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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1892

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 May 1892 · page 2

The Register's Port Darwin (Northern Territory) correspondent telegraphed on Monday:—To-day a large representative deputation, introduced…

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Sketches of Mining Fields. New Zealand.—v

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 May 1892 · page 3

AFTER the incursion of theimhing pouplace the West Coast of the Canterbury province became the focus of general attraction throughout the Australasian…

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Mining Intelligence. Tin and Copper Stocks. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 May 1892 · page 2

The total stock of tin, including steaks in America and the quantity afloat at the close of last month, is 11,550 tons. The quantity of tin…

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2nd Edition Mines Office, 6 p. m. the Windsor Murder. Deeming Thinks He Must Have Done It. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 May 1892 · page 4

Deeming has become very downcast. He says that he is now, having considered the evidence, convinced that he must have committed the morder, bat he still…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 May 1892 · page 3

The MINER announced yesterday that it had been determined to at once proceed with the erection of six new furnaces at Port Pirie for the Broken…

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Reported Gold Discovery. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 May 1892 · page 3

It has been reported that gold has been discovered at Errebendry station, near Cudgellico. [BY OUR MINING REPORTER.]…

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The Big Mine. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Thursday (5 p.m.)

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 May 1892 · page 4

It is still rumored here that Mr. D. M'Bryde is about to resign as director of the Big mine, and the rumor is believed to be correct. If so, Mr. Muecke, a…

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Sketches of Mining Fields. New Zealand.—vi

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 May 1892 · page 3

The fim prospectors got over 3dwt. of gold in the first dish panned off A rush set in, and in a few weeks there were 1500 men on the…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] The New England Tin Lodes. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 May 1892 · page 3

A telegram from Glen Innes states that Mr. Benlett, representing a number of English capitalists, has taken up several portions of the…

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Work at the Mines. Greater Economy Resolved On. The General Agreement to be "Reconsidered." The No Contract System Attacked. An Important Announcement

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 May 1892 · page 2

FOR some time past it has been an open secret that certain of the directorates of the leading Broken Hill mining companies would not be…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] New South Wales Gold Mines. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 May 1892 · page 2

A gold rush has taken place about eight miles distant from Mudgee, and already 200 miners are on the ground. The first shaft has bottom with the…

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Work at the Mines

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 May 1892 · page 4

IN reference to a report published this morning by a contemporary journal to the effect that that the statement appearing in yesterday's MINER under the above…

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West Australian Mines. PERTH

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 May 1892 · page 2

It is reported that a large quantity of alluvial gold has been discovered at Clash Lake. At Lake Austin 100 men are doing well. The two brothers…

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Work at the Mines. Yesterday's Announcement Confirmed

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 May 1892 · page 2

THE wish that there might be nothing in the statement published in the MINER yesterday, that certain directors had determined upon securing, if…

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The Dundas and Zeehan Mines. LAUNCESTON

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 May 1892 · page 2

A telegram from Zeehan states that the first bars of bullion from the Maestriesmine, Dundas, have been run off at the Zeehan smelters from 90 tons ore…

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Barrier Miner. Friday May 6, 1892. Work at the Mines

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 May 1892 · page 2

IT is not hard to believe that the directors of some of the leading mines are casting about for means of reducing expenditure and of increasing receipts…

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The Mines' Assessments. Discussion in the Council. The Higher Rate Adopted

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 May 1892 · page 2

WHEN the orders for the day came on for discussion at last, night's meeting of the municipal council it was decided, on the motion of Alderman Pound,…

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The Silver Problem. Proposed Par Exchange Between Gold and Silver. [By Cable.] London, Thursday Evening

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 May 1892 · page 4

The Manchester Chamber of Commerce, after debating the subject for three days, has resolved to urges on the Government the deeirablenees of taking steps to…

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Work at the Mines. The "Miner's" Statements Further

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 May 1892 · page 2

IT is not pleasant to be the bearer of bad news; and not unexpectedly the MINER has been viciously attacked for having been the first to publish the…

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Barrier Miner. Saturday, May 7, 1892 the Mines Assessments

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 May 1892 · page 2

IN the circumstances, what the municipal council did on Thursday night in relation to the mine assessments was perhaps the best thing, seeing that the…

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