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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1891

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Mining. [By Cable.] Australian Mining Company. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 July 1891 · page 2

The 'Australian Mining Company has declared a dividend of 2s. per share…

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[By Our Mining Reporter.] the North

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 July 1891 · page 2

ON visiting the 200ft. level of this mine to day I foand that there was nothing to justify any excitement. Five hundred feet have been driven southward from…

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Mining. [By Cable.] Gold Discovery in Central America. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 July 1891 · page 2

A reported discovery of gold in Central America has caused intense excitement there, and a regular mining fever has set in…

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Convict Labor in Mines. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 July 1891 · page 2

The miners at Knoxville, in the United States, who are against the employment of convict labor in coal and iron mines, have agreed not to molest the men for 60…

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[By Telegraph.] Hillgrove Mining. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 July 1891 · page 2

The reef in the main shaft of the Baker's Creek gold mine is about 15m thick, and shows good sold. The stopes over the 90ft[?] level continue to produce…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 July 1891 · page 2

A telegram from Perth (W.A.) states that Mr. A. R. Blackwood intends to secare the services of an expert from Dry Creek Smelting Works for the purpose of…

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Theft from the Laurel Mine

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 July 1891 · page 2

JACOB WILLIAMS and James Lambert appeared, in answer to their bail, at the Police Court this morning, before Mr. C. L. C. Badham, P.M., charged with…

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Mining. [By Our Mining Reporter.] Junction North

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 July 1891 · page 2

As an evidence of the laxness and apathy displayed by the directors of many mines on the Barrier, take that of the Junction North, Though there is in this…

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[By Our Mining Reporter.] South Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 July 1891 · page 2

AT the 500ft. level in the South mine a large influx of water has taken place. The eastern crosscut at this level has attained a distance of 45ft., and in the…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 July 1891 · page 2

The Monkwearmouth colliery, near Newcastle, in New South Wales, was sold at auction in Sydney lash week for £45,000 cash The property comprises…

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Mining. [By Telegraph] Hillgrove Mining. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 July 1891 · page 2

At the Earl of Hopetoun mine driving on the reef in the lower level has been discontinued, there being no room to stack the quartz. The rise up from the slide in…

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Stray Bullets. A Danger to Consols Miners

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 July 1891 · page 3

THERE is no doubt that rifle-shooting is good exercise. But it is a pastime in the practice of which considerable care should be exercised. Complaints are being made…

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The South Mine. One Furnace Blown In

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 July 1891 · page 3

THE first of the smelting furnaces which have been erected at the South mine was successfully blown in to-day…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 August 1891 · page 2

A meeting of shareholders in the Victory Tin-mining Company was held in Adelaide on Thursday. The chairman (Mr. West) said that for the last four or…

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Mining. Block 10

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 August 1891 · page 2

THE rich stone from this mine still continues to be blocked out, and there seems no limit to its extent. The south stopes at the 465ft. level are still continuing to…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 August 1891 · page 2

The total product of the Baker's Creek gold mine has been 53,312½oz. from 12,646 tons. In dividends £92,750 has been paid, and the company has never…

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Pennsylvanian Miners' Strike. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 August 1891 · page 3

The colliers in Pennsylvania. U. S.A., who recently went on strike, have acceded to the terms offered by the mine owners, and are returning to work…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Hillgrove Mining. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 August 1891 · page 2

The Baker's Creek output is 948oz. for the fortnight. Five head of stampers have been occupied during, the fortnight in crushing for other companies. The…

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The Rainfall and the Mines

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 August 1891 · page 2

The Proprietary mine has necessarily benefited to the greatest degree from Saturday's rainfall. It is computed that between six and seven million gallons of…

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[By Our Mining Reporter.] Junction South

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 August 1891 · page 2

The shaft is now down 260ft. It has become softer in the bottom than before, and shows a sort of bastard lode formation, well mineralised, consisting of…

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