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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1891

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 June 1891 · page 2

The Barrier's biggest white elephant is its concentrating works—Mr. H. H. Holly's monuments. At the recent meeting of Block 14, in answer to a…

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The Miners and the Labor Commission. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 June 1891 · page 2

The Miners' Conference, sitting at Chester, has decided not to give evidence before the Royal Commission on Labor…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Apollyon Valley. the Tom Thumb

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 June 1891 · page 2

THE principal underlay shaft is down 55ft., and in the workings southward from this the ferruginous veins permeating the formation are still producing…

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Leigh's Creek Coal. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 June 1891 · page 2

The Government geologist has received the following report from the foreman of the diamond drill at Leigh's Creek:— "Have bored 5ft. since last report;…

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[By Our Mining Reporter.] Apollyon Valley. Block 25

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 June 1891 · page 2

OF all the many mineral properties in the Apollyon Valley, Block 25 stands prominently above the others; where the valley contracts, there seems to…

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Mining. [By Telkgraph.] Silver Discovery in Tasmania. Launceston

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 June 1891 · page 2

An important discovery of galena has been made at the West Mount, 20 miles west of the terminus of the Derwent railway, and a large area has been pegged…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 June 1891 · page 2

Mr. W. H. Mathews takes charge of the Junction mine to-morrow. One of the new furnaces at the Central is to be constructed on the plan of that…

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Mining. [By Our Mining Reporter.] Block 114

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 June 1891 · page 2

THIS is a lease of 40 acres, situated about 4½ miles in a north-easterly direction from Broken Hill, in the parish of Bolairo. A good-looking lode, which can…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 June 1891 · page 2

A prospector has found a 91oz. nugget of gold at Pilbarra, a north-east goldfield of Western Australia. Mr. Trezise, who is carrying [?] work at…

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Mining. Catalpa S.m. Company

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 June 1891 · page 2

A MEETING of shareholders in the above company was held last night at Finn's Royal Hotel, when Mr. W. J. Kohler occupied the chair. The financial…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 June 1891 · page 2

To-day Mr. R. B. Pell sold by auction the remaining five shares in the Tom Thumb Syndicate, making 110 in all. They realised from £17 to £17 10s…

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Mining. [By Our Mining Reporter.] Red Hill

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 June 1891 · page 2

ON visiting this property yesterday I found that it looked better than ever, and the length of the fibre being procured from the bottom of the shaft appears to be…

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Mining. [By Our Mining Reporter.] a Short Retrospect

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 June 1891 · page 2

To write the history of the Barrier field for the last three or four years would be a herculean task, but a few remarks about its progress for the past few months may…

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The Catalpa Mine. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 June 1891 · page 2

SIR,—I make this appeal to the genera public, and more especially to the shareholders in the Catalpa Silver-mining Company. For the information of all, I…

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Rich Gold Discovery in British Guiana. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 June 1891 · page 2

It is reported that rich gold mines have been discovered in British Guiana, in South America…

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MINING. [By Telegraph.] Rich Gold at Maytown. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 June 1891 · page 2

The goldfields warden at Maytown has wired to the Mines Department as follows:—"John Meyers and party wire me stating that they have crushed from…

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Floods in Gympie Mines. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 June 1891 · page 2

At Gympie surface flood waters have broken from the old Columbia shaft right through into the Glanmire Great Eastern mines, whereby 300 miners have been…

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Mining. the Central Mine

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 June 1891 · page 2

A rumor was pretty extensively circulated in town to-day to the effect that a body of kaolin had been struck on the Central property. The facts, as related…

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Mining Note

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 June 1891 · page 2

The other day, it will be remembered, a meeting of Central Broken Hill shareholders was held in Melbourne, when intense dissatisfaction was expressed with…

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Mining. [By Our Mining Reporter] Bismuth

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 June 1891 · page 2

A DISCOVERY of bismuth has been made about 14 miles from Broken Hill, in the parish of Tara, county of Yancowinna. That it is an important one there can be…

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