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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1890

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Changing Old Gold. Extension of Time. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 3

The time for changing old gold, coined previous to the present reign, at the Sydney mint has been extended from the 30th instant to April 30…

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Mining Labour. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 2

SIR,—I noticed in your last issue a letter, commenting on the increasing flow of labor in Broken Hill. The influx of labor into this part has for the last two or…

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(By Our Mining Reporter). The central Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 March 1890 · page 2

Mr. F. F. Thomas, the manager of this mine, did not appear to he in a particularly happy mood when I waited upon him this morning. The many rumors…

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Noticc to Mine Managers

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 March 1890 · page 2

All Mine Managers are hereby notified that, to insure insertion in the BARRIRR MINER of their usual periodical reports of the progress of the works under their charge, the information must bear the full title…

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MINING. Block 10. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 March 1890 · page 2

Thc manager of Block 10 reports under yesterday's date:—"Bulk assay from cuttings of plat, 299oz. silver and 5 per cent, lead."…

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Our Sanitary Condition. The Alkerian Method Applied to the Mines

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 March 1890 · page 2

THE sanitary work done in Broken Hill during the first year of the municipal existence of the town has been such as to deserve the highest encomium, and…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] [From Our Special Reporter.] The Mutooroo Mines

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 March 1890 · page 3

ORBOROO, Wednesday afternoon The jumping at Mutooroo is likely to cause some trouble. Mounted-constable King from Mannahill, and…

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Fearful Colliery Explosion. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 March 1890 · page 2

An explosion has taken place in the Aorfa colliery, Cardiff. Hundreds of miners are entombed, and the, debris prevents immediate help being rendered to…

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Notice to Mine Managers

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 March 1890 · page 2

All Mine Managers are hereby notified that, to issure insertion in the BARRIKER. MISSRR of their usual periodical reports of the progress of thc works under their charge, the information must bear the full title…

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Tbc Miners' Demnads. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 March 1890 · page 2

The Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Midland miners, have refused to submit their demands for iucreased pay to arbitration. The coal-owners have offered to grant a…

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Silver-mining in Tasmania. HOBART, Wednesday afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 March 1890 · page 3

All the Mount Zeehan silver stocks have been been "beared " in the market The finds of silver at Wyatt's river and Mount Dundas continue most promising…

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Mining in New Zealand. Conference at Dunedin. DUNEDIN

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 March 1890 · page 3

The Miners Conference which is being held here has carried a resolution establiahing a miners' accident fund,'and proposing to appropriate the undishursed…

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The Latest. Cablegrams. Tue Colliery Explosion: Tbe Mine on Fire. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 March 1890 · page 3

The Moria Colliery, in Cardiff, Wales, in which two days ago a terrible explosion occurred and hundreds were entombed, is now on fire…

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Threatened Colliery Strike. NEWCASTLE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 March 1890 · page 3

The miners employed in the Monkwearmonth colliary, have given notice of their intention to cease work, in consequence of a difference between them and the…

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Notice to Mine Managers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 March 1890 · page 2

AII Mine Managers are hereby notified that, to insure insertion in the BARRIER MINER of their usual periodical reports of the progress of the works under their charge, the information must bear the full title…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 March 1890 · page 2

An assay made by Mr. Edwards of ore from the City of Broken Hill Proprietary Co., at a depth of 80ft. gave 46oz. 11dwts. silver and 7½ per cent lead…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Colliery Disaster. LONDON, Wednesday (midnight)

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 March 1890 · page 3

Further news of the calamity at the Morfa Colliery, Cardiff, states that only 15 bodies have been recovered. One hundred men were still missing when the…

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Wages at the Proprietary Mine

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 March 1890 · page 2

During the last day-or two the matter of establishing a standard rate of wago has 4 been carefully considered by the directors. of the Proprietary mino. In preparing…

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Mining. (By Our Mining Reporter). The Western Lode. Broken Dill Block ll

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 March 1890 · page 2

For a long time previous to the discovery of the magnificent western branch of the Broken Hill main lode iu Block 10 mine, the trend of that branch has been…

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Mining. [By Oub Reported.] The Central. More About that Lede

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 March 1890 · page 3

I THINK mine managera deserve big screws, particularly those engaged in opening up a mine. Besides the worries inseparable from their occupation and the heavy…

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