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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1892

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Mining. the Proprietary

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 2

It is almost unnecessary to say that the Proprietary mine is looking well; for it always does so. This can, perhaps, be more faithfully said of Block 11 than of…

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The [?]nta Miners

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 2

FURTHER trouble has come upon the Moont[?] miners. Addressing them last week, the general manager, Mr. Hanoock, said:—"You all know that the price of…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 2

The report and balance-sheet of the Wheal Byjerkerno Tin Mining Company, Euriowie, to be presented at the half-yearly meeting in Melbourne on Thursday,…

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Consequences of the Coal Stoppage. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 2

Two thousand tons of German coal, ordered in consequence of the recent stoppage of the coal mines, has been received by the London South…

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[By Our Mining Repor[?]] the Round Hill

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 2

Though many mines have been lately shut down, especially the Junction, which was giving an output of £5[?],000 or £60, OOO a year, the plucky directors and…

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Mining. [By Ca[?].] the Silver Scar[?]. the Indian Currency. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 2

Silver is now quoted at 3s. 3d. per o[?] The Daily N[?] stated that the Indian Government is alarmed in consequence of the fall in the price of silver, and is…

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The Silver Problem. the Fall in Silver Stocks. the Mines of Mexico and Chili. Some Particulars About Their Wealth. I.

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 2

BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARIES, £5 13[?] So they vere quoted from the cities yesterday. And at the [?]me time there was published a statement that the mine…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 March 1892 · page 2

Suspension of labor has been granted to the Arguros Syndicate, Nuntherungie, for a term of six months, on account of the continued dry state of the weather…

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The Proprietary Mine. Discharge of Hands

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 March 1892 · page 3

IT was reported at the office of the underground branch of the. A. M. A. this morning that ll truckers and 10 miners had been discharged from the 8 o'clock…

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Mining. the Silver Peak

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 March 1892 · page 2

The drive at the 90ft. level in this mine is being continued. It is 68ft. in now, bearing about 15 degrees east of north. The lode near the face appears to…

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The Silver Problem. the Fall in Silver Stocks. the Mines of Mexico and Chili. Some Particulars of Their Wealth. Ii

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 March 1892 · page 2

MEXICO and Chili were the bogeys which the Standard, of London, raised three days ago to help frighten the silver market down to 3s 3d., and to drag with…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 April 1892 · page 2

Assays from the Nil Desperandum mine, Nuntherungie, have bean made by the E. and A. C. Company, Port Adelaide, and resulted as follow:—143oz…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Peak Hill and Carcoar Mining. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 April 1892 · page 2

A telegram from Peak Hill a states that the Crown of Peak Hill Company has cruhed 114 tons for 78[?]. 14dwt. smelted gold…

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[By Our Mining Reporter.] Block 10

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 April 1892 · page 2

THE much-vexed Question in regard to Block 10 still occupies the public mind. Since last week there is nothing new to chronicle about this mine, except that the…

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2nd Edition M[?] Office, 6 p.m. the Silver Market. Colorado Mines Shut Down. Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Men Thrown Out of Work. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 April 1892 · page 4

The sudden collapse in the price of silver has closed many silver mines in Colorado. It in estimated that the ch[?]pness of…

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The Silver Problem. Mining in Mexico. the Pachuca Mines. No. IV

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 2

IN the first article of this series mention was made of some of the mines of Mexico; but, with the exception of those in the Chiapas district, which is close to the…

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The Durham Miners. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 3

The Durham, coalminers are still in favor of continuing the strike. The Miners' Federation, however, has appealed to the masters to allow the…

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The Proprietary Mine. The Late Reduction of Hands

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 2

A JOINT meeting of the members of the Surface branch of the A. M. A. and the B. R. S. C., and S. H. Union took place last night at the Theatre Royal Hotel…

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The Silver Problem. Mining in Mexico. the Pachuca Mines. the Mexican Mining Laws

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 April 1892 · page 2

THE same remark as that made in a previous article regarding the Chilian mining laws applies to the mining laws of Mexico—they are probably the best in the…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 April 1892 · page 3

The directors of the Mutooroo copper mine, near Cockburn, having requested the manager to reduce expenses in every possible way, he met the men on Saturday…

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