. Where Is the Lode? Interview with Mr. Patton

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 May 1889 · page 2

THIS morning a reporter, of the MINER waited upon Mr. Patton in reference to the alleged striking of the lode in the Block 10 mine, with the following result:—…

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A New Find. Near Silverton. [By Our Mining Reporter.]

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 May 1889 · page 2

ON Saturday last I was wandering round town, when a casual word dropped by a passer-by gave me an inkling that something in the shape of a new silver find…

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