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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1890

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Great Strike of Miners. Over 200,000 Men Out. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 March 1890 · page 3

Cablegrams published in the Melbourne papers this morning convey the intelligence of a strike of enormous size in the North of England. Two hundred thousand…

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Barrier Miner. Monday, March 17, 1890. The Victorian Mining Report

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 March 1890 · page 2

THE report of the Victorian Mining Department for the last quarter of 1889 is indeed a most satisfactory one, showing as it does that the gold yield…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 March 1890 · page 2

Mr. E. W. Aldridge informs us that our Melbourne correspondent was in error in a statement he made in his letter yesterday in reference to a "semi-public…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Block 10. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 March 1890 · page 2

The manager of Block 10 reported, under Saturday's date:—"Bulk assay from plat, 346oz. silver and 6 per cent lead." and under yesterday's date:—"Bulk…

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1St. Edition. Barrier Miner. Tuesday, March 18, 1890. The Mining Exhibition

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 March 1890 · page 2

THE first intimation that the Australian public received of the Exhibition of Mining and Metallurgy, to be held in London, was made by the Australian…

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(By Our Mining Reporter) The Proprietary Minc: The Concentrating Mill Started Again

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 March 1890 · page 2

IN my visit to the Big mine this morning, I was too early for both the general manager and the mine manager, but espying Mr. Holly, the concentrating expert,…

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Mining. (By Our Mining Reporter.) The Imperial Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 3

ON interviewing the manager of the Imperial mine this afternoon, I was informed that both the north and south drives at the 300ft. level were in lode formation,…

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Gold Mining in West Australia. PERTH

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 2

The latest news from Nuyllagine reports excellent finds of alluvial gold. One man got 150 oz. from a cartload of wash dirt obtained at a depth of 27ft…

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The Cily of Broken Hill Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 3

This property is still in the bands of a syndicate, but there is every probability of it being soon floated into a company. The lode has now widened out to 2ft.,…

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Mining in New Zealand. AUCKLAND

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 3

Good gold is being obtained in the New Alburnia mine, Moanatari, which has given an impetus to mining that locality. Prospecting for silver in the Puhipuhi…

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(By Our Mining Reporter.) The Central

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 2

No sooner is one false report contradicted regarding this mine than another is energetically circulated. To day it was again stated about town that the lode had…

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The Latest. The Colliery Strike. The Prospects of Success Hopeful. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 2

The colliery owners have appointed a deputation to meet the representatives of the men with a view to settlement. The prospects of an early settlement are…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Block 10. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 2

The manager of Block 10 reports under yesterday's date:—"Bulk assays of ore from station, 258oz. silver and 12 per cent lead."…

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The South Mine

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 March 1890 · page 3

It was reported in town this morning that a fresh development had taken place at this mine. I saw Mr. Thomas as soon as possible, who stated that such was not…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 March 1890 · page 2

The prospectus of the company which it is proposed to form for the purchase and working of the Mount Osmond mine, near Adelaide, has been issued in London…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Sudest Goldfield. BRISBANE, Thursday afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 March 1890 · page 3

The Wanganui, which has arrived at Cooktown from the South Sea Islands, reports that the Sudest Goldfield, in New Guinea, is turning out well and wages are…

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(By Our Mining Reporter) The Mystery

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 March 1890 · page 2

The prospectus of the Mystery GoldMining Company, Kandie Peak, in the Albert gold district of this colony has been issued. The company is a no-liability one…

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(By Our Mining Reporter.) Block 14

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 March 1890 · page 3

There being so many contradictory rumors afloat regarding the amount of the late rain water conserved in the dam of this company, I visited the reservoir…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] The Demand for Mica. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 March 1890 · page 2

Mr. Wilkinson, the Government Geologist, in a memorandum to the Minister for Mines, has drawn attention to the improved price for mica, and says it is…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 March 1890 · page 2

It has been arranged to run a coach once a week between Farina and the Mount Ogilvie goldfields, S.A., leaving Farina on Sundays, and returning on…

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