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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1892

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The Mines Appeal. This Afternoon's Proceedings

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 June 1892 · page 4

THE hearing of the appeal by the Proprietary Company against the assessment made by the municipal council was resumed at the courthouse this…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] Orange and Peak Hill Goldfields. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 June 1892 · page 2

Mr. Newman, manager of the Aladdin's Lamp Gold Mining Co., brought into Orange last week a cake of gold worth £3000, the result of four weeks'…

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Work at the Mines. The Contract System. The Associated Mines Moving. Official Statement by Mr. Knox

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 June 1892 · page 2

THE following telegram has been received from the secretary of the Barrier Ranges Mining Companies' Association:—"The Associated Mines at…

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Managers' Reports. Victoria Tower Gold-mining Company

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 June 1892 · page 3

(Mannahill, S. A).—Manager reports, June 4:—The winze ab 210ft. east sunk 96ft., and is not yet through to rise, the men being required to quarry stone, &c…

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Mining Intelligence. The Murchison Goldfields

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 June 1892 · page 2

Mr. James Coombes, a prospector Well known in Broken Hill, has written a letter (which left Geraldton on April 26) to a friend here,…

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Mining Note

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 June 1892 · page 2

In its summary for May, the Gympie Miner says:—"Whatever may be thought respecting the present condition of this goldfield, there can be no…

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Work at the Mines. The Contract System

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 June 1892 · page 4

AN important statement made by Mr. M'Gulloc[?], one of the Proprietory directors, will be found in another column, under the heading of "The Proprietary…

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Barrier Miner. Saturday, June 11, 1892. Work at the Mines

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 June 1892 · page 2

IF the mining companies' directors had extended the same courtesy to the miners' organisations that the latter have always extended to them, a…

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Work at the Mines. The Contract System. [By Telegraph.] The Conciliation Regulations. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 June 1892 · page 2

The Attorney-General (Mr. Barton) expects that the regulations under the Councils of Conciliation and Arbitration Act passed last session will be…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] The Hillgrove Mines. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 June 1892 · page 2

At the Rockvale Freehold the main, shaft has reached a depth of 120ft. The reef is 6ft. wide, and of very good quality. A winding engine is being…

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The Miners' Congress. The Eight Hours Day. Preparing for an International Strike. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 June 1892 · page 2

The International Miners' Congress, now sitting in the city, has rejected a motion in favor of the eight hours day for surface workers in mines, but has…

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Work at the Mines. The Contract System. The Official Demand Received by the Miners

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 June 1892 · page 3

THIS morning we received the following from the secretary to the Barrier Ranges Mining Companies' Association, being copy of a letter addressed to the president…

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Work at the Mines. The Contract System. The Miners' Reply. Melbourne "Age's" Opinion

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 June 1892 · page 2

There are so far no important developments in connection with the expressed determination of the directors of the associated mines to…

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The Proprierary Mine

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 June 1892 · page 4

THE special correspondent of the Melbourne Argus has contributed to his journal a short series of articles upon the Broken Hill mines, the first being…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Cable.] The Kangarilla S. M. Company. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 June 1892 · page 3

A meeting of shareholders in the Kangarilla Proprietary Silver-mining Company (S. A.) has decided to accept the proposed scheme for the…

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[By Telegraph.] The Swamp Oak Goldfield. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 June 1892 · page 3

News from the Swamp Oak (Niangala) goldfield states that at the Rising Moon Battery the Storm King tributors are cleaning up, and good…

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The Mine Collapse

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 June 1892 · page 4

IN reference to the collapse of the timbers in the scopes near the boundary of the South and Central mines, it seems pretty clear that if it had taken place, say, 24…

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The Victorian Miners

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 June 1892 · page 2

THE delegates from the various branches of the Miners' Association in Victoria concluded their special executive council meeting late on Saturday…

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Mine Timbers Collapse. Central and South Mines Affected. Explanation by the Managers. Some Narrow Escapes

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 June 1892 · page 3

A SOMEWHAT serious collapse occured in the workings at the South boundary of the Central mine and the north workings of the South mine, between the 200 and…

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Work at the Mines. The Contract System. What the Newspapers Say

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 June 1892 · page 2

THE officers of the Barrier district of the A. M. A. have received no further communication in regard to the proposal of the associated mines for…

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