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Broken Hill & the Far West · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1892

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Barrier Miner. Monday, February 29, 1892. The Central Mine

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 February 1892 · page 2

PROCEEDING doubtless on the principle that "no news is good news," the directors of the Central Silver Mining Company have delayed longer than…

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The Water Supply. Mines Agree to Sliding Scale. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 February 1892 · page 3

The first item on the business list to-night is the Broken Hill Water Supply Bill. Mr. Dibbs has received a telegram…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 March 1892 · page 3

The Advertiser is slightly astray in a cable message which it published on Monday as follows, under the heading "a profitable mine":—"Mr. Campbell, an…

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Mining. the Central

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 March 1892 · page 3

No changes or new developments have taken place in this mine daring the last week. Work is steadily being pursued, and the usual quantity of ore necessary…

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The Hillgrove Mines. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 March 1892 · page 2

The Bear Hill Proprietary has cleaned up 187oz. of smelted gold from 220 tons. The winze from the No. 3 level is down 100ft., or 100ft. from the surface. The…

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[By Our Mining Reporter.]

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 March 1892 · page 2

NEW BOBBIE BURNS. If ever a rich mineral belt of country was neglected it is that in the Apollyon Valley, for there argentiferous…

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Coal Trade Trouble. the Cloud Darkening. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 March 1892 · page 2

The coal mise owners approve of a restriction of the output of the collieries, which the miners have demanded, hoping thereby to benefit from the…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] the Sulphides. Dr. Schnabel's Report. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 March 1892 · page 2

The following presumably inspired paragraph, appeared this morning in the Melbourne organ of the, Broken Hill mining people:—" Dr. Schnabel has…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 March 1892 · page 2

An extraordinary meeting of shareholders of the Barrier Ranges Silver Mining Association, held in Melbourne on Tuesday, decided on winding up [?]he…

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Queensland Gold. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 March 1892 · page 2

Intelligence has been received of the discovery of payable gold in the Eagle Reef, at Mount Morinish, 30 miles from Rockhampton. The district has been…

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The Coal-trade Trouble. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 March 1892 · page 2

The iron and steel trades are acutely feeling the agitation in the coal trade. The price of coal is likely to reach 42s. per ton…

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The Coal Cloud. London, Wednesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 March 1892 · page 3

Many factories in the Midland and North of England, counties must be closed for want of coal if the suspension of work takes place. At Sheffield the situation is…

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Mining. [By Cable.] the Bartlett Process. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 March 1892 · page 2

Mr. E. W. Hawker, ex-M.P. of South Australia, who has been studying metallurgy in England and America, reports that the Bartlett zinc-lead process, to…

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Mining Notes

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 2

Since the pening of the Rutland Tramway Bill the organisation of the company has been proceeding with renewed vigor. It is now on the ere of registration, and…

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General Cable News the Coal C[?] [?] [?]day

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 3

Fully 200,000 [?] to be out of [?] in the [?] and other [?]…

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Mining. [By Telegraph] Block 5. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 2

A matting of the shareholders in the Block 5 Company was held yesterday afternoon. The directors' report showed that 50,000 new sheres had been offered…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] West Australian Gold. Perth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 2

It is reported that two fresh auriferous Iodes have been discovered int the Murchison country. Both are alleged to be of surprising richness…

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The Coal Cloud. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 2

Mr. B. Pickard, M.P., who has been interesting himself in the crisis in the coal trade, with a riew to the settlement of the difficulty, believes that a single…

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Suicide in Sydney. A Mining Manager Shoots Himself [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 4

About 10 o'clock this morning Janes Joseph Sommes, aged 63, mining manager, committed suicide. His wife was in her bedroom dressing with her husband, who…

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Mining. [By Telegraph] the Hillgrove Mines. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 2

The Sunlight Company is crashing with 30 head of stampers, and has suffucient water to keep them going for some time. The workings throughout the…

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