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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1892

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Mining Note

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 May 1892 · page 2

The directors of Block 14 have declared the thirty second dividend of 1s. 6d. per share. Transfer books will be closed on May 25…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Our Mining Reporter.] The Broken Hill Extended

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 May 1892 · page 2

THE shaft is now down 952ft., and this morning another contract to sink it further for 100ft. has been let to the same contractors who had the last one…

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Miners' Wages at Zeehan [By Telegraph.] Launceston

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 May 1892 · page 2

A conference of legal managers and representatives of the West Coast mines and delegates from the Miners' Association has been held at Hobart…

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Work at the Mines. The Interview with Mr. Lane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 May 1892 · page 2

IN the account of the interview between Mr. Lane, general manager of Block 14, and the representatives of the Broken Hill branch, which…

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Mining Note

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 May 1892 · page 3

It is rumored at Port Adelaide that the Junction smelters, which have been idle for some months past, are about to be restarted (says the Register). The…

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The Tasmanian Mines. Enforcing the Labor Conditions. HOBART

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 May 1892 · page 3

A deputation from the Amalgamated Miners' Association interviewed Mr. A. M. Pillinger, Minister for-Miner and Worts, on Saturday urging that the…

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The Murchison Goldfield. PERTH

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 May 1892 · page 3

A large quantity of gold has arrived at Geraldton from Murchison. One prospector, named Regau, is in possession of 12cwt. of quartz, somr of which has the…

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Mining Note

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 May 1892 · page 2

The matteing furnace at the Central is about to be shut down for repairs. Water is still procurable for the four furnaces ffom the Central…

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Sketches of Mining Fields

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 May 1892 · page 3

THE second lustrum in the history of West Coast mining was not so productive as the first. Still, large quantities of the precious metal were coming in daily to…

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Mining Intelligence. The Junction North

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 May 1892 · page 2

The shaft is down 535ft., the bottom still consisting of sulphide ore; the sinking is fairly easy, and work thus progresses well. Breaking garnet…

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The Mines Assessment. Litigation Foreshadowed

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 May 1892 · page 3

IN the course of his reply to the toast of "The Town and Trade," at the banquet to Mr. J. Elliott last night, the Mayer foreshadowed a big lawsuit between the…

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Mining Intelligence. The Proprietary

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 May 1892 · page 2

All along the outcrop of the big lode in the Proprietary most extensive works are in progress, and the large number of men engaged in the open…

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General Cable News. The Durham Miners. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 May 1892 · page 2

The Miners' Federation, which has been negotiating for a settlement of the dispute between the Durham miners now out on strike and the…

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Starring Miners in England. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 May 1892 · page 2

Great distress is reported to exist amongst the wires and families of the unemployed miners recently discharged from the Cleveland collieries, in…

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Mining Ntelligence. [By Telegraph.] Mount Stewart Silverfleld. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 May 1892 · page 2

A short time back, from indications met with in the vicinity of No. 4 shaft at the Mount Stewart silver-lead mine, near Mudgee, it was thought that…

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Work at the Mines. Suspension at Newcastle and Zeehan. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 May 1892 · page 4

Within the next few days work will he entirely suspended at the Northern and Young Wallsend collieries, at Newcasale. Mr. Curley, the miners' general secretary,…

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The Mine Assessment

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 May 1892 · page 3

MESSES. Welsh and Johnson have been retained by the Municipal Council to act with Mr. Greaves, the council's solicitor, in the municipal-mine appeal cases, which…

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The Unemployed. Stealing to Get Bread. Many Miners Thrown Idle. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 May 1892 · page 2

A very sad case, arising out of the destitution prevalent through depression and want of employment, was brought to light at the Footscray…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] New Tin Discovery in Tasmania. HOBART

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 May 1892 · page 2

The recent tin discovery reported at Fox's Bight promises to be of great importance. The Godkin Brothers, who have returned from the field, report…

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Mining Intelligence. The British

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 May 1892 · page 3

The British is looking particularly well, and several new bodies of carbonate ore are found to be extending in size and quality. The smelters are kept constantly…

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